tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139183282024-03-13T19:38:55.671+08:00iGenerationDigital Communication & Partcipatory CultureAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1131085484325843862005-11-04T14:20:00.000+08:002005-11-16T07:58:05.350+08:00All Good Things ...<img src="http://static.flickr.com/27/45426280_c4e7594a39_m_d.jpg" align="right" border="0">Congratulations to you all, you've reached the end of the course! That's right, all the assignments are done, the seminars are complete and your marks will be with you in the near future.<br /><br />If you've not done so already, I encourage you to listen to each others' podcasts; they're all very impressive and well worth listening to. The comments function on this blog will remain open to you (and only to students from this course), so please let each other know what you like (and to make suggestions for future podcasts in case anyone wants to continue their fine work in another context). Anyone else reading this, feedback/comments/complaints about this blog or course can be <a href="mailto:tama@cyllene.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">emailed to me</a> (or comments regarding individual podcasts can be made to the email addresses listed in the respective shownotes).<br /><br />In a little while I'm going to make a final post and then let this blog become a slightly more static part of the digital realm. Andrew, Gwyneth, Hilary, Liz and Kaori, can I ask that if you've any future online interactions regarding this course, you use the comments (which are still automatically email to me), not new posts, or, even better, go forth and start your own blogs! I'll be leaving this blog and all its course material up online in case it can prove of use to other people for whatever reason (from an online resource, to a skeleton for a new course, to ... well, whatever you like as long as it respects the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons License</a> under which this course & blog are made available).<br /><br />Finally, can I end on a personal note by saying I've enjoyed running this course immensely and, as with all good teaching experiences, feel I've learnt as much from you all as (I hope!) you've learnt from me. Of course, your travels in, and productions of, participatory media by no means conclude with the end of the course. Indeed, given the talent you all possess, I'd be mightily surprised not to see some other very impressive productions in the future (be they blogs, podcasts, books, scripts or whatever else you set your minds to). Thanks for a fabulous semester and best of luck with your future endevours! (And feel free to drop by <a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">my blog</a> and let me know how your journeys are going ...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4415/183/1600/glowing-infinity-sign.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4415/183/400/glowing-infinity-sign.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />[Fireworks Photo Credit: <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/34486647@N00/" target="_blank">Jono Kenyon</a> (Under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.0/" target="_blank">Creative Commons License</a>).]<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">[Tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/igeneration" rel="tag">igeneration</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/university" rel="tag">university</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/uwa" rel="tag">uwa</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/communicationstudies" rel="tag">communicationstudies</a>]</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1130421170664254462005-10-27T21:44:00.000+08:002005-10-31T17:08:44.130+08:00Simpsons: The iGeneration Podcast<p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">by Liz and Hilary :D<br /></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">EPISODE: One – </b><st1:place><st1:placetype><i style=""><b style="">Cape</b></i></st1:placetype><b style=""><i style=""> </i></b><st1:placename><b style=""><i style="">Feare</i></b></st1:placename></st1:place><b style=""> and Participatory culture<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u>SHOWNOTES<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u>-Time Scale<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[X]<span style=""> </span>(0-1.17)<span style=""> </span><span style=""> </span><b style="">Introduction</b> to the iGen<br />[X]<span style=""> </span>(1.20-1.40)<span style=""> </span>How to set up your Video with our Audio<br />[X]<span style=""> </span>(1.40- 24.15)<span style=""> </span><b style="">Part 1</b>: The Alternative Commentary<br />[X]<span style=""> </span>(24.16-27.51) <b style="">Intermission </b><i style="">Podsafe: Cruisebox</i> – Tell the FCC to Stick It (Squeaky Clean Remix)<br />[X]<span style=""> </span>(27.51-53.28) <b style="">Part 2</b>:<span style=""> </span>Discussion</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u>-Links<o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[X] <b style="">Part 1</b>: </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">The Simpsons</i> Official Website [<a href="http://www.thesimpsons.com/">Link</a>] <u><o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[X] <b style="">Intermission</b>: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Podesafe</i> [<a href="http://music.podshow.com/">Link</a>]<u><o:p></o:p></u><br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Cruisebox</i>- Tell the FCC to Stick It (Squeaky Clean Remix) [<a href="http://audiopium.typepad.com/thatpodcastsong/">Link</a>] </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[X] <b style="">Part 2</b>: </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style=""> -<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Wired News</i>: <i style="">TV Tries Shaky Hand at Podcasting</i> [<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68503,00.html">Link</a>]<span style=""><br />-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Listology: Best Fan Commentary Tracks</i> [<a href="http://www.listology.com/content_show.cfm/content_id.17002">Link</a>]<br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Wizard People, Dear Reader by Brad Neely</i> (NOT Harry Potter) [<a href="http://www.illegal-art.org/video/wizard.html">Link</a>]<br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Toner Mishap: The Simpsons – with “Audio Description”</i> [<a href="http://tonermishap.blogspot.com/2005/09/simpsons-with-audio-description.html">Link</a>] <u><o:p></o:p></u><br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">SCIFI.COM/ Battlestar Gallactica</i> [<a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/">Link</a>]<br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Fox Podcasts</i> accessed through <i style="">iTunes</i> Podcasts, <i style="">iTunes</i> website link [<a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/">Link</a>] <u><o:p></o:p></u><br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">iGeneration Honours Seminar Unit References </i>[<a href="http://i-generation.blogspot.com/">Link</a>] <u><o:p></o:p></u><br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">The Signal Podcast</i> [<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php">Link</a>]<br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Star Wars Fan Film Awards—Only on AtomFilms</i> [<a href="http://www.atomfilms.com/af/spotlight/collections/starwars/?afhomeclicktrack=SPO1">Link</a>]<br /><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span><i style="">Wired News: Blogging + Video = Vlogging</i> [<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68171,00.html">Link</a>]<br />-<span style="font-style: italic;">Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder</span> [<a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">Link</a>]<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">[X] <b style="">Exegesis</b>:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span>In an attempt to be innovative and participatory our Exegesis was written with the help of <i style="">Writeboard </i>by 37 Signals [<a href="http://www.writeboard.com/">Link</a>] <u><o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="">-<span style=""> </span></span>Our <i style="">Exegesis Writeboard</i> [<a href="http://123.writeboard.com/cc72adb0d3771a292/login">Link</a>] which needs our password to access please email request at fluffylittlebunny@gmail.com (NB: If we allow access through use of our password we do not wish our last version to be edited without our permission– if you edit it prepare to face certain angry consequences) <u><o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u>EXEGESIS<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;">(NB: Our Exegesis was also covered in the discussion [Part 2] of our podcast, but for the sake of completeness we have also written this as well.)</span></o:p></u><b style=""><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></o:p></u></b></p> <p>Our <em>Simpsons Podcast</em> consists of two parts. The first part is a alternative audio commentary of the season five episode <em>Cape Feare</em>, while the second part consists of a wider discussion relating to the use of podcasts for purposes such as commentaries, and a consideration of participatory culture and <em>The Simpsons</em>.</p> <p>Our alternative commentary aims to make the viewer aware of the underlying themes of <em>The Simspons</em> and how it is constructed in a context of other cultural media products. When creating our audio commentary we attempted to maintain a relaxed tone normally associated with this form, yet also incorporate educational comments associated with our topic. We situate <em>The Simpsons</em> in a time when the audience is becoming more aware of mediums and the effects this awareness has on the mediums productions. This is because with the invention and availability of new technologies, individuals have made the transition from mass consumers of media, to producers. Consequently as producers, we have become more active in every interaction with media. Hence, <em>The Simpsons</em> acts out audience expectations of the television medium and others, and creates a reflexive and self-referential product to be interpreted.</p> <p>Our discussion explores the effects and potentials of participatory culture further in how it is related to our <span style="font-style: italic;">Simpsons</span> podcast. We note that <em>The Simpsons</em> can be seen as a step in the gradual move to more ‘participatory’ cultural products. We consider <em>Star Wars</em> to be the least participatory, followed by the emergence of <em>The Simpsons</em> which moved towards a move openly culturally reflexive form and finally <em>Battlestar Gallactica</em> (<i style="">BSG</i>) being our example of embracing participatory culture. <span style="font-style: italic;" class="caps">BSG</span> does so by its acknowledgement of participatory culture’s emergence in the form of Podcasts and fan interaction.</p> <p>Our podcast can be situated amongst the other fan produced audio commentaries, and also with the podcast phenomenon by amateurs seen through <em>iTunes</em>. <em>Fox Broadcasts</em> official <i style="">Simpsons’s</i> podcast failed due to a poor use of audio, and here we see once again that the fans are the most successful innovators in the era of participatory culture and the potentials for audio offered by Podcasts.</p> <p>In conclusion, our Podcast is participatory both in the fact that it is a participatory cultural product (being a fan produced podcast) and also due to its reflection on participatory issues within <em>The Simpsons</em> as a medium. Our discussion highlights the position of <em>Podcasts</em> and their role in the further development and possibilities related to audio and participatory culture.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u>BIBLIOGRAPHY<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Alberti, John, <i style="">Leaving </i><st1:city><st1:place><i style="">Springfield</i></st1:place></st1:city><i style="">: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture</i>, <st1:place><st1:city>Detroit</st1:city>, <st1:state>MI</st1:state></st1:place>: <st1:city><st1:place>Wayne</st1:place></st1:city> State UP, 2004. xxxii, 344 pp. <i style="">Contemporary Approaches Film and Television Series</i></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Groening, Matt, Vitti, John and <st1:city><st1:place>Moore</st1:place></st1:city>, Rich, “<st1:place><st1:placetype>Cape</st1:placetype> <st1:placename>Feare</st1:placename></st1:place>” on <i style="">The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season DVD Collector’s Edition</i>, 20<sup>th</sup> Century Fox Home Entertainment 2005</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Jenkins, Henry, “Interactive Audience?” in <i style="">The New Media Book</i>, Dan Harris (ed), <st1:city><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:city>: BFI Publishing, 2002, pp. 157-170</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="">Other Info:<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">“<st1:place><st1:placetype>Cape</st1:placetype> <st1:placename>Feare</st1:placename></st1:place>” original airdate information on Fox Network (US): 9F22 <st1:date month="10" day="7" year="1993">October 7, 1993</st1:date>. Written by John Vitti. Directed by Rich Moore </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We also wish to point out that our podcast tone and informal yet educational atmosphere was influenced by the ‘Podfather’ himself, namely Adam Curry.<span style=""> </span>We attempted to follow his lead in successfully creating a podcast that was clearly understandable and interesting, yet did not sound too rehearsed or scripted. To hear his famous <i style="">Daily Source Code</i> follow the [<a href="http://www.curry.com/">Link</a>] <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><u>DISCLAIMER<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">This podcast has made all attempts to acknowledge copyright licences and works/audio cited.<span style=""> </span>It was produced by students for assessment and not for any financial gain, and should be interpreted as homage to <i style="">The Simpsons</i>.<span style=""> </span>Any infringement on copyright or other authors’ rights is unintentional and will be resolved upon notification.