Saturday, 7 April 2007
MISS B :)!!!!!
I haven't had a computer for a week, well i have bt da internet wldnt lemme sign onto da blloger.com page, long story bt im gettin it all done, i read the post you put up bt iss gettin fixed now.........
Podcasting
The sheer interactivity of the Metro as not only a newspaper but a hobby is proven by the vast amount of blogs, interactive games and podcasts. The Metro are very considerate about the fact that many of their readers may not be as able to work with the World Wide Web as the younger ones so they have tried to help by posting a podcast or a vodcast to explain exactly what blogs are, why they are getting so popular & the advantages of them in detail.
You can even click here and listen yourself:
Metro – Blogging Podcast
You can even click here and listen yourself:
Metro – Blogging Podcast
The Apple iPhone
The iPhone is a multimedia/Internet-enabled phone announced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs during the keynote address at the Macworld Conference & Expo on January 9, 2007.The iPhone's functions include those of a camera phone, a multimedia player, mobile telephone, and Internet services like e-mail, text messaging, web browsing
and wireless connectivity. iPhone input is accomplished via touchscreen with virtual keyboard and buttons. The iPhone is a quad-band GSM phone, though Jobs mentioned in his keynote that Apple has a "plan to make 3G phones" in the future. Apple has filed over 200 patents related to the technology behind the iPhone.More features include a widescreen I-pod , Touch-screen Technology, Web Browsing & Internet Maps .
The iPhone has a scheduled United States release date of June 2007. It will be available from the Apple Store and from Cingular Wireless, with a price of US$499 for the 4 GB model and US$599 for the 8 GB model, based on a two-year service contract. Apple has also announced plans to make the iPhone available in Europe and Japan at a later date
This product is a brand new phenomenon that is tipped to rival even the highest selling of MP3 Players & particularly high selling mobile phones. In the case of the highest selling MP3 player being the i-Pod, Apple as a company won’t be in any disadvantage as their own product will be displacing the other.
As this will be maybe the largest example so far of mass convergence within one product in the world many music, mobile & technology institutions have wanted to be involved, but as Apple see themselves as an independent company they have put up a record amount of patents related to their own technology.
Not only is the soon-coming i-Phone packed with more or less every NMT that can be thought of, but there are brand new features that mean that the i-Phone when finally released should set it apart from the competition. For example it has energy saving features that include all lights on the phone being temporarily turned off if it is lifted to the ear. In this day & age of Global warming & energy saving obsessions this aspect of the phone should urge lots of support.
During the making of the iPhone lots of concept models were made, Apple enthusiasts & fraudsters also decided to make false images & prototype models of the final product. This forgery of what was to come did in fact cause confusion amongst people in this sector of the NMT industry; many people were also cheated out of their money:
People have even made blogs about these new, fake iPhones that are circulating, to warn people & ridicule the whole activity.
Fake iPhone Blog.
Overall the i-Phone seems like it will be a great success, because of the sheer range of convergence involved it could steer people into the direction of ‘dumping’ their existing, phone, camera, handheld DVD player and who knows, maybe even their handheld games console?
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories is the latest instalment in the Grand Theft Auto series, developed by Rockstar Leeds in association with Rockstar North, published by Rockstar Games didn’t only benefit by the sale of the Liberty City game but Official Liberty City Soundtracks were sold in top music stores, like HMV . Several cult websites were also introduced by Liberty City lovers, these included downloads for cheats, tips & codes and blogs that web users could sign up to.The sheer accessibility of real life objects and hobbies that can be recreated in the game, some enthusiastic gamers may say, replaces the actual need to do these things in real life.
The technologies that game creators use have had to be enhanced in the past few years due to the ever-increasing need for realism that gamer’s desire.
The ever-growing audience of GTA lovers have been altogether very pleased with what this new game has been able to produce in terms of gameplay. As it offers an alternative to actually doing the thrilling & also, what couldn’t be called ‘normal’ activities on a handheld console instead of taking up mass amounts of energy.
Liberty City Stories is structured similarly to other releases from the Grand Theft Auto series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming and jumping, as well as utilizing weapons and basic hand to hand combat. Players can steal and drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, and motorcycles.
For institutions, GTA Liberty City Stories has been ‘a stepping stone to perfection’, the large step it has taken to reality compared to all previous RPG’s (Role Play Games) has meant that other game companies have benefited directly. Although the game has its copyrights, the developments of the amazing graphics that Rockstar Games have included have been made more accessible.
Liberty City Stories is a prequel of the original game Liberty City that could be played on the PC, PS2 & the XBOX. Liberty City Stories was released on November 4th 2005, exactly 2months & a 3days after the release of the PSP. It was meant to encourage a boom in sales of the PSP & it certainly did, as of July 2006 it was the best selling game for the PSP.
