Power can be described through an array of various settings. Since there is not one standard definition of power, power is open to the interpreation of the reader. Above, I have merely listed a few of the many possible types of power that exist. One of the most universal definitions of power, aside from money, tends to be the ability to influence others. TIME magazine has listed the top 100 powerful people of the world which have been divided into several categories: leaders and revolutionaries, builders and titans, artists and entertainers, scientists and thinkers and heroes and icons. This list clearly indicates the different types and areas in which power can be exercised and the complicity of what power entails. One of the most globally influencial resources which not only empowers people worldwide, but also holds power over people is the media. The media has the unique ability of providing people with an enormous amount of information and knowledge which enables them to increase their own power very easily. The internet, for example, opens numerous doors to anyone and everyone with access to it. Not only are there no barriers to information but people are in complete control of what they wish to access and how much knowledge they wish to acquire. The phenomenon of the search engine such as “google” not only enables people to gain information and knowledge on any topic, it also has the ability through googlemaps to see any destination around the world. Another resource which has empowered people through the internet arguably is “Facebook” and other such social networking programmes. This has enabled people to get in contact with old friends, new friends and make friends and create groups based on similar interests therefore connecting people globally and empowering them. A similar type of programme is Skype which allows anyone with the programme to talk through webcam and microphone to each other for free worldwide. Again, this allows people to connect with no barriers and places them in positions of power. Aside from fascinating programmes such as the ones mentioned above, the Internet allows anyone to buy/sell/trade goods through an invisible market force, thereby empowering many people globally not only directly but indirectly through the boosting of economies. Above all, however, the Internet allows people to keep up-to-date with the latest information including news, weather, sports and politics which provides people with various kinds of resources of knowledge empowering thousands worldwide. Aside from the Internet, TV, newspapers and radio play an amazing role in empowering people aswell as influencing them. Through these tools, people are allowed to voice their opinions and gain knowledge and therefore power, but, it is also through these same sources that people are most susceptable to being influenced and therefore controlled by these powers.
Every once in a while a media phenomenon comes about which changes the way we view films, music, and shakes the world itself. This could be anything such as Wallace and Gromit, The Beatles, Googles, the Matrix and Disney Pixel. On May 25th 1997, one such phenomenon changed the film industry forever; the release of Star Wars. The film, which made more money through its right than the actual film itself, changed Hollywood forever aesthetically and narratively. It created an excited buzz within the film industry that everyone was interested in. The film with its futuristic presence and amazing special effects at the time, was lightyears ahead of its time and created a massive boom in the special effects market. Having not seen special effects so advanced since the 1950′s, people were blown over by the effects which led to a huge increase in investment in special effects with companies such as Industrial Light & Magic and Digital Production being created in order to feed the massive demand. Since Star Wars, special effects has become an inherent part of action and science fiction films and people are willing to spend multi-millions of pounds just on the special effects. Aside from the massive impact the film had on the movie business, Star Wars brought a new depth to science fiction which has created a boom in popularity to the science fiction genre. The popularity of the film, which no one could ever have anticipated, has leaked through to new generations who generally tend to agree that it is a “classic.” The film, which was one of the first of its kind to use a computer created a spur of interest in technology and the art of futuristic films. In fact, it is so popular amongst the new “computer” generation that it led to the creation of a religion entirely dedicated to the Star Wars revelation called “The Jedi.” The effect of this film on culture is self-evident especially in circumstances such as the 2001 census when over 390,000 UK respondents entered their religion as Jedi. Not only is the film popular but has been described as iconic with dialogues being recalled such as “may the force be with you” and some words entering our everyday lexicon. This futuristic film has vastly had a knock on effect to other films and t.v. series which can be shown through the numerous spoofs and parodies created based around Star Wars that were omnipresent especially in the summer of 1999. Since then, whole films have been dedicated to the production such as Family Guy’s episode Blue Harvest for the show’s 30th anniversary. Other additions to this are the films “Space Balls” and the pornographic film “Space Whores.” Not many other films can boast of their tremendous effect on the world to the extent that Star Wars has shown. Aside from its contribution to special effects interest, creating a buzz in the science fiction genre and being so ahead of its time, Star Wars has created its own religion and has been passed down through generations and will consequently be present in the lives of most of the new generation too.