<br /></p>[<a href="http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=878&id=45820" target="_blank">iLecture/Lectopia Download - Mp3 - 36.7Mb</a>]<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">[Tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/podcast" rel="tag">podcast</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/mp3" rel="tag">mp3</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/thesimpsons" rel="tag">thesimpsons</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/commentary" rel="tag">commentary</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/westernaustralia" rel="tag">westernaustralia</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/uwa" rel="tag">uwa</a>]</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1130335594539558892005-10-26T21:56:00.000+08:002005-10-31T17:07:18.596+08:00Rich and the Rural Podcast<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)"><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153);font-family:courier new;font-size:180%;" >RICH AND THE RURAL:</span></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153);font-family:Courier New;font-size:180%;" >A PODPLAY</span></span></span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><span style="font-family:Courier New;font-size:180%;"></span><div align="center"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,204)">SHOWNOTES</span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204);font-size:130%;" ></span><div align="left"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">THE PLAYERS;</span></div><div align="center"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">VOICE-OVER:</span> TAMA<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">SINDI:</span> GWYNETH<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">CARLOS:</span> LEWIS<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">BRAD:</span> MICHAEL<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">JACKSON:</span> GWYNETH AGAIN<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">STEFAN:</span> MARK<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">SINDI'S MOTHER:</span> GLENDA<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">BETHANY:</span> ALLISON<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">GIRL IN THE<br />HOSPITAL:</span> EMMA<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">RESCUE DOG:</span> HERSELF<span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)">*<br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">GAGGLE OF DUCKS:</span> THEMSELVES<span style="COLOR: rgb(51,51,51)">*</span></div><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)">* Please note: No animals were harmed during the production of this material... seriously.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,102,102)"><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">Many thanks to<br />THE ORCHESTRA;</span><br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)"><br />Rich and the Rural Theme; 'Passion fruit (Go Bananas!)' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Brain Buckit</span><br />Brad's Bad Boy theme; 'Rumble Groove' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">George Fletcher – Bourbon Renewal</span><br />Sindi's Love theme; 'Around the Bend' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Adrina Thorpe</span><br />Behind the Times TV theme; 'Keep the Home Fires Burning' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Madly Jadly</span><br />Bad Driving theme; 'Mannequin' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Cats and Jammers<br /></span>Intermission theme; 'Tedeebedibbedib' by <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Fluox Speelt Fluox</span> </span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)"><br />All of whom reside at </span><a href="http://music.podshow.com/index.php"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)">http://music.podshow.com/index.php</span></a><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><br />ALSO, thanks to<br />the SOUND EFFECTS crew;<br /><a href="http://www.freeaudioclips.com/">http://www.freeaudioclips.com/</a><br /><a href="http://www.soundamerica.com/">http://www.soundamerica.com/</a><br /><br />RICH AND THE RURAL<br />time line:</div><div align="left"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">00:00:37 - Rich and the Rural Theme; Passion fruit (Go Bananas!) by Brain Bucket<br />00:01:45 - Episode One: The Phantom Hair<br />00:02:35 – Bad Boy Brad Returns: Rumble Groove by George Fletcher – Bourbon Renewal<br />00:04:00 – In which Carlos is interrupted in the spa<br />00:05:33 - In which Sindi Stalks about in her backless gown<br />00:06:50 - Sindi's Love theme; Around the Bend by Adrina Thorpe<br />00:09:00 - Behind the Times TV theme; Keep the Home Fires Burning by Madly Jadly<br />00:10:43 - Bad Driving theme; Mannequin by Cats and Jammers<br />00:12:20 – Intermission Theme; Tedeebedibbedib by Floux Speelt Floux<br />00:12:36 – In which the creator (of the podcast, not the world) gives a short, but impassioned intermission speech encouraging a radio play comeback<br />00:14:14 – Intermission end<br />00:15:40 – In which the rescue dog makes a tragic sacrifice<br />00:17:34 – In which a gaggle of ducks come to an untimely end<br />00:18:00 – In which the final non-fatal road accident of the episode takes place<br />00:18:17 - Rich and the Rural Theme; Passion fruit (Go Bananas!) by Brain Bucket<br /></span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><strong><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,204)"><br />Exegesis</span></strong>:</div><div align="center"><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)">PODPLAY: MAKING THE OLD<br />NEW AGAIN</span></div><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,51,153)"></span><div align="center"><br />"When we discover in this world no earth or rock to stand or walk upon but only<br />shifting sea and sky and wind, the mature response is not to lament the loss of fixity<br />but to learn to sail."</div><div align="right"><br />James Boyd White(7)</div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The development of new technologies offers individuals an unparalleled opportunity to take creative production into their own hands. The internet enables writers and musicians to achieve public exposure independent of whether their work is deemed acceptable by mainstream mediating forces, such as publishers or record label executives (6). That these materials now flow more freely about the globe via websites and peer-to-peer networks raises new challenges for individual artists, and creates perhaps an even more complex environment in which to locate and foster relationships with like minded creators (2). That being said, it also creates opportunities for cooperation between individuals who may never otherwise have had access to each other.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000000;">A radio play comeback which utilizes podcast technology could provide the mechanism to bring both creators and fans together in new ways. Musicians, writers, actors and technophiles would have the opportunity to participate in something which combines their talents, rather than each occupying a separate sphere in cyberspace. There are already music podcasts and writers forums, encouraging creative people to bring their talents together could diversify existing online networks and also pool their audiences, thus increasing public exposure for all. Sometimes, in order to find something new and unique you need to glance back at what was once lost, find it again, and look at it with new eyes. </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Early radio drama began with the dramatization of classic novels and plays, pioneered by the BBC in 1923 (3), before expanding into scripts written specifically for the medium (4). The start was slow, as audiences had to come to appreciate the radio play as a unique genre, rather than a poor copy of the stage play or film serial (Giddings, p.9). The process for the radio play podcast, or podplay, would probably be similar, except this time it would have to prove itself against television and commercial radio, the very technologies which flagged its demise in the first place.</span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The competition between visual and the strictly auditory media has previously gone in television's favour, however the success of podcasting signals a new era in which a desire for mobility and flexibility of experience gives the radio play a new lease on life (1). There is already a flourishing new audience for the intimacy of the voice (5), the amateurish rustling of paper, the occasional glitches or mistakes, this is what podcasting audiences have already learned to love (6). </span></div><div align="left"><br /><span style="color:#000000;">The serialized nature of podcasting mirrors the radio play narrative, the episodic "come back next week" which keeps the audience returning for more. Rich and the Rural is one form, and admittedly something of a parody of itself, but sometimes broaching something new is best done through humour. My hope is that this podplay will get someone's attention, who will then sit down and make their own, which is listened to by someone else who does the same, and so on. It is material which is free to produce, it's fun, and it will expand interpersonal networks across the internet. Best of all, if someone does not like it, they cannot pull you off the air. Now that is participatory culture.<br /><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,102,204)">SOURCES<span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">*</span>:</span><br /></span></div><ol><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Beck, A. Point-of-Listening in Radio Plays. Sound Journal, 1998.<br /><</span><a href="http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/beck981.html"><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.kent.ac.uk/sdfva/sound-journal/beck981.html</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">><br />(Accessed 24/10/05)</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Bugeja, M. Inter-Personal Divide: The Search for Community in a Technological Age.<br />Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005.</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Giddings, R. and Keith Selby. The Classic Serial on Television and Radio.<br />New York: Palgrave, 2001.</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Hagedorn, R. "Doubtless to be Continued: A Brief History of Serial Narrative" in To Be Continued: Soap Operas Around the World. [ed.] Robert C. Allen. London: Routledge, 1995.</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Larriaga, J. A Listening Audience for Radio Theatre? Entr'Actes, 2005.<br /><</span><a href="http://entractes.sacd.fr/en/listening_audience.php"><span style="color:#000000;">http://entractes.sacd.fr/en/listening_audience.php</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">><br />(Accessed 24/10/2005)</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Newitz, A. Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star. Wired Magazine, 2005.<br /><</span><a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html?pg=2&topic=curry&topic_set="><span style="color:#000000;">http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/<br />curry.html?pg=2&topic=curry&topic_set=</span></a><span style="color:#000000;">><br />(Accessed 24/10/05)</span></div></li><li><div align="left"><span style="color:#000000;">Reinhardt, M. The Art of Being Free: Taking Liberties with Tocqueville, Marx, and Arendt. London: Cornell University Press, 1997.</span></div></li></ol><p align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">* Appologies for slightly clunky footnotes, my computer refuses to play nicely with others...<br /></span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">THE END...<br />for now</span><br /></p></span></span>[<a href="http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=878&id=45819" target="_blank">iLecture/Lectopia Download - Mp3 - 13.2Mb</a>]<br /><br /><span class="technoratitag">[Tags: <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/podcast" rel="tag">podcast</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/radioplay" rel="tag">radioplay</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/podplay" rel="tag">podplay</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/humour" rel="tag">humour</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/comedy" rel="tag">comedy</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/richandtherural" rel="tag">richandtherural</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/westernaustralia" rel="tag">westernaustralia</a> | <a href="http://del.icio.us/tag/uwa" rel="tag">uwa</a>]</span>Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1129444835051069712005-10-16T14:27:00.000+08:002005-10-16T14:40:35.060+08:00Good Lecture<span style="color:#ff0000;">I recently caught John Doyle giving the Andrew Ollie Media Lecture on ABC TV, and it was great. Ostensibly about his experience of the media, Doyle manages to cover everything from Big Brother to the future of the media with insight and humour. Highly recomend a listen for anyone needing a break from study which doesn't involve mind numbing reality television! (not that there is anything wrong with that) Don't bother with the transcript, go audio.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Available at:</span> <a href="http://abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1476723.htm">http://abc.net.au/sydney/stories/s1476723.htm</a>Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1129105161123490862005-10-12T16:18:00.000+08:002005-10-12T16:19:21.136+08:00Week 12: Participatory Culture Then, Now and TomorrowWelcome to your final seminar for iGeneration! This week we've got two large case studies and three short(ish) articles to look at. The first case study focuses on the citizen media responses to Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath mainly from US commentators and mainly from a left-wing perspective. There are lots of links in the five-part Aftermath post, but have a look at as many as you can. The second case study is (shock, horror) looking at the way the film <i>Serenity</i> was marketed and promoted both from the production side and by fans. Read "That Serenity Post..." first, and then take a look at the other media listed (one produced by fans, one by Universal). Finally, you've got three readings which will help us sum up the course (a few questions about these are below).