Making

Following my Prototyping blog, I proceeded to watch Youtube tutorials on audio editing with Audacity. I recorded my first introductory podcast episode in the video editing suite in Building 25 which was roughly five minutes long. However, the bustling environment there resulted in my podcast having various background noises which reduced the overall audio quality.Continue

Prototyping

Ever since my Beta video, I have started the process of remaking my digital artefact into a podcast which will focus on reviewing the Chinese web series The Untamed and discussing the fictional universe surrounding it. As a start, I observed three of the podcasts I tend to listen to, including Cries in Norwegian: AContinue

Digital Artefact Beta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1dFMXSJQyI&t=12s I have used three social media platforms including Facebook, Youtube and Instagram to publish my content over the past six weeks. I would first like to mention my original plan for these three platforms. Regarding my Youtube channel which is called Timepoor Reversed, I intended to publish videos related to productivity issues every 1-2Continue

A Controversial Issue: Cultural Appropriation

In 2014, Avril Lavigne published her music video for the song Hello Kitty which was filmed in Japan. This music video incorporated a significant number of elements from Japanese culture including food, language (‘arigato’, ‘kawaii’) and the Harajuku fashion style (Oh 2017, p. 366). In particular, it showed footage of Lavigne strolling through the city,Continue

Ideating

During the ideation phase of my digital artefact (DA), I focused on thinking about the topics that are important to me and can also be made into a fast, inexpensive, tiny and simple (#FIST) project. I am interested in leading a productive lifestyle, and my interviews with UOW students for my DA pitch have confirmedContinue

Swiped (2018): A review

Swiped is an American Netflix comedy produced by Ann Deborah Fishman. This film portrays the college life of James Wilson Singer, an IT genius who coded a special ‘hook-up’ app based on the request of his roommate in order to make his way into MIT and gain the affection of a girl he likes. ThisContinue

SKAM: A global phenomenon

What is Skam about? Skam (2015-2017), which translates into English as ‘shame’, is a Norwegian web-television show that discusses the lives of teenagers at Hartvig Nissen School (Oslo). Targeting teenagers, Skam, which is based in real-time, is starred by mostly teenagers recruited from high schools in Norway. This show consists of four seasons with eachContinue

Digital Artefact Pitch

https://youtu.be/SfNiJ_Cd0Kg I would like to focus on building productivity and wellbeing for university students like myself. My interviews with UOW students highlighted that students often have many commitments and feel the need to constantly do more. Thus, they can sometimes compromise their physical and mental health. These interviews have also helped me determine the mostContinue

Conflict of Interest: Should journalists accept freebies?

Many legal and ethical issues can arise when you, as a journalist, report a story, one of which is conflict of interest. Why should journalists take notice of this issue? How can it be avoided instead? What is a conflict of interest? The Oxford Dictionary of English defines conflict of interest as ‘a situation inContinue

Facebook As A News Source?

Growing up, I never quite cared to watch the news on traditional media channels. I was told that they were biased and that online news websites would be a better option to expose myself to a greater diversity of information. Thus, I mostly used Facebook to garner my ‘news’, and I was not alone. AContinue