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Welcome to Convergence Media
Jan/5/08
In today’s class we learnt about Lev Manovich and Henry Jenkins who produced work around convergence.
Manovich studied at the University of California and is author of “The language of new media” And also a professor, his book was such a big hit with the media department that it was even translated, into Italian, Korean, Polish, Spanish and Chinese.
Henry Jenkins studied at the university Wisconsin, he wrote a monthly column and blogged about media and cultural change for technology review online. I will be looking into both their work to gain a better insight of convergence media.
Brit is evil
Dino a young lad eager to show his work to his network on line never new how big this was going to be. Dineo created a website of Brit with ramdom people using photoshop, with a lilttle adjustment dino has created Brit in a new way. As Brit became famous online with all these picture, in Bangladesh a group of people was busy preparing images for protest posters that when they came across one image of Brit with Osama BinLaden this then was printed of for protester. So you can realise the stress that must have caused.
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on February 24, 2009 at 11:16 am |
Jan/6/2009 Group Bridge
Jan/6/2009 Group Bridge
As I got back into university I really felt good to see everyone back and looking very enthusiastic in class.
In today’s class we were given a small task to build a bridge that could support itself and be at least 10inchs long, we were mixed in with a random group to get to know to help the group to open up to everyone, it helps every engage with one and other especially after being away for Xmas. When I sat down with my group loads of ideas were being thrown around, I was drawing out different bridge design and finding out ways of using less materials and making a strong bridge. I realised some of the groups members didn’t even say a word due to other group members not given them a chance to talk or either not being seen in the circle, I believe at university if you what your idea to be heard you can’t just sit there and hope some will ask you, you have to stand up and say something.
My group and I took 10min to find out how many paper clips and papers we will be needing to make this bridge, after having our final idea we made our way to the Broadcast Studio were we would have to build our bridge across the lake, my group and I had 5-7min to start building, in took the team and I to make the bridge in 5mins, our bridge stood tall and strong, all in all about 3 groups out of 7 made their bridge stand across the lake.
I really enjoyed my first lesson back to university, it gave me a better understanding it what I have to do this term, I really have to step my game and stay on top. I will keep track with everything I do, blogs, research and workbook.
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on February 24, 2009 at 11:19 am |
Today we learnt about knowledge of Techniques such as making a narrative and script for drama, I really need this help in hand because I am writing a script for a drama and having to learn all the top tips will help me in the future.
In our skills instruction workshop, we had a little fresher on avids, so that we have no forgotten on how to make use on post productions. In the afternoon, we had to decide upon a story using the word wish.
So we had to get into groups of four or five and produce a digital story board, my group and I brainstormed many ideas on how we could use the word, wish. We came across meanings as happy birthday, wish upon a star, wish you were here, wishbone etc.
After we planned out, I came up with an idea which I really wanted to pursue. It was about a boy who was celebrating his birthday. And when the cake was brought to him and he made a wish saying he wished he was on a roller coaster. When he opened his eyes, his wish was fulfilled but in the end we went with the animation concept for it was different because everyone seemed to upload still images and use live audios.
Last year we do not really get to make many dramas or making use of full equipment, but this year I am looking to take full advantage for I have set higher expectations for myself. The previous year, one of my biggest regrets was making only one movie outside university when in actuality I should be making movies every two months.
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on February 26, 2009 at 12:02 am |
20/01/09
Today I have learned about casting, auditioning and directing. Realising how important auditioning is, I am glad I had the insight on how to hold an audition room and be able to make the actor feel comfortable whilst he/she waits in the audition room. I never realised there is to hold an audition taking into consideration food and beverages, travel arrangements, costs and making sure they are comfortable with the surroundings. Being told on how to set up an audition is really good for now I can set up my audition room for my next movie.
Also in lectures we were given the knowledge on reflection which made me appreciate the subject. And in order to keep up to date I must reflect on my work on a weekly basis.