<br /><br /><u>Case Study I: Citizen Media Responses to Hurricane Katrina's Aftermath</u><br /><b>[X] </b>Katrina: The Aftermath, The Politics & Citizen Media [<a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-aftermath-politics-citizen.html" target="_blank">Part I]</a> [<a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-aftermath-politics-citizen_04.html" target="_blank">Part II</a>] [<a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-aftermath-politics-citizen_05.html" target="_blank">Part III]</a> [<a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-aftermath-politics-citizen_08.html" target="_blank">Part IV</a>] [<a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/katrina-aftermath-politics-citizen_10.html" target="_blank">Part V</a>]<br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/kayne-west-political-mashup-george.html" target="_blank">Kayne West Political Mashup: "George Bush Doesn't Care About Black People" by The Legendary K.O.</a><br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/george-bush-dont-like-black-people.html" target="_blank">George Bush Don't Like Black People: The Music Video</a><br /><br /><u>Case Study II: Citizen Media/Fandom & Finding <i>Serenity</i></u><br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/10/that-serenity-post.html" target="_blank">That Serenity Post...</a><br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php" target="_blank"><i>The Signal</i> Podcast</a> (listen to any episode, or part of one at least)<br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://ponderance.blogspot.com/2005/09/fifth-final-serenityfirefly-viral.html" target="_blank">Fifth & Final Serenity/Firefly Viral Movie Clip: Session 416, First Excerpt</a> (watch at least one of the clips)<br /><br /><u>The Final Readings</u><br /><b>[X] </b>Sonja Haller, "<a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/arizonaliving/articles/0912customize0912.html" target="_blank">iPod era of personal media choices may be turning us into an iSolation nation</a>", <i>The Arizona Republic</i>, Sept. 12, 2005.<br /><b>[X] </b>Danah Boyd, "<a href="http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2005/10/08/remix_is_active.html" target="_blank">remix is active consumption not production</a>", <i>apophenia</i>, October 08, 2005.<br /><b>[X] </b>Chris Anderson, "<a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html" target="_blank">The Long Tail</a>", <i>Wired</i>, 12.10, October 2004.<br /><br /><u>Some Questions to Think About for the Seminar:</u><br /><b>[1]</b> Is participatory culture, mashing up and citizen journalism really all that new? What does Danah Boyd think?<br /><b>[2]</b> Does participatory culture online offer a wider world of individual choice and expression or is it being subsumed as a marketing model? What does the selling of <i>Serenity</i> tell us? How different is the producer-released material (or "guerilla marketing" stuff) versus fan-created cultural items (the "grassroots media)? Should we fear "astro-turfing" (the attempts by big media to manufacture a fan 'buzz' where one does not already exist)?<br /><b>[3]</b> Does the Long Tail reflect a more dynamic system of media, consumption and production or it is just capitalism finally figuring out the internet?<br /><b>[4]</b> Finally, how large a role do <i>you</i> think citizen journalism and citizen media will play in the next ten years? (Why?)<br /><br /><u>Final Blog Post:</u><br />When you make your final reflective post this week, can you please also comment on the course as a whole: did it work as a coherent unit for you? What worked best? What didn't work? Any suggestions about things that should be changed?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1129713163501053632005-10-03T17:01:00.000+08:002005-10-19T17:16:05.380+08:00Major Podcast Assignment<span style="font-style: italic;">Construct an innovative digital audio programme of up to 45 minutes length which explores the medium of podcasting and critically engages with the idea of participatory culture in either the podcast itself or its exegesis. The programme can be of any genre or type, but must comply with copyright restrictions as the file will be made available publicly online.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X] </span><font>TIME LIMIT:</span> 45 minutes (unless a longer limit is negotiated with Tama before submission).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X] </span></span><font>VALUE:</span> 50% of your overall mark for the course.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X] </span><font>DUE ON CD:</span> Before 5pm, Thursday 27th October, to be submitted with printed ShowNotes (and printed Exegesis if one is created), Release Forms, and with a cover sheet to the English, Communication & Cultural Studies Office<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X] </span><font>DUE ONLINE:</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Before 9am, Friday 28th October, you must post your detailed ShowNotes (and Exegesis if written) to the course blog (your podcast will be manually added to your ShowNotes once processed by the iLecture system).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(NB: You must submit in both formats for your Audio Programme to be marked).</span><br /></div><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">You MUST submit:</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[1]</span> A copy of your FULL audio programme on Compast Disc. The show MUST be submitted in AIFF (Apple/SGI 16bit PCM) format. [To produce this file, once your audio programme is completed select EXPORT as AIFF from the FILE menu; to ensure you can the correct AIFF setting, select File > Preferences > File Formats > Uncompressed File Format > AIFF (Apple/SGI 16bit PCM).]<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[2] </span>Your ShowNotes, which should contain all cited references, a breakdown by time-code of your show (by chapter, scene, interview or whatever other marker is appropriate). ShowNotes should be submitted in print with your CD and should also be posted to the course blog.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[3]</span>An Exegesis – If your audio programme allows you to sufficiently reflect on ideas of participatory culture, your exegesis (an explantation of how your programme engages with and explores participatory culture) may be part of your audio programme, but MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED AS SUCH. Otherwise, an exegesis of no more than 500 words should be included at the end of your ShowNotes in both printed and blogged format.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[4] </span>All the appropriate Presenter Release Forms for yourself and any interviewees, voice talent, or anyone else appearing in your audio programme.<br /><br />A Few Hints’n’Tips:<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X]</span> Continually SAVE during audio production!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X]</span> Test your EXPORTED file thoroughly prior to submission. If it has any bits of your audio missing, you will NOT be given the opportunity to resubmit. (It’s your responsibility to get your exported file into the correct format!).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X] </span>Normal citation and plagiarism rules apply. You must cite all sources clearly, not just give URLs. (If citing blogs, be sure to use the specific links to each blog post; the overall link to the blog is not sufficient.) If you are in any way unclear about citation or plagiarism, please see Tama before you submit your assignment!<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X]</span> Remember, this is a scholarly production at Honours Level. Secondary material is preferable whever possible (even if only cited in your Exegesis).<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">[X]</span> When posting your ShowNotes (and Exegesis) to the course blog, please convert footnotes and URLs to live hyperlinks (eg don’t just have the text i-generation.blogspot.com, but rather use the link tool in Blogger to make sure it’s a clickable link such as <a href="http://i-generation.blogspot.com">http://i-generation.blogspot.com</a>).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">IMPORTANT POINTS ABOUT THIS ASSIGNMENT</span><br /><br />1. Your written work should be submitted to the ECCS Office with a cover-sheet attached. Please do NOT submit written work directly to your tutor. (If you do, there may be no official record that the work was ever submitted.)<br /><br />2. In order to satisfy course requirements, students must submit work by the due date. Unless an extension of the due date has been granted, late assignments will incur a penalty of 2 marks per working day. (Extension requests should be made in writing to your tutor, and will normally require a medical certificate.) A grade of 'NM' will be recorded if no assignment is submitted. No work will be accepted after the end of the examination period (without a formal deferral from the Academic Student Advisor).<br /><br />3. It is essential to KEEP A COPY of your work. In the case of loss of an assignment, notes or an earlier draft cannot be accepted as substitutes.<br /><br />4. Please do NOT write on both sides of the paper.<br /><br />5. Whether your work is typed or hand-written, it should be DOUBLE-SPACED. (For handwritten work, this means that you write on every second line.)<br /><br />6. Please leave a WIDE MARGIN in case the marker needs to offer comments and annotations.<br /><br />7. PLAGIARISM Please be aware that the work you submit must be your own work with no unacknowledged debt to some other writer or source. To pass off written work as your own, whether you have copied it from someone else or from somewhere else (be it a published writer, another person, a TV program, a library anthology, or whatever) is to deprive yourself of the real benefits of this course and to be guilty of plagiarism. Plagiarism is a serious offence! University policy is that plagiarism, the unacknowledged quotation of material from other people's work, is a ground for failure. Any work that contains ideas or phrases taken from other works without acknowledgement - PLAGIARISM - will be failed, given the grade of 0 and your name placed on the Faculty's Plagiarism Register. This includes direct quotations, when a section of one text is transposed into another without any changes, and indirect paraphrasing, when the main ideas and arguments of someone else’s work are used. If you take notes from other sources (critical articles, background works, etc) you must quote carefully and accurately, and acknowledge the quotation. Even if you paraphrase, you must still acknowledge that you are paraphrasing. This is very important!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1128259610660054712005-10-02T21:24:00.000+08:002005-10-02T21:26:50.670+08:00Word 'Blog' is mentioned on DilbertIts been a while since Dilbert entertained this blod, so here you go: (sorry its so small, blogger wont let me make it any larger!)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/dilbert20051001046521.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/dilbert2005100104652.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1128050429886619462005-09-30T11:08:00.000+08:002005-09-30T11:20:29.906+08:00Traditional Media vs New Media<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Check out this interesting example of collaborative writing vs traditional one person journalism on</span> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2005-09-26/Esquire_article">Wikipedia</a>!<br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Wiki editors and contributors have edited a Esquire article!! Which will then be printed in Esquire magazine....for more info go and have a look :)<br /><br /></span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1127886262718446412005-09-28T13:36:00.000+08:002005-09-28T13:44:22.723+08:00Group Outing<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">No i'm not talking about THAT kind of outing, unless we all want to come out and claim ourselves to be members of participatory culture!!! :P *hahaha ok that wasn't that funny*</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Anyway...since everyone is keen on having a group movie thingy of Serenity, and since Tama has hinted heavily that it may appear in our last seminar...what do people think about October the 11th, (a tuesday for cheap tix)<br />Location: Innalloo<br />Time: evening session of choice?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Just thought I would get the organisational ball rolling...any suggestions?</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">:)</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1127654080998850052005-09-25T21:09:00.000+08:002005-09-25T22:37:02.560+08:00Somebody Help Me!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/satisfied1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/satisfied1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Finished! (above)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/asfar.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/asfar.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Ok, Andrew/Gwen, I'm looking at you guys!! Please for the love of participatory culture will you help me figure out this</span> <a href="http://www.eyezmaze.com/grow/cube/">Cube game!!!!!</a> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">*cries* I was peacefully doing uniwork, until I was caught unawares by this game and it is driving me insane since I cant complete it!!!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Below is a picture of how far I managed to get....er above for some reason the picture loaded there!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Help! My sanity hangs in the balance!</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1127633870185378382005-09-25T15:25:00.000+08:002005-09-29T16:27:44.326+08:00Participatory Culture Eat Your Heart OUT!!!<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Can I believe this? Could it get ANY better?</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Yes it could....but this is nevertheless fantastic and related to TWO of our seminar topics!