Media Ecology Association
An "organization dedicated to promoting the study, research, criticism, and application of media ecology in educational, industry, political, civic, social, cultural, and artistic contexts, and the open exchange of ideas, information, and research among the Association’s members and the larger community."
“Media ecology looks into the matter of how media of communication affect human perception, understanding, feeling, and value; and how our interaction with media facilitates or impedes our chances of survival.” —Neil Postman
Friday, February 16, 2007
International Journal of Communication
This new journal is "an online, multi-media, academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The International Journal of Communication is an interdisciplinary journal that, while centered in communication, is open and welcoming to contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that meet at the crossroads that is communication study."
This new journal is "an online, multi-media, academic journal that adheres to the highest standards of peer review and engages established and emerging scholars from anywhere in the world. The International Journal of Communication is an interdisciplinary journal that, while centered in communication, is open and welcoming to contributions from the many disciplines and approaches that meet at the crossroads that is communication study."
Museum of Lost Interactions
This is very cool, though I became more suspicious of its authenticity as I browsed through the "lost" technologies they highlight. Turns out these technologies were created/invented by Interactive Media Design students at the Univ of Dundee in the UK, and indeed are not formerly existing technologies. Very cool projects, though.
This is very cool, though I became more suspicious of its authenticity as I browsed through the "lost" technologies they highlight. Turns out these technologies were created/invented by Interactive Media Design students at the Univ of Dundee in the UK, and indeed are not formerly existing technologies. Very cool projects, though.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Social Networking through Singing
Check out www.midomi.com, a music search engine powered by your voice.
"Sing, hum, or whistle to instantly find your favorite music and connect with a community that shares your musical interests....Contribute to the database by singing in midomi's online recording studio in any language or genre. The next time anyone searches for that song, your performance might be the top result!.....Create your own profile, sing your favorite songs and share them with your friends and get discovered by other midomi users....Features an extensive digital music store with a a growing collection of more than two million legal music tracks."
Hmm, has potential to become an online American Idol talent contest forum...
Check out www.midomi.com, a music search engine powered by your voice.
"Sing, hum, or whistle to instantly find your favorite music and connect with a community that shares your musical interests....Contribute to the database by singing in midomi's online recording studio in any language or genre. The next time anyone searches for that song, your performance might be the top result!.....Create your own profile, sing your favorite songs and share them with your friends and get discovered by other midomi users....Features an extensive digital music store with a a growing collection of more than two million legal music tracks."
Hmm, has potential to become an online American Idol talent contest forum...
Web 2.0: The Machine is Using Us
Check out this video (2nd draft) by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. It does a nice job illustrating some of the concepts and implications of Web 2.0. On YouTube, Michael says to look for a final draft in late February.
If you'd like to read more about Web 2.0, check out Tim O'Reilly's What is Web 2.0.
Check out this video (2nd draft) by Michael Wesch, Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at Kansas State University. It does a nice job illustrating some of the concepts and implications of Web 2.0. On YouTube, Michael says to look for a final draft in late February.
If you'd like to read more about Web 2.0, check out Tim O'Reilly's What is Web 2.0.