Maiken AttwoodThe generation of surveillanceOne of the most controversial revelations to come out in the Web 2.0 generation could arguably be the 2013 National Security Agency leak…Oct 8, 2015Oct 8, 2015
Maiken AttwoodWeb 2.0 and capitalismThe emergence of digital media has provided society with many political opportunities such as the rise of democracy and increased…Oct 8, 2015Oct 8, 2015
Maiken AttwoodThe emergence of digital media has provided society with many political opportunities such as the…Clay Shirky states in The Political Power of Social Media that Social Media has developed into a tool for citizens to use to organise…Oct 8, 2015Oct 8, 2015
Maiken AttwoodMedia and its ecologiesDefining the concept and idea of media ecology is not as straightforward as one would expect. There are multiple approaches to define what…Sep 21, 2015Sep 21, 2015
Maiken AttwoodAlways-On CommunicationsGlobal Networks, a concept that describes society are able to communicate and ‘network’ to one another, all over the globe at any time and…Sep 12, 2015Sep 12, 2015
Maiken AttwoodIs Piracy all that bad?I am sure that students studying ALC215 can covertly agree with me when I say that we have all at one time or another breached copyright…Sep 2, 2015Sep 2, 2015
Maiken AttwoodGlocalisationMy individual understanding of Glocalisation is a combination of the two definitions ‘globalisation’ and ‘localisation’. When these two…Aug 17, 2015Aug 17, 2015
Maiken AttwoodTracking Global Digital CulturesWe currently live in a world where we have copious amounts of material being contributed by billions of Internet users around the world who…Aug 10, 2015Aug 10, 2015
Maiken AttwoodMcLuhan’s Global Village, Still Relevant TodayThe term ‘global village’, a theory originally linked with communication theorist Marshall McLuhan in many of his prevalent books such as…Jul 29, 2015Jul 29, 2015