</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Yes, Adam Curry is knocking out two birds with one stone, making his DSC Podcast shownotes A WIKI!!!!!!!! (its like my two fav's have come together *sigh's contentedly*)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">So, not only do we now have participatory culture in terms of the show being a Podcast, but, its actual shownotes are being written and updated by the listeners, who are posting interesting links or thoughts on some of Adam's topics (which he admits on occasion he has little knowledge about).</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I could of exploded with complete amazement when he mentioned the idea of wiki shownotes on</span> <a href="http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-244-2005-09-22.mp3">DSC #244</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">.... simply because it fitted in so well with what we have been discussing.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">It's so satisfying to be talking about these things on our blog and in discussion's in our seminar's and then to actually witness people within a specific aspect of 'participatory culture', actually do something that brings a number of our interests together!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Anyway my fellow blogger's, why don't you have a look here at the </span><a href="http://tikibase.com/tiki-index.php?page=Daily+Source+Code">Wiki</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">... it's only just been born, so don't be too harsh in your judgements....</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">As Big Kev would say, "I'm excited!"<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">EDIT 29/09/05 :<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">They now have set up an alternative</span> <a href="http://dailysourcecode.secretelite.com/Main_Page">Wiki</a> <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">that is based on Wikipedia using wikimedia's wiki template. This appears to be the one being used, just thought I would tell you since this new one is easier to understand/navigate etc....not that ANYBODY appears to have been interested in this post! :P</span></span></span></span><br /></span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1127464643199465512005-09-23T16:23:00.000+08:002005-09-23T16:37:24.993+08:00Noob AlertGiven our penchant for supporting the online participation of enterprising young citizens, I thought I'd share this unique site with you all: <a href="http://www.purepwnage.com/index.html">http://www.purepwnage.com/index.html</a><br /><br />If you do watch some of the clips I highly recommend you go in chronological order... It will probably make most sense to obsessive gamers, but even 'noobs' (innocent and inept new gamers) can appreciate the humour. Good stuff.Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1127204799677715502005-09-20T16:25:00.000+08:002005-09-20T16:26:53.893+08:00A Few Things ...<b>[1]</b> Don't forget your peer reviews of each other's Critical Evaulations are due to be posted as a comment to the respective person's Critical Evaluation you were assigned before 5pm, Friday September 30th.<br /><b>[2] </b>Please <a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">download and test <i>Audacity</i></a> before out meeting on October 5th ... if you have questions about setup or how it works that session will be the ideal time. The more you've tried, the more you'll know it you've got questions/problems.<br /><b>[3]</b> The session on October 5th will be held in the Collaborative Learning Studio (2.31). Half the time will be looking at Audacity (hopefully guided by your questions); in the other half, you're pitching your idea for your Research Podcasts (please have thought through your idea before the class ... you'll get the most out of the session if you've already thought through the immediately obvious issues!). Also, don't forget to have a <a href="http://i-generation.blogspot.com/2005/09/igeneration-prototype-proof-of-concept.html" target="_blank">listen to my prototype podcast</a> to get an idea of the background to podcasting and some ideas for your own.<br /><b>[4]</b> I think the idea of you <a href="http://i-generation.blogspot.com/2005/09/critical-evaluation-exercise_15.html#112694772057498261" target="_blank">all heading to <i>Serenity</i></a> is a great one (obviously it's not a requirement for the course, but I think you'll all enjoy the film if you get a chance ... and don't forget to think about how the "You Can't Stop the Signal" ethos relates to the course!).<br /><br /><img src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/4415/183/400/signal.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Finally, have a great break! I'm overseas until October 4th, so any emails sent during the break may not get a response until then. Have fun!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1126845114420543602005-09-16T12:28:00.000+08:002005-09-16T12:31:54.426+08:00Awesome Audio<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In light of Fox's release and their rating in the </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Top 100 Podcasts</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> on</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> iTunes</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">, I would just like to say </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The Simpsons</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> podcast and </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Family Guy</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> podcast, are undoubtedly the worse use of audio ever!</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">How </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">NOT</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> to do a Podcast.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">In comparison, check out this </span><a href="http://tonermishap.blogspot.com/2005/09/simpsons-with-audio-description.html">awesome use of audio</a>.....fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1126796853659252922005-09-15T22:59:00.000+08:002005-09-30T16:00:45.213+08:00Critical Evaluation ExerciseThis discussion will be evaluating <a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php">The Signal</a>, a podcast established by fans of the soon to be released film Serenity, and assessing its role in relation to digital communication and online fan participation. *<br /><br />Podcasting is a new form of digital communication which links directly to the growth of what <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html">Henry Jenkins </a>terms "participatory culture." This movement is a result of new technologies which break down barriers between producers and consumers, and allow "average citizens" to enter into the media marketplace (Jenkins). The reduction of costs, the expansion of choice, and the increased freedom to create and share are all part of this new technological environment, "a new style of consumerism" in which everyday people are actively involved in the "annotation, appropriation, transformation, and recirculation of media content" (Jenkins). Where a listener of traditional radio can only listen to content programmed by others, usually including commercial advertising, podcasting allows the home audience to mold their own individual audio program and share it on the internet. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/arts/22heff.html?ei=5090&en=8eafe5fb29be1a8f&ex=1279684800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print">Virginia Heffernan </a>explains podcasts as "... little radio shows that people create on the cheap; you can download them at no cost from the Web, and listen to them whenever you want." The individual at home needs only a connection to the Web, a microphone and basic software to create their own podcast, while the online audience can pick and choose exactly what they want from a wide variety of programs. It is all made even <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1532392,00.html">easier</a> by the use of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) system, which can be used to locate and update your favourite podcasts automatically from the Web onto the computer.<br /><br />The Signal is a podcast created by a group of fans for the unabashed promotion of the television series Firefly and its upcoming feature film Serenity. The creators' aim is to make online converts while explicitly calling on existing fans to spread the word about the series and the film. The podcasts are a combination of audio clips, music from the series, interviews with stars, comic features, and updates of Serenity related news, separated at intervals by the hosts' enthusiastic discussion of the material. An interactive element is added by hosts reading out and discussing e-mail responses from fellow online fans, as well as the provision of shownotes and links with each episode.<br /><br />This podcast is part of a much larger community of fans whose passionate involvement with the 2001 television series Firefly was the reason Universal Pictures agreed to join creator Joss Whedon in making the feature film Serenity. <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/08/DDGQJD4D2O1.DTL&type=printable">Neva Chonin</a>, claims that "'Serenity's' existence is a testimonial to the tenacity of fans and the power of the Internet, where [fans] have spent the past three years inspiring converts, drafting petitions and even kibitzing with the 'Firefly' cast on bulletin boards." Now that the movie is nearing release, fans are engaging in a 'guerrilla marketing' campaign to ensure its commercial success. During the <a href="http://archive4.libsyn.com/podcasts/thesignal/signal_004_20050727.mp3">fourth podcast </a>of The Signal a segment devoted to 'guerilla marketing' techniques was premiered, with details on how fans can manipulate the International Movie data Base's (IMDB) ratings system in order to get Serenity in the top ten list after its release. The segment is framed in terms of Serenity fans being involved in an "underdog story" emphasising the need to "keep talking," to spread the word to all their friends and lend out DVD's of the canceled series. The podcast creators show a clear self awareness of fan influence, as well as a critical understanding of the systems of power which operate within the film industry.<br /><br />This particular case of fan involvement is an example of the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/collective%20intelligence.html">changing relationship </a>between fans and media producers. Rather than pursuing the usual million dollar advertising campaign to promote their movie, Universal Pictures and creator Joss Whedon turned to their fan base for support. Given that the television series was not on screen for long, and not a significant main stream success at the time, the commercial success of the movie depends on moving beyond the already established fan community (Chonin, 2005). Whedon is very conscious of the power of grass-roots promotion, and is "actively recruiting [fans] as guerrilla publicists" (Chonin). The official Serenity fan website, <a href="http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/">Browncoats</a>, gives members points and prizes for the creation of advertising materials and the recruiting of new fans. Whedon explains, "It's a viral thing, encouraging them to encourage other people to see it... 'Serenity' doesn't have Tom Cruise... or any of the other things marketing people latch onto" (Chonin). Jenkins agrees that this emerging recognition of the inter-dependance of fans and media products, has resulted in "cult" material being "consciously produced, designed to provoke fan interactions" (2002). While it remains to be seen if Whedon and Universal's approach will lead to success for Serenity, it has already proven successful in the sales of Firefly DVD's.<br /><br />It can be argued that the extent to which fans are willing to invest in an online project, such as The Signal podcast, depends on their sense of being a part of something larger, a collective, in which their contribution has value and is appreciated. The web facilitates a much greater level of personal involvement from fans than previously offered in print forms such as fanzines. <a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogs_as_virtual.html">Anita Blanchard's</a> discussion of how a "sense of community" may be present in virtual space highlights four important characteristics, including: feelings of membership; influence; integration; and emotional connection. All of these aspects are present within The Signal, and are often explicitly discussed. The concept of membership is associated here with a shared experience of Firefly fandom, something which bonds individuals together regardless of gender, ethnicity, or geography. The influence of individual fans within the community depends only on their willingness to get involved, as the hosts' often reiterate that any contribution to the cause of Firefly or Serenity is appreciated. Integration is achieved through a network of associated feedback systems between online fan projects: fans visit each other's sites; post comments; share information; email; and join in on <a href="http://fireflydvd.com/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=1">message boards</a>. The emotional investment within the community is an area where Whedon and the actors involved are closely linked with fans. Unlike many public figures Whedon has cultivated a personal relationship with fans which has created a sense that he is more a cult hero than corporate media producer. The Signal plays interviews and speeches by Whedon and his actors in which they profess a great sentiment, not only towards the cast, but towards the fans who support them, sometimes to the point of tearful breakdown. After chatting with one of the actors for a podcast, host Kari Haley claimed that watching her DVD felt inexplicably "different" as a result, a measure of the significance she placed on the personal interaction.