We were given the task to work with the word “wish” and to write down anything related to the word. I created a brainstorm to gather my ideas and create a concept. I wanted to pursue my idea of a birthday party for a child to blow candles and make a wish. It was a short simple narrative and fulfilled all the criteria that were required. This was generated in groups of four.
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on February 26, 2009 at 3:36 am |
I have found my job description which can be found at the following link:
http://www.skillset.org/tv/jobs/Camera/article_2786_1.asp
My role for my final production is a camera operator. I am in charge of camera two which also has the script from which the presenters read off. I have to ensure that I am highly visible to them to ensure clarity. My role entails listening to the director and creating the camera shot that he/she is after. It is also necessary that I am able to communicate with the other production team members. The job includes direction of photography, controlling the camera crane, setting camera focus and lighting. I will be studying the scripts, practising shots and trying out different angles as well as taking instructions from directors.
The skills that I have aquired which prove to be necessary for my role invole an interest in photography and film/video, technical ability, artistic ability, patience and an understanding of electronics/optics. It is also important for me to be able to work well as part of a team as well as on my own intiative. I also have good physical strength and a steady hand which is important as the equipment can be heavy to lug around. Finally, it is essential that I am creative and innovative in order to complete my role successfully.
Since a young age, I have taken a keen interest in media and attempted to gain as much experience in film-making as possible. I have done this by taking part in many out of school projects such as when I took part in a summer project with Thames Valley University called “Innov8” where I worked as a teaching assistant for small groups and created short films. I also made a movie for Slough Festival where I created a short film for a competition and was signed up to BBC Blast as a result of this. I have also worked with SYPC (Slough Youth Person Centre) as a teaching assistant working on scripts, storyboards and understanding roles in production. These have all inspired me towards my camera work as I like to use my creativity to be behind the camera and see things from a different perspective.
I believe I have outlined the requirements for my role and have underlined the various skills and experience I have which will hopefully make me an effective camera operator.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:07 am |
27/01/09 Week 4
In this lesson we came up with our research and development based on the word “wish” and then presented it to the group.
We created many different ideas for our production and sifted through them, collectively choosing the one we thought would work best. Below is a collection of the ideas we produced.Wish Master Christmas List
Wishing you well! “Wish you were here”
Wishes WISH Wish upon a Star
Birthday Wish Wish bone
Making a wish as a shooting star passes by
By finalising our idea as a home video of a child’s birthday and him making his birthday wish; we started discussing the details of the production such as the location, the sequence, the storyline. We summarised the location to consist of a desert background, Hollywood and Paris. We thought that the famous images would be best suited as landscapes as the familiarity would engage the audience well. We drafted the sequence of events in terms of camera shots to resemble the following:
• Birthday cake (the camera would show everyone visible and the cake in front of the screen)
• Blowing out the candles (like a wish)
• First point of view (blinking)
• Birthday wish (eyes closed)
• Child opens his eyes
• Wish comes true!
• Child on roller coaster (expression of surprise and excitement, perhaps screaming “WOAH!!”)
After discussing some of the details of our final idea, we were asked to present our research to the rest of the group in order to receive feedback. After showing the group what we had so far, they gave us some constructive criticism and told us ways in which they thought we could improve. Their feedback was as follows:
• That we needed good camera angles in order for this to work well
• That our idea was a strong and positive one.
• That we required a stronger narrative/storyline
• That we need more research
Following this we then went away and organised a group meeting to discuss how to improve on the areas that our classmates pointed out and to make a good start on our work.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:08 am |
03/02/09 Week 5
In the morning we had a workshop where we learnt about lighting for drama. I found this very beneficial as it increased my knowledge of lighting and by the end of the lesson I found that I had a lot of information about how different lighting could change the quality of camera shot. By learning about the co-ordination of lights, I learnt about the best possible shots that could be achieved. For example, I learnt how to avoid shadows and how to make the shot look more realistic. I can now say I fully comprehend the magnitude of a difference that can be made using a different array of lighting.
