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After a series of really thought-provoking lectures, I began to question everything. What really stood out to me this week was the new social system adopted by China, that has been referred to as a dystopian nightmare. The Social Credit System is the new way of monitoring citizens. It aims to reward individuals who performContinueContinue reading “So, What’s With the New Social Credit System?”

Shocking traumatic events have sadly occurred in recent times, most notably mass shootings and terrorist attacks. These events are typically picked up by news outlets and are then posted and spread throughout social media for the world to see. They have the ability to inflict trauma onto the reader, which is a deeply disturbing experience.ContinueContinue reading “How Should Social Media Platforms Approach Traumatic Events?”

Each week, I log onto WordPress and write my blogs. And I often wonder how I am able to customise my theme with a touch of a button. I am able to create a free blog and make it look aesthetically pleasing as I want. But how? This is where the Open Source Software (OSS)ContinueContinue reading “Open Source vs. Closed Source Software”

I decided to make a twitter page to review movies and tv shows, after realising that there weren’t many accounts that were specifically dedicated to reviewing the entertainment industry. I also chose to include additional content on the side, such as recommendations and ratings. Prototyping aesthetics and content became really important to my project becauseContinueContinue reading “Digital Artefact Beta”

After learning about intellectual property this week, I was really fascinated by the idea of trademarks. A trademark is a symbol, word, or a set of words legally registered or established by use as representing a company or product. In saying this, trademark infringement is a violation of the exclusive rights attached to a trademarkContinueContinue reading “Intellectual Property: That’s Hot®”

Ever feel like life isn’t real? As if you’re living a life controlled by an external power? Well, if yes, you might’ve pondered on the idea that life is just a simulation… nothing more than hyperreality. Now if you’re wondering, hyperreality is an inability of consciousness to distinguish reality from a simulation of reality. ThisContinueContinue reading “The Simulation Theory”

Now, for the third instalment of The Internet Paradigm, the framing and the construction of perception is all about how we, users of media, are constantly building our knowledge and expanding the information that is stored in our minds. New concepts introduced to us tend to be more difficult to fathom, whereas the those thatContinueContinue reading “Framing and the Construction of Perception”

Continuing on with the same topic as last week, The Internet Paradigm, this week is focused around distributed media and meme warfare. We looked further into the changes within the modes of production, distribution, and the consumption of information as users of media. More specifically, the ever-growing media published and shared around the web, andContinueContinue reading “Distributed Media and Meme Warfare”