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Levien Rocha

New Media theorist who leans more towards new media practices: how does the theory come alive? After a BA degree in New Media it's time to dig deeper into this discipline during the MA-course and discover new ways of using media in practice

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Free and Open: Unfolding the politics

Free and Open: Unfolding the politics

Lets talk about the supposedly free and open Web again, not ‘again’ in the sense that it has been discussed too much or too abundantly but in the sense that maybe new and other frameworks have to be introduced...
By Levien Rocha on 03/14/11 2
Games are not about playing anymore

Games are not about playing anymore

The days of Pong and Pac-man are over. Videogames are no longer identified with this strange yellow dot eating other dots or a two-dimensional  simulation of table tennis, they  seem to have lost all their innocence and have entered...
By Levien Rocha on 10/25/10 Comments Off on Games are not about playing anymore
Are you an e-book sinner or saint?

Are you an e-book sinner or saint?

The people at the church of Google believe we do not have to dress up every Sundaymorning anymore, go to church and watch the preacher to experience something like a God. We experience an actual God everyday at work...
By Levien Rocha on 10/14/10 Comments Off on Are you an e-book sinner or saint?
Twitter as eWoM-cashcow?

Twitter as eWoM-cashcow?

Sander Jansma already discussed the phenomenon of ‘word-of-mouth’, the so-called WoM. The idea of passing information from person to person has been around since humankind could communicate orally and has evolved with the rise of different means of communication....
By Levien Rocha on 10/11/10 4
Wikipedia is the mother of my entry

Wikipedia is the mother of my entry

Searching the definition of  ‘community’ on Wikipedia (yes it is ironic) I found the most common one of ‘ a group of interacting people living in a common location. The word is often used to refer to a group...
By Levien Rocha on 10/05/10 1
Can the web become more social?

Can the web become more social?

We have always thought that ‘less is more’ but according to Wired’ editor in chief  Chris Anderson ‘more is better’.  We have to move away from the idea of scarcity and exploit the power of waste on the web....
By Levien Rocha on 09/27/10 Comments Off on Can the web become more social?
Book Review: ‘The Youtube Reader’- by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau

Book Review: ‘The Youtube Reader’- by Pelle Snickars and Patrick Vonderau

As the fastest-growing website in the history of the Web, Youtube can be see as the figurehead in online-video and an inspiration for all sites to come. Any random visitor of Youtube surfing to the website and uploading the...
By Levien Rocha on 09/19/10 6
Youtube is going live in 3,2,1…

Youtube is going live in 3,2,1…

Would you like to watch the latest episodes of Dexter, Entourage or NCIS  on your computer without having to search all sorts of obscure websites? Without the piracy-issue pricking your...
By Levien Rocha on 09/13/10 2