In the afternoon, we had a session looking at sound using both a boom stick and maranze. We looked over these two different instruments and refreshed ourselves on their uses and how they could be used effectively to encourage the best possible production.
The teacher then set us the task of doing some research on how to create a short film. We were asked to look at ten different short movies to understand how they were created and the different techniques that are used in them. By watching these short clips, I aimed to gain a better knowledge of short movies, understand what the audience expects when they see a short clip, and how to squeeze a two hour film into the time frame of two minutes.Following the session, my group and I organised a group meeting in the library to discuss the props we required and to start filming as soon as possible. We listed the props required as follows:
• Play dough
• Cardboard box for the stage
• Sand
• Background images (Vegas, Hollywood and other landscapes)
• Small Jack Daniel’s bottle
After listing the props required, we all pooled some money together and divided the items to purchase between us and set off to buy them. With the props covered, we sorted through the paperwork by completing the script, the treatment, the storyboard, the shot by shot list and the production schedule.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:08 am |
10/02/09 Week 6
In this lesson the outcome was the induction basis of AVID. The aim was to refresh our minds with AVID and we participated in many workshops to help us re-familiarise ourself with it as it would become useful with our work. We also generated and improved on our ideas as a group, helping each other identify strengths and areas in which we could improve individually.
The ideas that we created are listed below:
1) Live life in luxury at other people’s expense
2) Girl prostitutes, selling herself to make money only to catch HIV AIDS, resulting in her death.
3) Split screen of a boy and girl in an abusive relationship where the glass flies from one screen into another.
4) A girl doesn’t want to sleep with the boy next door because she has AIDS
5) Based on the Barnardos advert where there is a boy who is repeatedly beaten by his alcoholic father.
We also explored the ways that people are different, which is shown in the brainstorm below:Ethics Emotional Well-being
Age Habits/Hobbies
DIFFERENT PERSON
Lifestyle PersonalityBeliefs
Dependency on drugs or alcoholWe learnt about all the skills and techniques required in auditioning actors and about how this could prove to be useful in our own projects. We learnt how to set up auditions and were taught that it is customary to pay for an actor’s expenses such as travel costs. We were also encouraged to provide food and beverages when they arrive and do outmost best to make them feel comfortable. We were advised that it is customary to ensure that they are provided with a script beforehand so that they are prepared, and that this is usually done via e-mail.
This week we also had one to one meetings with our tutor, where as a group we would present our idea to our tutor and they would provide us with feedback in order to help us improve on our work.
We approached our tutor with an idea resembling the Barnardos advert where the child is continually slapped violently. However, our teacher did not like this idea since it was overly graphic and we were told to find another idea to replace this one.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:09 am |
17/02/09 Week 7
This week we worked in small groups of four to five people to produce a short drama between forty seconds and two minutes in duration. A lot of individual work was also done during this week. We focused on the brainstorm of ideas that we produced in week six and finalised our ideas into a concise ultimate design. Following this, we discussed audience, narrative structures and observed several short films to generate ideas and reproduce good techniques.
On the 19/02/09, we held a group meeting and managed to encapsulate our ideas into just two. One was a poem called “Souls of my Soles” and the other a drama called “Perseverance is the Way.” We asked several questions to help us to decide which idea to go with, such as:
• Does it fit the criteria?
• Is it what the audience wants?
• Is it typical or has been recreated several times?
• What makes it different?
Eventually, after much discussion and debate we went with the poem due to its uniqueness. It was original as it had been hand-written by a student at Coventry University. It was different; modern; creative; urban; and had the ability to connect to people on different levels – I.e. all members of the audience would be able to relate to it.
