It is 1.58 am and due to the owl that I have become I am laying in bed thinking about black mirror ( the 3 part drama that Charlie Brooker has brought to our tv screens). The first one, although quite vulgar shows us how powerful the media and in particular social media...

You grew up with digital technology so you must have a superior understanding of its concepts and execution. Right? Wrong. Over the last half-decade the term "digital native" has become popular in discourse around technological revolution and broadcast culture. Much...

As most of you probably have figured out, I’m big on video games. My favorites include ”The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past”, ”Baldur’s Gate” and ”Half-Life”. The latter is widely considered to be one of the greatest PC games of all time, and has influenced the design...

We were asked to comment on what was said about "Children and Social Media" and to give our own view on that issue. Well, first of all, one thing became quite clear from the interviews and the opinions given by other Social Media students: the majority was against underaged...

This article a reflection to the ideas about craft and art that are expressed on the Chapter 2 in David Gauntlett’s book „Making is Connecting” and have been discussed during the book club on 9th November held by Social Media students from BCU. David Gauntlett defines...

#masocialmedia  BOOK CLUB Yesterday, 9th of November, my MA Social Media group organised a Book Club of David Gauntlett book ‘Making is Connecting’. We went to ‘Cafe Blend’ in Birmingham. I think we’ve been well prepared. Before, we have created an event on Facebook and...

Throughout the book Gauntlet expresses the positive ways in which we use Web 2.0 but in this chapter considers some of the more critical views and arguments that web 2.0 might create. A review of some of the positives throughout the previous chapters are that services...

THE DIARY OF A RADICAL DAY 1 by Onoolapo Lare Popo Abodunde on Sunday, April 3, 2011 at 6:54am   Hello, Who really cares about pinpointing loop holes in public policy? Who cares about the flaws in governance?. Why should I be bothered about the obvious and astounding...

With the use of social media is continuing to grow in recent year, managing the platforms of social media become getting important in this time. There is a software which provide the kind of function such as engaging, managing, monitoring, defining and protecting measures...