<br /><br />A controversial aspect of podcasting, which remains unclear at the present time, is the extent to which copyright laws will apply to the everyday podcaster in the future. The Signal not only plays pieces of music and audio from the Firefly series, but clips from the unreleased movie, as well as full film trailers. Given Whedon and Universal's genial attitude to fans this is unlikely to ever cause a problem, but the future of unauthorised audio use by the increasing number of podcasting individuals world wide is less secure. <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1233531.htm">Ernest Miller </a>comments that "... when people are doing their own little radio shows... they’re going to quote from a sound clip from a favourite TV show or from another radio show... it’ll become a question of whether or not using these small quotations of sound are going to be fair use". <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1532392,00.html">John Buckman</a>, owner of an online record company, says "my fear is that podcasters will be seen as broadcasters and will be clamped down on in the same way internet radio was". Similar to file sharing, which was unregulated at first, podcasting appears destined to face off with copyright law as it builds a greater following. Carly Didden, from <a href="http://www.collegebroadcasters.org/podcast.shtml">Collegiate Broadcasters, Inc</a>., concedes that "copyright law has yet to catch up with the technology of podcasting". Didden suggests that as the existing quality and quantity of podcasts increase, so will the licensing requirements, "today podcasts are free to download, may be commercial-free, and are unregulated, in the future, at the risk of turning away listeners, podcasters may add commercials or charge fees in order to pay for bandwith or copyright licenses" It remains to be seen whether fan podcasts such as The Signal will be able to continue, as is, in subsequent years, or whether they will be forced to curtail their content.<br /><br />The Signal podcast is part of an online community which is making use of new technologies in ways which develop social ties and support common interests. Through the creation of their own model of promotion these individuals are involved in the reconfiguring of popular culture from the world of big business into the more emotive networks of human discourse. Both the individuals involved and the larger media economy is served by such fan involvement, although this developing relationship may be challenged in the future by copyright restrictions.<br /><br />References:<br /><br /><ol><li>Blanchard, A. Blogs as Virtual Communities: Identifying a Sense of Community<br />in the Julie/Julia Project, Into the Blogosphere. Ed. Smiljana Antonijevic, Laura Gurak, Laurie Johnson, Clancy Ratliff, and Jessica Reyman, 2004. <<a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogs_as_virtual.html">http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/blogs_as_virtual.html</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li><br />Browncoats: Official Serenity Fan Site, Universal Studies, 2005. <<a href="http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/">http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Chonin, N. When Fox Canceled 'Firefly,' it Ignited an Internet Fan Base Whose Burning Desire for More led to 'Serenity', San Francisco Chronicle Online, 2005. <<a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/08/DDGQJD4D2O1.DTL&type=printable">http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/08/DDGQJD4D2O1.DTL&type=printable</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Correy S. Music of the Blogospheres, Radio National Background Briefing, 2004. <<a href="http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1233531.htm">http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/bbing/stories/s1233531.htm</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Didden, C. Podcasting Legal Issues, Collegiate Broadcasters Inc., 2005. <<a href="http://www.collegebroadcasters.org/podcast.shtml">http://www.collegebroadcasters.org/podcast.shtml</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li><br />Guerilla Marketing – Serenity Discussion Boards, SerenityMovie.net, 2005. <<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php">http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Haley, K. and Les Howard (hosts), The Signal #4, Serenity Fan Community Podcast, 2005.<br /><<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php">http://archive4.libsyn.com/podcasts/thesignal/signal_004_20050727.mp3</a>><br />Episode released: 27/7/05. Shownotes found at <<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/shownotes/signal_004.html">http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/shownotes/signal_004.html</a>><br />(Accessed 12/9/05)</li><li>Heffernan, V. The Podcast as a New Podium, New York Times, 2005. <<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/arts/22heff.html?ei=5090&en=8eafe5fb29be1a8f&ex=1279684800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/arts/22heff.html?ei=5090&en=8eafe5fb29be1a8f&ex=1279684800&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Jenkins, H. Interactive Audiences?: The 'Collective Intelligence' of Media Fans,<br />Henry Jenkins Publications, 2002.<br /><<a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/collective%20intelligence.html">http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/collective%20intelligence.html</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Jenkins, H. Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture, Henry Jenkins Publications. <<a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html/t_blank">http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html></a><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li><br />The Signal, Serenity Fan Community Podcast, 2005.<br />Creators: Les Howard, Kari Haley, J. D. Ravatt, Kevin Bachelder, Jill Arroway,<br />Carolyn Parkinson, Miranda Thomas, Rich Adams, Clay McClure and Jeremy Neish.<br /><<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php">http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li><li>Young, K. One Man Band, Guardian Unlimited Online, 2005. <<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1532392,00.html">http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1532392,00.html</a>><br />(Accessed 10/9/05)</li></ol>Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1126794319302542572005-09-15T22:04:00.000+08:002005-09-17T14:53:29.676+08:00Daily Source Code Evaluation.....<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center; line-height: 200%;" align="center"><b style=""><u>iGeneration Critical Evaluation: <i style="">The Daily Source Code</i> – Adam Curry<o:p></o:p></u></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;">Patterns of media consumption have been profoundly altered by a succession of new media technologies which enable average citizens to participate in the archiving, annotation, appropriation, transformation, and recirculation of media content.<span style=""> </span>Participatory culture refers to the new style of consumerism that emerges in this environment. – <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html">Henry Jenkins</a><a style="" href="#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[1]</span></span></span></span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/,%20http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry">Adam Curry</a> hosts and produces <a href="http://dailysourcecode.com/"><i style="">The Daily Source Code</i></a> (<i style="">DSC</i>) podcast, the first of its kind, which began in August 2004<a style="" href="#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[2]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Podcasting is a new form of audio broadcasting<a style="" href="#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[3]</span></span></span></span></a> that was developed in 2003 by <a href="http://ipodder.org/history">Adam Curry and Dave Winer</a><a style="" href="#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[4]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Podcasts are syndicated digital audio shows similar in style to traditional radio broadcasts, but with a few notable exceptions: you can listen to them anywhere and anytime on your portable music device; they can be produced by anyone with access to a computer, microphone and internet access.<span style=""> </span>The core technology behind podcasting is syndicated feeds built using RSS (Really Simple Syndication) and aggregators in the form of Curry’s original <i style="">iPodder</i>, and more recently Apple’s <i style="">iTunes</i>.<span style=""> </span>In 2003, Curry was dissatisfied with audio streaming due to the high cost of bandwidth usage that it involved, it restricts you to sitting at the computer, and you can’t save streaming audio for when you want to listen to it<a style="" href="#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[5]</span></span></span></span></a>. <span style=""> </span>Curry thought about the delivery of audio files and spoke to Dave Winer about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29">RSS feeds</a>, which led to Winer developing RSS Enclosures<a style="" href="#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[6]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>With the technology available to deliver subscription style mp3s, Curry went about trying to create an ‘aggregator’, (i.e. a “…standalone application that would download these mp3 files and automatically store them on my iPod”), and using the basic programming tool Applescript he developed the first podcast aggregator<a href="http://ipodder.org/history"> <i style="">iPodder</i></a><a style="" href="#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[7]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>From this <i style="">The Daily Source Code </i>was born, initially as a “<a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">…proof of concept for <i style="">iPodder</i></a>”<a style="" href="#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[8]</span></span></span></span></a> but also as a way to attract developers and encourage them to make <a href="http://ipodder.org/history"><i style="">iPodder</i> better</a><a style="" href="#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[9]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry, once a famous MTV host and radio DJ, is still the most notable celebrity behind the <a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">podcasting ‘revolution’</a><a style="" href="#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[10]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span><a href="http://news.com.com/2061-10787_3-5717598.html">Although some</a> have become bitter due to Curry’s enthusiasm for taking all the limelight and <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67525,00.html">credit at times</a><a style="" href="#_ftn11" name="_ftnref11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[11]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Nevertheless, his <i style="">Daily Source Code</i> explores issues relating to its development and future, promotes other podcasts, as well as functioning as a lifestyle show, even discussing his family’s hilarious forays in day to day life.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">Curry’s <i style="">DSC</i> is one of the central forces behind podcasting.<span style=""> </span>His show highlights what podcasting is all about, as well as debating some of the larger issues and new innovations required to take the podcasting medium further into the future.<span style=""> </span>Curry makes it quite obvious in every show that the <i style="">DSC</i> is not produced from a studio, but simply through his laptop and portable workstation.<span style=""> </span>As <a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">Annalee Newitz</a> of <i style="">Wired Magazine</i> witnessed firsthand, podcasting can be done anywhere, even by Curry in his car<a style="" href="#_ftn12" name="_ftnref12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[12]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">One of the major potentials of podcasting as a medium is its development as a ‘grassroots’ media phenomenon.<span style=""> </span>Prior to podcasting, blogs took advantage of syndication and everyday citizens with access to computers began to take on the role of ‘grassroots journalism’ or reporting.<span style=""> </span>Now, podcasting is the next logical step, <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2005/tc20050524_9688_tc_211.htm">focusing not on text but audio</a><a style="" href="#_ftn13" name="_ftnref13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[13]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>As Tod Maffin, a producer of CBC radio states on his <a href="http://radio.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/10/5/155523.html">blog</a>,</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><span style=""> </span>They are podcasters: <i style="">citizen broadcasters</i> who arm themselves with rudimentary recording tools, free software, and a speedy internet connection.<span style=""> </span>And like the bloggers before them, they are changing the nature of the medium.<span style=""> </span>Podcasters may indeed revitalize the art of radio itself<a style="" href="#_ftn14" name="_ftnref14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[14]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">Podcasting is all about consumers becoming producers; as <a href="http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html">Henry Jenkins</a> has argued, “…The Net opened up new space for public discussions of media content and the Web became an important showcase for grassroots cultural production”<a style="" href="#_ftn15" name="_ftnref15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[15]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Traditional radio producers did not take full advantage of the digital revolution and opportunities created by the internet.<span style=""> </span>Curry notes in <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html"><i style="">DSC</i> episode 217 </a>that radio’s only venture into the online domain was simply audio streaming of their broadcast station<a style="" href="#_ftn16" name="_ftnref16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[16]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>This failed due to the amount of bandwidth required to stream audio, and also the essential pleasure of radio, which is that you do not listen to it in front of the computer, but in your car or by portable device.