The poem is included below:We also delegated roles to each other during the group meeting and ensured that we were all clear in what we had to do individually. By breaking up the tasks, this made it manageable and stress-free as we only had to make sure our own part was done. We allocated the roles as follows:
• Cassandra as the Editor
• Jennifer as the Director
• Aseel as the Soundman
• Myself as the Cameraman
In addition to this, we planned out the interviews that we would conduct in the drama studio of the Ellen Terry building and carried out the necessary research for the locations and actors collectively. This effectively ensured we were well prepared to conduct the interviews the following week.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:10 am |
24/02/09 Week 8
This week we set up and conducted our auditions in Callice Court where we provided our actors with food and beverages and ensured they were as comfortable as possible. Since we had organised the actors the previous week, we had three actors arriving from different locations; one from Leamington Spa, one from Birmingham and one from Northampton. To ensure that they were well cared for, we thanked them for their time and reimbursed their travel expenses. In the end, we used the actor from Birmingham as he was best suited for the part. The description of the part follows:
Description Of Part Required
• 5’11 – 6ft in height
• Medium Build
• Dark hair
• Charming
• Able to change mood
• Quick learner
• Able to work with a big crowd
• Not camera shy!We also finalised the locations where we would film which was a friend’s house for the bedroom shot and were granted permission from CV1 to film near the Cathedral and Callice Court. The permission forms are as follows:
Altogether, we finalised the equipment, the location, the cast and the crew so that we were ready to film by the end of the week.
At the end of the week, we filmed a rough cut called the “Interim Cut” to show in our following lecture to gain feedback and show how hard we had worked. After editing it and capturing the sound, we prepared it to show the class to gain some positive feedback and look for ways in which we could improve for our final film.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:11 am |
03/03/09 Week 9
We completed our editing early morning prior to our lecture so that the rough cut could go on DVD to play on the AV equipment in ET34 before the session.
In the lecture we viewed everyone’s rough cuts and I noted down the different ideas that my peers came up with. I have summarised this as a brainstorm, which follows:
Beers in the fridgeDrama on homosexuals
FruitMY PEERS IDEAS
Film on a hospital Boy and Girl at bus stop
Man in an office breaking pencils
After viewing everyone’s work, we gave each other feedback and provided each other with ways that they could improve for their final cut. Unfortunately, we did not have our work on DVD due to a technical problem that we encountered with AVID. However, we had all the necessary paperwork and continued with our Presentation with all the supporting documents to show our classmates. The feedback we received was as follows:
• We need to work on our camera angles to ensure the best possible shot
• We need to make better use of lighting
• Improve the sound quality since it makes up fifty percent of the film.
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on March 11, 2009 at 2:11 am |
10/03/09 Week 10
I am using this time to prepare myself for feedback by:
• Gathering all the paperwork
• Organising mini-meetings
• Making sure that everyone shows up
• Getting the footage from the DV tape to DVD and ensuring compatibility.
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Stefan Sagmeister Happy Design
Watching this video at the start didn’t really interest me until he started to show the image that shows him a different way of seeing things.
After watching the video about “happy design” I really like his inspirational talk because it help me find things that make me happy in designing and the hardest thing has been making others see it. Stefan has that ability to open others eyes. By sharing what makes him happy makes others happy and as is often said happiness spreads. I think it’s a case of not telling someone what will make them happy but showing them something and letting them discover the happiness in it. I like the way he look at what makes him happy and then relates it to his lifestyle, he talks about going Hong Kong and telling us if he doesn’t see anything that doesn’t make him happy he knows that he will not be having a great time. This video has opened my eyes in Designing.
Ramon Salaverria is a professor and vice chair at the school communication Navarra University Spain, I looked at what he had to say about convergence and how it should be approached.
Convergence was a process, whereas integration was a possible effect of that process. The two should not be confused, especially by management, he warns.
Four outlined areas for convergence:
• Technological convergence in journalistic production and also in media usage
• Management convergence, from cross promotion of content to coordination and integration
• Professional convergence, from one task for one medium to any tasks for one medium or one task for any medium. And now moving to any tasks for any medium.
• Content convergence, from monomedia to many media to multimedia
Salaverria argues convergence means shifting from:
• many media to multimedia
• Uncoordinated newsrooms to coordinated newsrooms but not necessarily integrated
• Redundancy of content to complementary content
• Medium ruled journalism from content ruled journalism
This is a smart way to approach convergence.
For many years different media were clearly separated: broadcast TV, broadcast radio, newspapers, books, video and film, recorded music etc.
