Tag Archives: #BCM240

The Closure

My experience over the past semester in blogging has been one which I can honestly say has opened me up as writer and made me feel more comfortable about presenting my ideas and thoughts to the world. BCM240 is not … Continue reading

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Screens on our jeans and in our beans but they’re not SEEN?

As a marketing student, it is hard to observe our social constructs and ignore the floods of advertising. According to David Lamoureux, we are said to see approximately 3000-20000 advertisements a day. We may not consciously acknowledge each one of … Continue reading

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It’s Not a Sea Without Sharks, Sand and Pirates

Isn’t any form of brand awareness good for a company, business or product? So the argument of piracy seems to be rather contradictory. Over the past week we have been focusing on the illegal notion of piracy. What is piracy? … Continue reading

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Expertise or Obsession?

The concept of fandom was discussed this week and we raised many interesting questions in regards to the ideology of a ‘fan.’ To start off with I thought I would define a fan and fandom because I feel as if the … Continue reading

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Spaces & Places & Faces of Media

This week we have been considering how places effect our use of media. It delved into issues of privacy and what is acceptable socially and the space which determines the social acceptance. In our tutorial, we were asked to distinguish … Continue reading

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From ‘Sale of the Century’ to ‘Deal or no Deal.’ We’ve come so far..

Way way back when I was not even a fragment of thought, my mum and her humble seven person family would huddle around a television at approximately 6pm to watch ‘Sale of the Century.’ Prior to their meal of ‘meat … Continue reading

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Back to the future and a couple of years..

Image: Crown St, Wollongong (1920’s) This week provoked an interesting conversation with a friend of mine, Edith, who is 83 years old and enjoys poker machines and hot coffee at 3pm. We spoke about the ‘theatre’ as she calls it … Continue reading

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Getting to know ‘Anon’

It is evident in current discussion, topical debate, literature and through personal experience that social media is the new platform of communication. Social media, entailing the use of internet sites, such as Facebook, Twitter etc. has taken over societies method … Continue reading

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Dance Anthem Era

A simple image of a grand phenomenon. This image depicts members of the public moving in a motion similar to that of the individual next to them. The movement is dance, a physical artform which can be performed by any living creature. It is … Continue reading

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