It has now been a little over two months since I arrived in Wollongong, Australia, and I can’t believe I’m already halfway through my semester in Australia. Schoolwork is keeping me busy, but I am still able to enjoy myself and explore Australia in the free time that I do have. The grading system in … More Second Month in Australia
As soon as I read the subject outline for BCM 240: Media, Audience, Place, specifically the description of Assessment 3: Digital Project, an idea immediately came to mind for the topic of my digital project-a documentation of my study abroad experience at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. What better idea than something … More My digital project: A semester in Australia
It’s a Sunday afternoon, and as I ride the train with a friend I look around and observe the other passengers on the train-over half of the train passengers are on their phones and even more have their mobile devices within reach waiting for a text or other notification. It is in this moment of … More Nowhere is private space, cell phones are everywhere
The cinema has always been a treat for me, from the time I saw Toy Story 2 when I was three years old and my eyes lit up when Barbie came on the screen to when I saw The Shallows with my friends for a girls’ night out the week before I left to study … More To infinity and beyond
As soon as you walk into any house today, you are more likely than not surrounded by the Internet. Whenever I look around my house in the United States, I can always see at least one thing connected to the Internet. The creation and expansion of the Internet has created a multitude of devices that … More Cable is out and Netflix is in
One month ago today I arrived in Australia after a total travelling time of about 30 hours, and my time abroad is already flying by. Australia may only be one country, but due to its size, there is so much to see and do that I haven’t had any trouble staying busy with both school … More Welcome to Wollongong
As I read other people’s blog posts on what they learned about television memories from interviewing people older than themselves, I was intrigued by both the similarities and differences between my peer’s findings. It turns out the pace of the progression of TV depends on what country the interviewee grew up in. For example, when I was … More Informal interviews as media audience research
I think of my parents’ experiences with television growing up as being extremely groundbreaking and out of this world. I imagine that the progression they have seen of TV throughout their lifetime is similar to what I have seen of phones and tablets thus far in my life. However, when I asked my mom about her childhood … More Television was just a part of life
As Susan explained in the first lecture of my BCM 240: Media, Audience, Place class, “space is not a fixed or material container for things, people, or time.” That is the background of the concept of media space. The basics of being involved in media space through blogging are discussed here. Although I may physically be across … More Being in media space
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