The internet and other digital methods of distribution have changed this, a digital connection or physical medium can carry any type of content, video can be distributed on a mobile phone network or music over the internet.
I have used Flickr to desigh my photo gallery. below is my link to the web page.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/35989841@N06/show/
I have created my gallery using Adobe Flash, and also using useful links that will give me a template of a gallery show. The websites that I used to get my idea was using
http://www.flashmo.com
http://www.flashvillage.com
http://www.flashforms.com
Firstly I gather the pictures that I needed to use for my photogallary, I will be using the picture that I took at the start of my University life which was a big step for me, and uploaded them to http://www.Flickr.com , by doing this it help me plan out the way I would like to show my slides.
All my picture will be 640 width by 400 length pixels because I need to fit it in the frame of the artefact that I took from the website above. I downloaded the artefact from the website that I wanted and then re arranged the picture by deleted them layer by layer, I did come across some problems such as the template on top of my gallery wasn’t changing colour to the one I wanted also I had trouble saving all the picture and exported them as a movie.
When I placed my picture on the gallery that I wanted them to be on, I tested movie and the problem that I came across was the picture being to big for the gallery and you couldn’t see the text at the bottom. So I had to make the pictures size smaller so that it can have a perfect fit for the gallery. I didn’t add sound to my piece because I didn’t feel there were no need, when you flick threw the gallery each picture will make a sound which fits in well.
Other ideas
My first idea for my gallery I wanted to show the picture of all the places that I have been across the world because not only I have took them pictures myself they also tell a good story about my life, when I went back home to get the pictures that needed for my artefact I could gather all the picture that I wanted. I was disappointed because I new that It could have been a better gallery about myself.
My 2nd idea was to show my talent when I was in school, I played basketball, football, ice hockey and I was very keen on art. I wanted to show all the activities and behaviour of me in school, but I didn’t have the right picture to match my story which again was a down fall.
Is Twitter bigger then Facebook??
I have watched a video of Steve Lawson who was caught on lunch for a quick interview on Twitter, I never really came across this site until I saw this clip on Twitter with Steve Lawson, I found out that is has been has problems my the media saying that it bad for people and it makes celebrities look bad. Steve Lawson tells us that it’s the people response who has affected these celebrities and making them look like slobs. Steve Lawson said that Twitter has benefited him and changed his life by given him more work, people discovering his music, making his network bigger, added context about yourself and peoeple like you when they find you on Twitter.
I believe you can do all these needs on facebook, I have been using facebook since 2006 and it has benefited me really well, I can keep in contact with all my long distance friends, I can keep track in what friends are up to, Birthday party, Videos sharing and even pictures. Facebook has kept me update about university projects such as group work, great way to pass messages and work to a large about of people instead of phone of faxing.
Facebook is a great network service but it can have its down full, they say that facebook is a great way of wasting time and people that don’t have jobs or interests.
Music has hit rockbottem!
I have been looking into many different papers and websites to find out the best source of why music is losing its busy, downloading has saved many consumers money and time, you now download a software that allows you to get all the songs that are out and even songs that are waiting to be realised.
“The record business is over” says music attorney Peter Paterno, who represents metallica and Dr Dre, they have great assets but they can’t make money of them.
Below area few articles that I have read for my research.
The Record Industry’s Decline
Record sales are tanking, and there’s no hope in sight: How it all went wrong
In 2000, the ten top-selling albums in the U.S. sold a combined 60 million copies; in 2006, the top ten sold just 25 million. Digital sales are growing — fans bought 582 million digital singles last year, up sixty-five percent from 2005, and purchased $600 million worth of ringtones — but the new revenue sources aren’t making up for the shortfall.
More than 5,000 record-company employees have been laid off since 2000. The number of major labels dropped from five to four when Sony Music Entertainment and BMG Entertainment merged in 2004 — and two of the remaining companies, EMI and Warner, have flirted with their own merger for years.
