Algorithmic Control III: Privacy, Surveillance, and the Price of Content

Large companies like YouTube share their data among hundreds of affiliated companies. This means that our personal data is being shared to people and organisations we aren’t even aware have our data. This can be annoying as it allows a number of random companies to curate what we see on our social feeds in terms […]

Algorithmic Control II: Hardware Platforms, Access Permissions and Ideologies of Control

I am an avid user of Spotify. However, paying that monthly fee still comes with restrictions that some free sites and applications don’t have in place. For example, I use Bensound for any music in my YouTube videos. It is a free, open source platform with a number of options, so that anyone can use […]

Algorithmic Control I: Intellectual Property and the Content Control Industry

“…Disney (or Disney, Inc.) ripped creativity from the culture around him, mixed that creativity with his own extraordinary talent, and then burned that mix into the soul of his culture.” Much like Walt Disney, my content is heavily based on mixing other creators’ content with my own ideas. I take others’ videos and write a […]

Digital Aretfact: Beta

Through trial and error, I discovered a number of things that were hindering my DA’s content. I have now taken time to refine and learn from these mistakes. The three main developments I have made to my digital artefact are: Focusing on humour over production; rather than putting in time and effort to create elaborate […]

Internet Paradigm IV: Hyperreality, Simulation, Spectacle

The inability to distinguish between simulated reality and actual reality—the concept of hyperreality—, is what is making many lifestyle YouTubers nowadays popular. There are thousands of creators on the platform capitalising on this fake idea that their lives are perfect, because people believe and buy into what they choose to make us believe. Daily routine […]

Internet Paradigm: Framing and the Construction of Perception

The way media chooses to frame a story or idea, affects the way society perceives it. Framing a story or idea positively can make others view it as a positive thing, and change not only their mindset, but their actions as well. For example: Here are some examples of promoting face masks that both normalise […]

Internet Paradigm: Distributed Media and Meme Warfare

The topic for this week is one I was able to get firsthand experience in during our BCM112 tutorial. We got to exercise the concept of distributed media as a frontline weapon in meme warfare, by creating our own meme war within the BCM112 Discord. My group was arguing for the coronavirus tracking app while […]

Internet Paradigm: Networked Participation and Collective Intelligence

The perks of tribal organisation is as listed in The Future of Organisation by Jordan Hall; it’s easy to delegate tasks to those who are most capable, we can see how our contributions are essential to the team, and it’s easier to manage group decisions where voting may be necessary, as there are only so […]

The Medium is the Message: The Logic of Digital Production and the Network Economy

“The internet is a copy machine,” Kevin Kelly states so simply in Better Than Free. This has proven to be beneficial to me as a creator, because I am able to copy other people’s work and put a satirical spin to it. However, it also comes with a downfall, as it’s just as easy for […]

DIGITAL ARTEFACT | Pitch

My digital artefact is a YouTube channel, on which I post comedy videos every single Saturday. I chose YouTube as it not only is a platform I am familiar with, having used it for many years as a viewer, but it is also versatile in the different types of content that are not only able […]