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  • Fei An Tjan
  • Url: http://cheeseandchina.wordpress.com
  • Posts: 15
  • About the user: After finishing a Bachelor's in communications and Information I wasn't quite happy with, I decided to soak up some more life experience elsewhere before starting my Master. In Bolivia I worked for the newspaper of Santa Cruz (El Deber) and the Museum of Contemporary Art (Museo de arte contemporáneo). After six months, I changed location to Costa Rica to do a media internship with a volunteer travel agency. Here I gained more practical experience in the blogosphere, social media, and design which all laid the basis for my newly triggered interest in New Media. When I came back in the Netherlands, I signed up for the MA New Media and hope to finish this one happily ever after.

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I heart Photoshop

Fei An Tjan | 11 October 2010, 3:30 pm | 1 comment | tags: , , , ,

In a weak moment, I again volunteered to take up another task for Kriterion and design the flyer for one of the upcoming events. I thought this would be a good way to pressure myself to make something nice of the assignment, instead, I was frustrated all over.

Wikipedia Labyrinth

Fei An Tjan | 02 October 2010, 8:08 pm | tags: , , , , , , ,

When I figured out I wanted to write about Cineville I found out that as expected, writing a Wikipedia entry was much harder than I hoped for. What annoyed me the most was the enormous amount of information available. It constantly gave me the feeling my contribution wasn’t sufficient and would be removed by either a bot or a real life editor. When nothing happened after the first day I was still sure I did it wrong, but now time passes I’m getting a bit more confident that I managed to get to the solution of the Wikipedia labyrinth.

Online Activism, Offline Passivism?

Fei An Tjan | 28 September 2010, 4:50 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , , , ,

Jyllands Posten Social media and Web 2.0 have radically changed the way we communicate with each other. Blogs and social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter let us participate with each other in a whole new manner. People with the same interests and ideas from all over the world have the ability to connect with each other without the necessity of physical presence. Apart from that and in comparison to the other mass media, Web 2.0 applications enable us ‘citizens’ to engage in the public debate on a whole different level (Keren, 2010). Can we think of web 2.0, blogs and social networking sites as public spheres and how does this translate to our offline lives?

Book Review: “Pirate Modernity: Delhi’s Media Urbanism” – Ravi Sundaram

Fei An Tjan | 20 September 2010, 3:21 pm | tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

In Pirate Modernity: Delhi’s Media Urbanism, Ravi Sundaram clearly explains the way the new media have affected post colonial Delhi’s urban landscape from the 50’s onwards. Sundaram is one of the initiators of Sarai, an online platform dedicated to address media issues in South Asia. He focuses particularly on globalism and modernity in India and puts new media at the center if this. He has written multiple articles on technology, media and urban experience and their effect on each other and is also one of the editors of the Sarai Reader series. In 1996 Sundaram gave an interview on the ‘Brazilianation of India’ where many elements also treated in Pirate Modernity are discussed.

Did Internet Make Me Stupid?

Fei An Tjan | 13 September 2010, 12:37 am | 1 comment | tags: , , , , , ,

Working in a coffee bar gives me the advantage of having access to many different newspapers. In quiet hours I try to read several articles from at least three newspapers in order to get a more balanced view of what’s happening globally. The last weeks though, there was one name in particular that sprung to mind: Nicholas Carr.