Rockstar Games didn’t only benefit by the sale of the Liberty City game but Official Liberty City Soundtracks were sold in top music stores, like HMV. Several cult websites were also introduced by Liberty City lovers, these included downloads for cheats, tips & codes and blogs that web users could sign up to.
Overall the game Liberty City Stories for PSP & later released for the PS2 was a success in the eyes of the game makers & game programmers across the world.
The fact that such a ‘large’ game could be played on media that is so physically small with ‘mind-blowing’ graphics was just something that had never been seen before. This case study is one of the best examples of miniaturisation. The cult status of the game also boosted the notoriousness of it & boosted sales; this meant that also the cult status of it gave it a lot of interactive recognition as the best selling PSP game ever.
Liberty City stories can be further researched on the site Rockstar Games site.
The technologies that game creators use have had to be enhanced in the past few years due to the ever-increasing need for realism that gamer’s desire.
The ever-growing audience of GTA lovers have been altogether very pleased with what this new game has been able to produce in terms of gameplay. As it offers an alternative to actually doing the thrilling & also, what couldn’t be called ‘normal’ activities on a handheld console instead of taking up mass amounts of energy.
Liberty City Stories is structured similarly to other releases from the Grand Theft Auto series. The core gameplay consists of elements of a third-person shooter and a driving game, affording the player a large, open environment in which to move around. On foot, the player's character is capable of walking, running, swimming and jumping, as well as utilizing weapons and basic hand to hand combat. Players can steal and drive a variety of vehicles, including automobiles, boats, airplanes, helicopters, and motorcycles.
For institutions, GTA Liberty City Stories has been ‘a stepping stone to perfection’, the large step it has taken to reality compared to all previous RPG’s (Role Play Games) has meant that other game companies have benefited directly. Although the game has its copyrights, the developments of the amazing graphics that Rockstar Games have included have been made more accessible.
Liberty City Stories is a prequel of the original game Liberty City that could be played on the PC, PS2 & the XBOX. Liberty City Stories was released on November 4th 2005, exactly 2months & a 3days after the release of the PSP. It was meant to encourage a boom in sales of the PSP & it certainly did, as of July 2006 it was the best selling game for the PSP.Rockstar Games didn’t only benefit by the sale of the Liberty City game but Official Liberty City Soundtracks were sold in top music stores, like HMV. Several cult websites were also introduced by Liberty City lovers, these included downloads for cheats, tips & codes and blogs that web users could sign up to.
Overall the game Liberty City Stories for PSP & later released for the PS2 was a success in the eyes of the game makers & game programmers across the world.
The fact that such a ‘large’ game could be played on media that is so physically small with ‘mind-blowing’ graphics was just something that had never been seen before. This case study is one of the best examples of miniaturisation. The cult status of the game also boosted the notoriousness of it & boosted sales; this meant that also the cult status of it gave it a lot of interactive recognition as the best selling PSP game ever. Liberty City stories can be further researched on the site Rockstar Games site.
Blogging- New Media Activity
A blog is a user-generated website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order.Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject, such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of most early blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.
The term "blog" is a portmanteau, or, in other words, a blend of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.
The internet has been quite a developing phenomenon over the past few years & has started to divert down different pathways & is now not only seen as a large source of information but a place were you can socialise, chat, download & even share your views.
Blogs are an opportunity to interact with people who have the same views as you. Also information that is known by a member or participant of a particular blog can be shared, all in the interest of the other blog participants.When a blog gets more popular & developed it may turn into a wiki, where actual proven facts that are shared by all the blog participants can be entered.
A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content, typically without the need for registration. It also allows for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (the original wiki) WikiWikiWeb and online encyclopaedias such as Wikipedia.
Metro – Blogging Podcast
Overall I think blogging is a vital tool in the development of the internet as blogging as an activity has brought all different parts of the web together. It has included the information seekers in the web, the people who just want to express themselves in the form of media; music, video & even games. Mass interactivity has been made available while democratisation has been what the blog creators have been striding to achieve, the successful can go onto being wiki’s – a place where we can edit entries into an online encyclopaedia, quite something eh?
A wiki is a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content, typically without the need for registration. It also allows for linking among any number of pages. This ease of interaction and operation makes a wiki an effective tool for mass collaborative authoring. The term wiki can also refer to the collaborative software itself (wiki engine) that facilitates the operation of such a site, or to certain specific wiki sites, including the computer science site (the original wiki) WikiWikiWeb and online encyclopaedias such as Wikipedia.
Metro – Blogging Podcast
Overall I think blogging is a vital tool in the development of the internet as blogging as an activity has brought all different parts of the web together. It has included the information seekers in the web, the people who just want to express themselves in the form of media; music, video & even games. Mass interactivity has been made available while democratisation has been what the blog creators have been striding to achieve, the successful can go onto being wiki’s – a place where we can edit entries into an online encyclopaedia, quite something eh?
