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 […]

The Medium is the Message: The Internet Paradigm

The medium of my DA is a YouTube channel, and the content I provide – which, as Mark Federman states in What is the Meaning of The Medium is the Message?, is also its own medium – is (attempted) comedy. But what is the message of my medium? “. . . The content of a […]

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 […]

DIGITAL ARTEFACT | Contextual Essay

My digital artefact is an Instagram account – Awaken Nights – to promote my church’s young adults services and events. I chose this project for my DA because I had already been running the account from the beginning of the year, and I wanted to focus more time on it to get the maximum amount […]

DIGITAL ARTEFACT: MAKING

In the process of making, there were a number of things that were successful, as well as a number of learning moments where I was able to recognise where things went wrong and come up with a solution to better it for future. Quotes Something I experimented with was posting a quote from a previous […]

Digital Artefact: Prototyping

“”. . . be ready to start over at least once” – Eric Raymond” – Ted in a lecture The prototyping stage of my digital artefact consisted of a lot of #FEFO, but the biggest challenge has been me switching from Soundcloud to Instagram. After deciding I needed to change my digital artefact, I knew […]

Digital Artefact Beta

I have made the decision to change my digital artefact after experiencing some setbacks with hosting that stunted the amount of content that was being put out. Instead, I will now be focusing on running an Instagram page for Awaken Church’s young adults, a project I have been doing since the start of the year. […]

DIGITAL ARETFACT: IDEATING

From the beginning of the ideating stage for my digital artefact, I wanted to create a podcast, as it was something I had been gaining interest in and wanted to try out for myself. After listening to an episode from The Tim Ferriss Show – “How to Build Popular Podcasts and Blogs” (2018), I gathered […]

Digital Artefact Pitch

The decision has been made; my digital artefact will be Trash Reviews, a weekly podcast (premiering on the 23rd August) where I review one lesser-hyped movie each week, found on Netflix, and provide recommendations accordingly. The goal is to provide underrated Netflix recommendations and share them with the public to give them the love they […]

Digital Artefact Ideas

When choosing an idea for my BCM114 digital artefact, I had two basic ideas in mind for what I wanted my project to be;1. A speech-based project, so I could develop my speaking skills because, well, I really suck at talking2. A project I could do while in my pyjamas3. Something based around my interests […]