About 2,700 record stores have closed across the country since 2003, according to the research group Almighty Institute of Music Retail. Last year the eighty-nine-store Tower Records chain, which represented 2.5 percent of overall retail sales, went out of business, and Musicland, which operated more than 800 stores under the Sam Goody brand, among others, filed for bankruptcy. Around sixty-five percent of all music sales now take place in big-box stores such as Wal-Mart and Best Buy, which carry fewer titles than specialty stores and put less effort behind promoting new artists.
Source obtain from http://www.Rollingstone.com
US Music industry stops suing illegal downloaders – ISPs take over role of watchdog
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has announced that it plans to end lawsuits against people who illegally download music. In a statement, the RIAA now declares that it will instead team up with Internet service providers to prevent music piracy, something they should have done a long time ago already. The RIAA is convinced that this alternative approach will have a significant impact. The RIAA will however pursue lawsuits that have already been filed, but will not file new suits.
So how will their new approach differ from the previous not so successful one? The RIAA will issue warnings through ISPs to those who download music illegally. If users fail to heed warnings, their Internet service may be disconnected. Since 2003, the music industry filed approximately 35,000 music piracy lawsuits.
Source obtain from http://www.sidelinecom
Brief History on how the internet started
It’s the cold war and the US government had a problem; if we have a nuclear war how are we going to maintain communications? If one city is destroyed on the US eastern seaboard, all communications in the east will be lost. A US military agency called Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was charged with solving the problem. They devised a communication system that would still work if one or more “nodes” of the system were destroyed. A kind of communications web, that if one link of the web was broken, information could flow around the broken link to get to its final destination.
Later, in 1969, ARPA linked university computers and researchers to the network to assist them in conducting basic research through information sharing. This project became known as the ARPAnet. In 1977 ARPAnet engineers realized that the new communications network was going to grow into something much larger than originally anticipated so new communication technology would be required. They devised a communication protocol known as TCP/IP, or transmission control protocol/internet protocol. TCP/IP remains the fundamental way computer file are moved around the Internet today.
Under TCP/IP a file is broken into smaller parts called “packets” by the file server. Each packet is assigned an IP (Internet protocol) address of the computer it has to travel to. As the packet moves through the network it is “switched” by a number of servers along the way toward its destination. The IP address tells those servers which way to switch the packet. Each time the packet is switched a “wrapper” is added to the packet – this way we can tell how many computers and which computer handled the file while it was in transit. In Australia, a file coming from the States can be switched up to 15 times, that is fifteen computers were required to deliver the packet to the destination computer.
The packets do not necessarily travel together on the Internet. Packets from the same file may travel via different paths through different servers, but toward the same destination. Packaging technology allows us to use limited bandwidth most efficiently. It means parts of a file can be shared across a number of phone lines instead of having to find one phone line to put a large file into. In this respect TCP/IP can be liken to a group of 10 hitchhikers (packets) who can not get a lift all together, but easily get lifts if they break up, going by different cars and maybe by different roads… but agree to meet up at a particular point in the future.
On January 1, 1983, all of the ARPAnet was switched to TCP/IP and became what is now known as the Internet. The US National Science Foundation (NSF) funded most of the early development of the Internet, but on April 30, 1995, the U.S. government released the Internet to commercial networks and service providers and shut down the old National Science Foundation backbone.
Source obtain from http://www.dynamicwebsolution.com
YouTube Video Not Available in Your Country? How to Watch Blocked Videos
No, this is not about Internet censorship in countries like China or Pakistan where ISPs frequently block access to sites like YouTube following Government orders.
You could be staying in a country like US, UK or India but may not be able to watch every video on YouTube – that’s because the content owners have allowed access to that video only from certain countries or geographic regions.
If your computer’s IP address falls outside that geographic region, YouTube will display an error saying “This video is not available in your country” – this message has nothing to do with censorship, it’s the owner of the video clip who could be limiting access.
Source obtain from http://www.digitalinspirtion.com
Tuseday 24th feb
Today was a class session to show our artefact and to get advice on how to improve and make it perfect.
Tuesday 3rd march
Today we had a seesion on how to create simple animations, and using flickr to upload our pictures.