Category BCM240
Mum, bub and smartphone
“Nothing could be more reasonable or natural than that people who are isolated and lonely should seek sociability and love wherever they think they can find it” – Horton & Wohl, 1956, p. 223 Horton & Wohl’s description of the basic human need for connectivity and community rings true today almost 50 years later. Social media has […]
Are you paying attention?
A topic that interested me throughout my media studies this semester has been how we navigate a sustained attention span and the follow on effects that may have on our mental health. A blog post I wrote on adult colouring received much attention and was the highest viewed to date according to my stats. While […]
Great Scott, we’re in the future
So here we are on the 21st of October 2015 and Seth Sentry still has us asking where our hover boards are. Much has changed since Doc’s DeLorean burst into the future and it’s time to reflect on what we’ve learned. Much like the midnight lightning strike, I was hit with many an idea throughout semester for […]
Colouring our way to attention
Adult colouring books. They’re the latest craze to jump on the well being band wagon and I must say I’m a huge fan. The exotic outlines of palm trees and toucans transport my mind to calmer time sitting back sipping a coconut in Malaysia without a care in the world. Whether you dare shade in […]
Sweaty public places : the bus & the gym
This past week at UOW has been research work for the many undergrad students and for possibly the first time in my 6 years here, I’ve actually done some research and in the process created a poor quality production video blog along the way. Hurrah! The way we use technology to record ourselves and strangers […]
O connection, connection! Wherefore art thou connection?
Peaceful weekends spent at my family farm outside of Braidwood, NSW are a luxury escape from the noise and busy lifestyle of my coastal city life. My own home here in Wollongong is in itself a calm and mostly serene place to live. For me, the frustrations of internet access my parents endure in their daily […]
Cinematic viewing of the inside of your eyelids
No school holiday would have been complete without a trip to the cinema. As a child, the only obstacle that stood in the way of our habitual and anticipated journey to the cinema seemed to be that inconvenient obligation of schooling. As an adult, I now realise the novelty of cinema attendance can be a […]
3762099: who am I? I’m Jean Valjean!
Who am I in relation to the practice of being in a media space? The lyrics to my personal anthem of self-reflection may not match the melody and charm of the ever handsome Jackman, but as I have learned comparison gets you no where. My identifying war cry as a prosumer varies across platforms, time, location, purpose and […]
Red Canister Diaries 