<span style=""> </span>Curry picked up on this, making use of new technology such as Apple’s <i style="">iPod</i> to bring radio back to life, with new and innovative content related to today’s online society; the <i style="">DSC’s</i> introduction calls podcasting “The next generation of radio <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html">content in my ear</a>”<a style="" href="#_ftn17" name="_ftnref17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[17]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Podcasting’s major offering is also its ability to be listened to at anytime, many have described it as ‘TiVo’ for audio, and this has opened up a range of possibilities for audio and <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65237,00.html">video to be mixed as well</a><a style="" href="#_ftn18" name="_ftnref18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[18]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>This has enabled audio content to be used in conjunction with other media in a previously impossible way, such as the Sci Fi Channel’s <a href="http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/"><i style="">Battlestar Gallactica</i> </a>episodic podcast commentaries which have been a<a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68503,00.html"> great success</a><a style="" href="#_ftn19" name="_ftnref19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[19]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>While many attempts by <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68503,00.html">TV to take advantage audio have failed</a>, such as CBS simulcast of <i style="">David Letterman</i>, and the notorious failed <i style="">Family Guy</i> podcasts, new possibilities for audio are occurring through podcasting<a style="" href="#_ftn20" name="_ftnref20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[20]</span></span></span></span></a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">Curry’s <i style="">DSC</i> often contains musical segments from the <i style="">PodsafeMusicNetwork</i>, a collection of copyright free musical tracks produced by unknown or ‘garage’ type bands, set up by Curry and the fellow creators of <i style="">PodShow.com</i>.<span style=""> </span>As Curry notes, amateur music is often very ‘professional’ sounding, with grassroots bands using the same recording tools as professional recorders.<span style=""> </span>However, mainstream radio rarely promotes new talent, while podcasts on the other hand have a reciprocal type arrangement with new artists; once they have their music in the ‘Podsafe’ any Podcast producer can use it, increasing their audience and fan base, and prompting CD sales.<span style=""> </span>This benefits new musical talent, but also the Podcast producers, as <a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">Annalee Newitz</a> notes:</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;">…Partly in political protest and partly out of legal necessity, podcast music tends to favour songs that aren’t policed by the Recording Industry Association of America.<span style=""> </span>Because listeners download each show, producers aren’t eligible for the kinds of broadcast license available to radio stations and webcasters<a style="" href="#_ftn21" name="_ftnref21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[21]</span></span></span></span></a>.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">However, due to the nature of podcasting in that it is a private download that can be archived by the user, Podcast producers can operate outside the US <a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations</a><a style="" href="#_ftn22" name="_ftnref22" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[22]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry often makes allusions to this such as in <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html"><i style="">DSC</i>, number 217</a><a style="" href="#_ftn23" name="_ftnref23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[23]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>This allows Podcasts to act as a medium through which consumers, turned producers, can listen and produce content which would not be allowed on traditional radio.<span style=""> </span>Curry can talk about pornography and openly badmouth <i style="">Virgin Atlantic</i> (e.g. in <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/09/08.html"><i style="">DSC</i> 237</a>) while other podcasts such as <i style="">Whole Wheat’s Kloss</i> contain repeated swearing in their comedic discussions and others can even discuss the <a href="http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/">latest sex tips</a><a style="" href="#_ftn24" name="_ftnref24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[24]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Furthermore, Curry often features ‘Mashups’ from <i style="">Mashuptown.com</i> in his<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/08/30.htm"> <i style="">DSC</i></a>, something that traditional radio would be unable to due to Copyright Law, notably illustrated in the notorious <a href="http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_10/howard/">‘<i style="">Grey Album’</i> incident</a><a style="" href="#_ftn25" name="_ftnref25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[25]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>However there are still many obstacles and concerns raised about podcasting and music; some producers see it as currently impossible to turn their shows into podcasts due to the legal issues regarding copyright of mainstream music, and furthermore the fear that podcast show music may be pirated leading to another ‘Napster’ <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-08-03-podcasting-usat_x.htm">instance</a><a style="" href="#_ftn26" name="_ftnref26" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[26]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry’s invention and the <i style="">DSC</i> ‘proof of concept’ podcasts act as an instance through which many of the problems in participatory culture online can be challenged, and provides a space for new cultural products which traditional media cannot deliver due to outdated or overtly restrictive laws and attitudes.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">Adam Curry’s <i style="">DSC</i> while being a ‘grassroots’ type production still maintains an air of professionalism lacking form many of the current podcasts.<span style=""> </span>Podcasting is noticeable for its informal style of talk, as <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2005/tc20050524_9688_tc_211.htm">Stephan Baker</a> suggests, “most [podcasters] lack the technical expertise of radio vets, and they have no pressure to race along”<a style="" href="#_ftn27" name="_ftnref27" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[27]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>In both Curry’s <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html"><i style="">DSC</i> 217</a> and <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/09/08.html">237</a>, the phone rings in the background and Curry apologises and either ignores or answers<a style="" href="#_ftn28" name="_ftnref28" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[28]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>This informality is something unheard of on traditional radio, but often adds to the charm of podcasting and Curry can get away with it far easier than others due to his previous professional experience at MTV and traditional radio. <span style=""> </span>Curry’s podcasting evangelism and professional background are key factors in getting <a href="http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/06/first_look_appl.html">podcasting support added to Apple’s <i style="">iTunes</i></a> 4.9 release in June 2005, helping to take ‘podcasting mainstream’<a style="" href="#_ftn29" name="_ftnref29" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[29]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>However, as many have noticed <i style="">iTunes </i>gives preference to the new ‘commercial podcasts’ that have resulted from Apple’s connections and deals with <a href="http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/06/first_look_appl.html">traditional media producers</a><a style="" href="#_ftn30" name="_ftnref30" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[30]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry and his <i style="">DSC</i> come to podcasting’s aid once more in episode <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html">217</a>, where Curry discusses bandwidth problems for independent or ‘indie’ podcasters<a style="" href="#_ftn31" name="_ftnref31" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[31]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry often promotes other podcasters on his <i style="">DSC</i>, but the downside is that, after a promo is played the promoted podcast tends to get flooded with new users who take up bandwidth<a style="" href="#_ftn32" name="_ftnref32" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[32]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Adam realises that for podcasters the expense of bandwidth and the limits of severs and internet providers could run indie podcasters out of business as podcast popularity grows.<span style=""> </span>In <a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html"><i style="">DSC</i> 217</a> he discusses the idea of podcasts supported by an advertisement or promotion at the beginning or end of the show, but understandably Curry wonders if this commercialisation will sit well with indie podcast producers<a style="" href="#_ftn33" name="_ftnref33" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[33]</span></span></span></span></a>. <span style=""> </span>He suggests that if the popularity of podcasting grows, the podcaster may even get a cut of the advertising if his show is successful.<span style=""> </span>This idea appears to be directly linked to the recently developed <i style="">Podshow.com</i> site, which Curry has co-created and is designed to be an informative and useful tool for not only podcast listeners but also producers.<span style=""> </span>While <i style="">iTunes</i> did a lot to bring the world of podcasting into mainstream awareness, it did not however educate or provide much help for the ‘indie’ podcasters or those new to the ‘Podcast Revolution’.<span style=""> </span>Curry it seems is once again, through his <i style="">DSC</i> and his other internet projects working in support of podcasting, helping to overcome the remaining obstacles preventing podcasting reaching every possible online user.<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">Adam Curry’s <i style="">Daily Source Code</i> is perhaps the ‘holy grail’ of the podcasting world, it was the original ‘proof of concept’ podcast, and today functions as a central discussion area for almost everything related to the world and politics of podcasting.<span style=""> </span>Podcasting is still in its infancy, and <a href="http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vlog/archives/2004/10/19/podcasting-and-vogcasting/">some have criticised it for not trying to be more than simply ‘radio’</a>, but I think it is trying to do more than that, and as a medium has far more potential than ‘traditional radio’<a style="" href="#_ftn34" name="_ftnref34" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:12;" >[34]</span></span></span></span></a>.<span style=""> </span>Curry is the most notable celebrity of podcasting, it’s ‘pin-up boy’ and hero, and he is still there promoting his fellow podcasters, increasing the medium’s popularity, and aiding its continued growth through such future initiatives as <i style="">Podshow.com</i> and it affiliates.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 200%;">By Hilary Wheaton</p> <div style=""><br /> <hr align="left" size="1" width="33%"> <div style="" id="ftn1"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[1]</span></span></span></span></a> Henry Jenkins, "Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence and Participatory Culture," in David Thorburn and Henry Jenkins (eds.) <i>Rethinking Media Change</i> (<st1:city><st1:place>Cambridge</st1:place></st1:city>: MIT Press, 2003) found at <u>http://web.mit.edu/21fms/www/faculty/henry3/starwars.html</u> (last accessed 11.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn2"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[2]</span></span></span></span></a> “Adam Curry”, <i style="">Wikipedia</i>, <u>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Curry</u> and Adam Curry, <i style="">Daily Source Code</i>, <u>http://dailysourcecode.com/</u> (last accessed 10.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn3"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[3]</span></span></span></span></a> Broadcasting is not technically the correct way to describe podcasting, the term ‘norrowcasting’ is some times used since podcasts aren’t transmitted via airwaves, but via internet connection in specific downloads.<span style=""> </span>However, for the purposes of explaining the basics of podcasting I find it easier to go with an already known term, especially since it reminds the reader of previous audio in the form of traditional radio.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn4"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[4]</span></span></span></span></a> Adam Curry, “History”, <i style="">iPodder.org</i>, (2004) found at <u>http://ipodder.org/history</u> (last accessed 11.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn5"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[5]</span></span></span></span></a> Podcasting has not overcome this problem yet, but as I mention later in my evaluation, Curry is interested in overcoming the bandwidth restrictions that podcasting faces, and urges other podcasters to try and think of solutions.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn6"> <p style="background: rgb(248, 252, 255) none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;"><a style="" href="#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style="font-size:10;"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[6]</span></span></span></span></span></a><span style="font-size:10;"> Adam Curry, “History”, <i style="">iPodder.org.