Arguably the title of this post is a bit direct, but I thought it was a sure way to get your attention. And if you’re reading this, it means I’m right. The thing is this; there’s a lot of information about us (Master of Media students or alumni) on this blog. But we know so little about you!
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There’s a lot to be said about Twitter and alike, even though few have done so from a humanities perspective. Today, I would like to pose some thoughts that might inspire more new media researchers to move forward in this field.
In 1977 Foucault wrote a book called ‘Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison’ in which he describes…
When Facebook bought FriendFeed to
take on Twitter, there was a lot of discussion whether or not Facebook could provide the end users with enough added value to ‘make the switch.’ Personally I found that question to be irrelevant. Twitter has quite a loyal user base that sticks with them trough thick & thin so far, al be
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Wikipedia is quickly emerging as a research object. Considering the incredible amount of (meta)data Wikipedia contains there are legions of possible ways to do useful Wikipedia research. Today, I would like to talk about the possibilities and benefits of analyzing activity streams and document network location. In other words: network analysis for Wikipedia.
While I was working on adding
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When Chris Anderson wrote ‘The Long Tail’ it radically changed the way new media professionals look at the supply and demand chain on the internet. Especially for those of us with a background in marketing, Anderson’s book contained compelling theories and arguments how selling to niches can be made profitable.
Joery Bruijntjes
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03 September 2009, 9:04 pm
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tags: advertisements, advertising, business models, digital media, ebooks, harry potter, print media, remediation, revenue, revision3, video, virtuality
I spent some time last year researching how proclaimed ‘internet television’ stations like Revision3 might or might not be remediating more traditional media like television. In other words; are they really doing something revolutionary or is it just plain-old t.v. with a fresh coat of paint?
When I read about Entertainment Weekly Magazine embedding a video advertisement in
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