New Media Cultures: The Culture of Convergence

Self driving cars From alex414 in New Media Cultures (669 days old)

I know this is a very late blog and it might not count, but I was in the car before and heard something on the news about cars that will drive themselves being available in ten years, and this remind… more

Online celebrities From alex414 in New Media Cultures (671 days old)

Leave Britney Alone! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWSjUe0FyxQ Bet you have seen or at least heard about this video at some point. The Internet is providing new ways of getting yourself notice… more

Communication From alex414 in New Media Cultures (675 days old)

Times are definately changing when the queen and archbishops are posting messages on websites such as youtube in order to reach their audiences. It shows that people are communicating and interating … more

Technology and the Human Body From alex414 in New Media Cultures (697 days old)

In one lecture we looked at how the body is becoming obselete, and technology is overtaking it, as it is more advanced and is more capable than a human body ever can be. The following link leads to a… more

Various uses of Technologies From alex414 in New Media Cultures (702 days old)

The two following links are two very different videos but, for me, they both serve to highlight the varying and alternative means that modern day technology is used for. This link is a trailer for … more

Surviellence part 2 From alex414 in New Media Cultures (702 days old)

If you follow this link, it should lead you to a aerial photograph of my house, here on the Internet for anyone to see! Not quite the same as being caught on CCTV, but still surviellence non the less!… more

Holidays with a difference From alex414 in New Media Cultures (702 days old)

If your fed up with the usual package holidays then this could be for you. This is like the holiday extreme. Apparently in as little as 20 years Richard Branson is planning on introducing holi… more

mobile phones From alex414 in New Media Cultures (706 days old)

Mobile phones are getting smaller all the time, but also getting more and more advanced all the time. Now we can reach into out bags and pull out one little thing that is primarily a phone, but also … more

Surveillance From alex414 in New Media Cultures (712 days old)

Once again the way in which people can keep track of and keep us under another form of surveillance is that of the social networking sites such as facebook, myspace and bebo. And once again it seems … more

robots a permanent feature of everyday life in the next 30 years From alex414 in New Media Cultures (716 days old)

In the module guide it states that: "In Negropontes book Being Digital he attempts to lay out his ideas of how a future society will be when it comes to organise the movement of information rather tha… more

The real and the virtual From alex414 in New Media Cultures (716 days old)

Gaming gone too far? The real and the virtual - Virtual theft is said to be a growing problem, however is a game really worth such problems, and is anything ever worth taking somebody else's life, esp… more

can we trust the government to survey us without losing the details? From alex414 in New Media Cultures (716 days old)

Can we really trust the government with our personal details? In a day and age when we are under constant surveillance, not only our movements which are caught on numerous CCTV cameras all over the p… more

No need to run your own household anymore - a computer can do it for you! From alex414 in New Media Cultures (716 days old)

Take a look at the video on this link: http://news.sky.com/skynews/video/videoplayer/0,,91221-1290524,00.html http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,91221-1290522,00.html It shows of a compu… more