<span style=""> </span></i>An explanation of RSS is available from <i style="">Wikipedia</i>, “…</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10;">The technology behind RSS allows you to subscribe to websites that have provided RSS feeds, these are typically sites that change or add content regularly [i.e. blogs]. To use this technology you need to set up some type of aggregation service. Think of this aggregation service as your personal mailbox. You then have to subscribe to the sites that you want to get updates on. Unlike typical subscriptions to pulp-based newspapers and magazines, your RSS subscriptions are free, but they typically only give you a line or two of each article or post along with a link to the full article or post.” From “Rss File Format”, <i style="">Wikipedia</i>, (2005), at <u>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_%28file_format%29 </u>(last accessed 13.09.05)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn7"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[7]</span></span></span></span></a> Adam Curry, “History”, <i style="">iPodder.org</i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn8"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[8]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, “<span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry Wants to Make You an iPod Radio Star”, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i>, 13.03, (2005) found at <u>http://wired-vig.wired.com/wired/archive/13.03/curry.html/</u> (last accessed 11.09.05)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn9"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[9]</span></span></span></span></a> Adam Curry, “History”,<i style=""> iPodder.org</i><o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn10"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[10]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn11"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref11" name="_ftn11" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[11]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">For information on Curry’s own self promotion, an example interview causing problems is Xeni Jardin ,“Audience With the Podfather”, <i style="">Wired News</i>, (2005) at <u>http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67525,00.html</u> (last accessed 13.09.05) and Charles Cooper, “Who invented podcasting? Who cares?”, <i style="">CNET News.com</i>, 2005 at <u>http://news.com.com/2061-10787_3-5717598.html</u><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn12"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref12" name="_ftn12" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[12]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn13"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref13" name="_ftn13" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[13]</span></span></span></span></a> <i style="">BusinessWeek Online</i> notes: “…The heart of the podcasting movement is in the world of blogs…in a blogsphere that has grown largely on the written word, podcasts add a soundtrack…what’s special about podcasts is that they’re dispatched directly to users who ask for them” Stephan Baker, “The Lowdown on Podcasting”, <i style="">BusinessWeek Online</i>, (2005) found at <u>http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2005/tc20050524_9688_tc_211.htm</u> (last accessed 11.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn14"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref14" name="_ftn14" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[14]</span></span></span></span></a> Tod Maffin, <i style="">iloveradio.org</i>, “<span style="" lang="EN-US">How Podcasting Will Save Radio”, (2004) found at <u>http://radio.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/10/5/155523.</u>html (last accessed 11.09.05) Emphasis added in quote.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn15"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref15" name="_ftn15" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[15]</span></span></span></span></a> Henry Jenkins, "Quentin Tarantino's Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence and Participatory Culture,"<span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn16"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref16" name="_ftn16" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[16]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry, <i style="">Daily Source Code </i>for </span><st1:date year="2005" day="29" month="7"><span style="" lang="EN-US">July 29<sup>th</sup> 2005</span></st1:date><span style="" lang="EN-US"> #217, at <u>http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/29.html,</u> mp3 download at: <u>http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/217-DSC-2005-07-29.mp3</u> (last accessed 10.09.05)<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn17"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref17" name="_ftn17" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[17]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry, <i style="">DSC</i> 217.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn18"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref18" name="_ftn18" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[18]</span></span></span></span></a> Daniel Terdiman, “Podcasts: New Twist on Net Audio”, <i style="">Wired News</i>, (2004) found at <u>http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,65237,00.html</u> (last accessed 11.09.05)<span style=""> </span>TiVo famously allowed consumers to record television shows in a digital format and then skip advertisements, watch shows whenever they wanted, and to archive TV shows in a digital format which could be shared with others online.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn19"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref19" name="_ftn19" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[19]</span></span></span></span></a> Randy Dotinga, “TV Tries Shaky Hand at Podcasting”, <i style="">Wired News</i>, (2005) found at <u>http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,68503,00.html </u>(last accessed 11.09.05).<span style=""> </span>The <i style="">Battlestar Gallactica</i> podcast commentaries are released online at the same time each episode is aired, so consumers can listen to the commentary hours after the show is broadcast, rather than waiting months for a DVD released version.<span style=""> </span>See <u>http://www.scifi.com/battlestar/downloads/podcast/</u> (last accessed 13.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn20"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref20" name="_ftn20" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[20]</span></span></span></span></a> Randy Dotinga, “TV Tries Shaky Hand at Podcasting”<span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn21"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref21" name="_ftn21" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[21]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i><span style=""> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn22"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref22" name="_ftn22" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[22]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i><span style="" lang="EN-US">.<span style=""> </span>We also have similar conditions for Australian produced podcasts.<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn23"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref23" name="_ftn23" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[23]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry, <i style="">DSC</i> 217<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn24"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref24" name="_ftn24" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[24]</span></span></span></span></a> Annalee Newitz, <i style="">Wired Magazine</i> and Adam Curry, <i style="">Daily Source Code</i> for <st1:date year="2005" day="8" month="9">Thursday September the 8<sup>th</sup> 2005</st1:date> # 237, at <u>http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/09/08.html</u>, mp3 download at: <u>http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-237-2005-09-08/DSC-237-2005-09-08.mp3</u> (last accessed 10.09.05)<span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn25"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref25" name="_ftn25" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[25]</span></span></span></span></a> Mash-ups are remixes of more than one song, mixed together to form a new tune.<span style=""> </span>The most famous Mash-up example is DJ Danger Mouse’s “The Grey Album” in which he remixed the music from the Beatles “White Album” and Jay-Z’s “Black Album”.<span style=""> </span>The album was branded illegal due to copyright, and this led to the notorious <i style="">Grey Tuesday, </i>on which ‘participating Web sites and blogs offered Danger Mouse’s mash-up for download in defiance of EMI’s legal threats’.<span style=""> </span>See, Sam Howard-Spink, “Grey Tuesday, online cultural activism and the mash-up of music and politics”, <i style="">First Monday</i>, 9.10, (2004) at <u>http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_10/howard/</u> (last accessed 13.09.05).<span style=""> </span>Since then, Mash-ups have occupied a grey area in copyright law, and therefore don’t appear on traditional radio.<span style=""> </span>However, Curry often features them on his podcasts.<span style=""> </span>Curry however is becoming increasingly aware of the problems with copyright associated with music, and in his <i style="">DSC </i>episode 231, he discusses the problems with licensing, and highlights possible loopholes in the legal restrictions.<span style=""> </span>He also notes that Mash-ups have, at least on his show, led to sales on <i style="">iTunes</i> of the un-mixed versions of the songs. See Adam Curry, <i style="">Daily Source Code</i> for <st1:date year="2005" day="30" month="8">Tuesday August the 30<sup>th</sup> 2005</st1:date> #231 at <u>http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/08/30.htm</u> <span style=""> </span>mp3 download at:<u> http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-231-2005-08-30/DSC-231-2005-08-30.mp3</u> (last accessed 13.09.05)<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn26"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref26" name="_ftn26" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[26]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Michelle Kessler, “Storm clouds gather over podcasting”, <i style="">USATODAY.com</i>, (2005), <u>http://www.usatoday.com/money/media/2005-08-03-podcasting-usat_x.htm</u> (last accessed 13.09.05) Kessler’s article notes in reference to a specific radio station: “</span>Podcasting is a great way for KEXP to reach thousands of new listeners, especially those outside of Seattle, Richards says. But the station can't podcast programs such as <i>John in the Morning </i>— Richards' variety mix of independent and mainstream music — because record companies haven't provided an easy, affordable way for podcasters to license songs. That's why most podcasts today are talk radio.”<span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn27"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref27" name="_ftn27" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[27]</span></span></span></span></a> Stephan Baker, <i style="">BusinessWeek Online</i><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn28"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref28" name="_ftn28" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[28]</span></span></span></span></a> Adam Curry, <i style="">DSC</i> 217 and 237<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn29"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref29" name="_ftn29" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[29]</span></span></span></span></a> “First Look: Apple iTunes 4.9 Podcast Support”, <i style="">Podcasting News</i>, (2005) found at <u>http://www.podcastingnews.com/archives/2005/06/first_look_appl.html</u> (last accessed 11.09.05).<span style=""> </span>The <i style="">iTunes</i> music software and its one-click links to the Apple Music Store have ensured that <i style="">iTunes</i> is the single most popular music management software in the world.<span style=""> </span>Thus, the addition of a podcast directory in <i style="">iTunes</i> greatly increased public awareness of podcasts, although not necessarily increasing their understanding of the medium.<o:p></o:p></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn30"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref30" name="_ftn30" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[30]</span></span></span></span></a> “First Look: Apple iTunes 4.9 Podcast Support”, <i style="">Podcasting News</i><span style=""> <span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn31"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref31" name="_ftn31" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[31]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry, <i style="">DSC</i> 217<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn32"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref32" name="_ftn32" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[32]</span></span></span></span></a> This is a problem since many podcasters pay for the amount of ‘traffic’ which results from their files being downloaded.<span style=""> </span>If a promotion of the <i style="">DSC</i> increases the amount of listeners by ten-fold, the resulting bandwidth cost for the show’s producers also increase ten-fold etc.<span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn33"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref33" name="_ftn33" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[33]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adam Curry, <i style="">DSC</i> 217<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn34"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="#_ftnref34" name="_ftn34" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[34]</span></span></span></span></a> <span style="" lang="EN-US">Adrian Miles, “Podcasting and Vogcasting”, <i style="">vlog 3.0</i>, (2004) found at <u>http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/vlog/archives/2004/10/19/podcasting-and-vogcasting/</u> (last accessed 13.09.05) I think Adrian is being too judgmental of a technology still in its infancy, and if we look at how such podcasting activists as Curry are working within the medium, there is no doubt that within a few years links, video and other media will no doubt be added.<span style=""> </span>Not only this, but podcasts as we have seen in this evaluation can be used in conjunction with other media, such a TV shows, something previously unaccomplished by traditional radio.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><br />Please Request if you want bibliography......<br />and no, dont worry, <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">I wont do this in PINK</span>!!!<br /><span style="" lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125220927604376402005-09-08T23:50:00.000+08:002005-10-31T09:04:54.666+08:00iGeneration Prototype "Proof-of-Concept" PodcastTo give you a bit of context for thinking through podcasting, here's a prototype podcast which I've recorded. The notes to go with the show are below. <span style="font-style:italic;">Please have a listen to the podcast before our next seminar.</span><br /><br /><b><u>Shownotes</u></b><br /><br /><u>Resources</u><br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/" target="_blank">Audacity- Free Digital Audio Editor and Recorder</a><br /><b>[X] </b><a href="http://www.verbatim.com.au/products/productdetail.cfm?ID=41802" target="_blank">Verbatim Headset with Mic - Deluxe 41802</a><br /><br /><u>Podcast Examples</u><br /><b>[06:53] </b>Adam Curry's <a href="http://dailysourcecode.com/" target="_blank">Daily Source Code</a> [<a href="http://radio.weblogs.com/0001014/categories/dailySourceCode/2005/07/27.html#a7108" target="_blank">Excerpt from DSC #215</a>] [<a href="http://mp3.dailysourcecode.podshow.com/DSC-2005-07-27.mp3" target="_blank">Direct MP3 Download</a>]<br /><b>[09:20]</b> [<a href="http://audiopium.typepad.com/thatpodcastsong/" target="_blank"><i>Cruisebox</i>, 'On A Podcast'</a>]<br /><b>[17:06] </b><a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/signal.php" target="_blank">The Signal</a> [<a href="http://signal.serenityfirefly.com/shownotes/signal_007.html" target="_blank">Excerpt from Signal #7</a>] [<a href="http://libsyn.com/media/thesignal/signal_007_20050817.mp3" target="_blank">Direct MP3 Download</a>]<br /><b>[22:04] </b><a href="http://www.idlewords.com/2004/08/an_audioblogging_manifesto.htm" target="_blank">The AudioBlogging Manifesto</a> [<a href="http://www.idlewords.com/audio/manifesto.mp3" target="_blank">Direct MP3 Link</a>] [<a href="http://www.idlewords.com/audio-manifesto.txt" target="_blank">Transcript</a>]<br /><br /><u>To Subcribe to the iGeneration Podcast:</u><br />The iLecture system will make all of the podcasts authored by people participating in this course available as <a href="http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=878" target="_blank">mp3 downloads here</a>, but if you're using iTunes, iPodder or any other "podcatcher" to listen to podcasts, then you can simply cut'n'paste this XML/RSS feed [<a href="http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/podcast.lasso?ut=878&key=e35ac226b68ed562ffd593bbb82e8fb1" target="_blank">http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/<br />podcast.lasso?ut=878&key=e35ac226b68ed562ffd593bbb82e8fb1</a>] and then the podcasts will come to you whenever your podcast list is updated!<br /><br />In <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/" target="_blank">iTunes 4.9 or 5.0</a>, click on the Podcasts icon in your "Source" pane, go to the "Advanced" menu, and then click "Subscribe to Podcast", then paste in the XML/RSS feed above and iTunes should do the rest. Just remember to check for new podcasts periodically, and your iGeneration podcasts should come straight to you!<br /><br />[<a href="http://ilectures.uwa.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=878&id=45814" target="_blank">iLecture/Lectopia Download - Mp3 - 44.4Mb</a>]<br />[<a href="http://www.archive.org/download/TamaLeaveriGenerationProtoPodcast/protopodcast.mp3">OurMedia Download Mirror - 29.5Mb, MP3</a>]Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16110545100249331274noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1126170556786879712005-09-08T17:03:00.000+08:002005-09-08T17:09:16.790+08:00The Trouble With Technology....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/dilbert2005203480908.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/dilbert2005203480908.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">....There is always someone who doesn't understand!!<br />Sorry, but yesterday I was getting seriously confused over Podcasting history and what RSS feeds and aggregators and all that...Luckily now I understand so I can be one of the cool crowd!! All that's left is to explain it in a clear and succinct way.......oh dear....<br /></span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125915029210246362005-09-05T18:01:00.000+08:002005-09-05T18:11:41.220+08:00Copyright, Intellectual Property, Fair Use etc<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/56_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/56_2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I know this was all discussed a while ago, but I came across something interesting today as I was looking at this week's readings. In the Henry Jenkins interview by John Borland he writes "The African American Slaves told stories about Brer Rabbit". Ok so I have looked into this and cant locate my Brer Rabbit books (which technically arent mine but my brothers!), but did Enid Blighton actually acknowledge that her famous Brer Rabbit stories were not her own but belonged to a folklore storyteller and singer called </span><a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);" href="http://www.uncleremus.com/">Uncle Remus</a><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">?</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I think if she didnt, and copyright and intellectual property weren't applied it raises some interesting points!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">I think we may have found the opposite of Mickey Mouse...well, Brer Rabbit probably was until Enid had anything to say about it! But now he has probably been caught in the copyright trap!!!</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Does anyone other than me remember Brer Rabbit? and Mr Fox?</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125838545013687412005-09-04T20:51:00.000+08:002005-09-04T20:55:45.016+08:00I suddenly feel uncomfortable.....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/pictures.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/pictures.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Found this on Postsecret and I just had to post it here...it isnt related really but its interesting, and Postsecret has been mentioned before....</span><br /> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Everyone talks about stuff like this happening, but then to see someone write into Postsecret that they do it kinda freaked me out!</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125739264492875762005-09-03T17:18:00.000+08:002005-09-03T17:21:04.496+08:00Journalism reaches new peaks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/dilbert20050913565031.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/dilbert2005091356503.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Makes you wonder who is more important, the technology or the reporting?<br />Also its just good for a simple laugh...<br /></span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125643900266272772005-09-02T14:40:00.000+08:002005-09-02T14:51:40.270+08:00New Orleans: citizen journalismOK guys,<br /><br />Here is some REAL LIVE citizen journalism happening RIGHT NOW. An ex-army guy and his work mates are trapped in an office building in New Orleans with a generator, which means they can run their computers and report what's going on... It's scary, check it out:<br /><a href="http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/">http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/</a><br />Seems as though the American government hasn't even got the people skills to save their own citizens!Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1125049880180962932005-08-26T17:49:00.000+08:002005-08-26T17:51:28.386+08:00Urgent *haha*<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/1600/dilbert2.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/1682/511/400/dilbert2.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Technology is amazing! :)</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Have a nice weekend everyone!</span>fluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1124950999712693192005-08-25T13:13:00.000+08:002005-08-25T14:40:50.350+08:00Week 7 Seminar: Machinima: From Game Platforms to Animation Studio<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Hi everyone!</span> This week we are looking at Machinima, a new and evolving form of filmmaking. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Machinima (Muh-sheen-eh-mah) artists take the raw materials provided within interactive games and manipulate them in new ways, creating a unique combination of game play, animation, and real world cinematic techniques. By filming within live game space, machinima side-steps the time consuming rendering of each keyframe which occurrs in traditional animation, and costs drastically less than real world filmmaking. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">By using game characters as actors, manipulating their behaviours and reccording voiceovers, machinima artists can give their 3D worlds a depth and humanity beyond the usual shoot-em-up mentality of interactive gaming. A quick introduction to the concept of machinima can be found at Machinima.org's FAQ page:</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><a href="http://www.machinima.org/faq.html"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.machinima.org/faq.html</span></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);"> </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 255, 51);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The readings this week are:</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Xbox Auteurs -</span><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/magazine/07MACHINI.html?ex=1281067200&en=a0b469a4346f3cbb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/magazine/07MACHINI.html?ex=1281067200&en=a0b469a4346f3cbb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">magazine/07MACHINI.html?ex=1281067200&en</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/magazine/07MACHINI.html?ex=1281067200&en=a0b469a4346f3cbb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">=a0b469a4346f3cbb&ei=5090&partner=</span></a><br /><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/07/magazine/07MACHINI.html?ex=1281067200&en=a0b469a4346f3cbb&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">rssuserland&emc=rss</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Machinima & the Filmmaker's Virtual Immersion -</span><br /><a href="http://www.luciferjones.org/machinima.htm"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.luciferjones.org/machinima.htm</span></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Machinima Standard - (This reading is a tad long... but hang on, because it's quite specific and I hope it will give a bit of an insight into the technical challenges involved in creating machinima.)</span><br /><a href="http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=423"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.machinima.com/article.php?article=423</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">One Word for you Hollywood: Machinima - (Nice and short...:)</span><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/technology/machinima_hollywood/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/technology/</span></a><br /><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/12/technology/machinima_hollywood/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">machinima_hollywood/</span></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"></span><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Some questions to consider:</span><br /><ul><li><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Is this the beginning of the end for the traditional film industry? Or is machinima a fad which will fade after prolonged exposure? (Like reality TV, or Lycra bodysuits)</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">What relationship might we predict between game developers, machinima artists and the film industry in the future? Will they be partners or competitors?</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">If you were a machinima artist, what would you like to explore in terms of genre, different games and concepts? Would you go for hard hitting political drama or light entertainment? Why?</span></li><li><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">How might machinima operate on a deeper level, as self reflexive tool to explore human interactions and community within the game space? </span></li></ul><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">For a great example of a very new machinima series begun just last month, go to: </span><a href="http://www.thisspartanlife.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.thisspartanlife.com/</span></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> They have taken the talk show format and put it in real time game space with hilarious results! (Makes you wonder where the future of Jerry Springer may be!) </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Downloading a few clips from </span><a href="http://www.machinima.com/"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">http://www.machinima.com/</span></a><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"> could also be fun... although be warned downloading time can be veeeery slow at busy times.</span></p>Gwynethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14512426709903977485noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13918328.post-1124429833566536062005-08-19T13:32:00.000+08:002005-08-19T13:37:13.573+08:00In respect to wikiIf anyone is colourblind, or has finds it hard to read my last post in purple/pink, please inform me and I shall adjust it.<br /><br />Also, I am aware there are a lot of links, so if anyone has problems with them, or finding the information, please contact me and I will be glad to help.<br /><br />Regards<br />Hilaryfluffylittlebunnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09426978910109800270noreply@blogger.com3