TXU - 1XTRA- Radio Programme
On weekdays, 1Xtra produces a two hour news, entertainment and features programme called TXU - an extension of its TX news bulletins. The current presenters are Charlene White and DJ turned news presenter G Money. TXU's output also includes a weekly documentary programme, and its news aims to reflect the interests of a younger audience. Programmes have focused on why young people aren't using condoms to Beyonce's Maple syrup diet, on th website there is even a hyperlink to a BBC vodcast on the issue.
This sub-case study is particularly relevant to the subject on NMT’s because of its easy accessibility & the attraction it is to the age group of people who bathe in NMT’s (14-25).
While TX has its online ‘More Stories’ section that can be debated about via email, it also uses the audience potential to invite them to text in & comment on the current stories. The ‘Have Your Say’ button appears after each one of the debate poles, they cover issues from ‘Can Cannabis Kill?’ to ‘Gum Ad: Funny or racist?’ This open invite to text or email into the programme immediately invites increasing convergence to the 1Xtra network. There is even a podcast that can be clicked on the page to listen to the whole issue.
The BBC is the sole providers of 1Xtra, although this Digital Radio Station is aided by many outside organisations like Trident. The website includes many different ways of interaction with online blogs that feature sound bites & videos. Also the site features news that they assume may attract the audience they initially wished to bring in, this of course being the ‘young black male’ as DJ ray states. Currently with a post about the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Britain that has thousands of hits, it seems to be a v
ery successful mission they are carrying out.
Blogs & Podcasts are the strength of the ‘TX’ section of the BBC 1Xtra site; these are what keep this section of the site running. BBC 1Xtra focuses on what the modern day urban-youth are interested in & effectively react to this need; this is why they have been so successful.
Overall this sub-case study is a very good example of audience interactivity, by the many Blogs, Podcast & ‘What are Your Views’ sections that keep the site going on. All the feedback that the site receives is the fuel for driving the site.
This sub-case study is particularly relevant to the subject on NMT’s because of its easy accessibility & the attraction it is to the age group of people who bathe in NMT’s (14-25).
While TX has its online ‘More Stories’ section that can be debated about via email, it also uses the audience potential to invite them to text in & comment on the current stories. The ‘Have Your Say’ button appears after each one of the debate poles, they cover issues from ‘Can Cannabis Kill?’ to ‘Gum Ad: Funny or racist?’ This open invite to text or email into the programme immediately invites increasing convergence to the 1Xtra network. There is even a podcast that can be clicked on the page to listen to the whole issue.
The BBC is the sole providers of 1Xtra, although this Digital Radio Station is aided by many outside organisations like Trident. The website includes many different ways of interaction with online blogs that feature sound bites & videos. Also the site features news that they assume may attract the audience they initially wished to bring in, this of course being the ‘young black male’ as DJ ray states. Currently with a post about the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Britain that has thousands of hits, it seems to be a v
ery successful mission they are carrying out.Blogs & Podcasts are the strength of the ‘TX’ section of the BBC 1Xtra site; these are what keep this section of the site running. BBC 1Xtra focuses on what the modern day urban-youth are interested in & effectively react to this need; this is why they have been so successful.
Overall this sub-case study is a very good example of audience interactivity, by the many Blogs, Podcast & ‘What are Your Views’ sections that keep the site going on. All the feedback that the site receives is the fuel for driving the site.
BBC 1Xtra- Radio Site
BBC 1Xtra is a UK radio station from the BBC specialising in new black music, sometimes referred to as urban music. Launched at 18:00 on August 16, 2002, it was codenamed Network X during the consulation period and is the sister station to BBC Radio 1. The programme is broadcast from a dedicated building shared with Radio 1, Yalding House in central London, part of the BBC's sprawling Broadcasting House complex of radio studios and offices.BBC 1Xtra is a stricly Digital Radio station (DAB) that also is heavily orientated around the World Wide Web. It specialises in new urban & underground music, while promoting lots of up & coming artists, whether they ae signed or not.
BBC 1Xtra sprung up because of the demand for more diversity in the music that the BBC boadcast, a growing number of BBC
radio listeners argued that ‘as Britain is a multicultural society, why can’t the BBC (British Braodcasting Company) represent each of these cultures evenly?’When BBC 1Xtra was introduced, the audience began to consume it via DAB digital radio, the website ‘www.bbc.co.uk/1xtra’, Sky Digital channel 0137 & Virgin Media channel 701. The fact that this one Digital Radio channel has been able to be broadcast over so many Medias did wonders for its interactivity & therefore increased its popularity.
The BBC as an institution has gained from the introduction of this Digital Radio channel, with the knock-on effect of sheer increase in ratings to the diversification of NMT’s that have been involved in the development of 1Xtra. The BBC has marketted this scheme by putting up billboards, TV adverts & also by audio adverts on Radio 1.
BBC 1Xtra has been broadcast on several Medias, e.g. TV, Digital Radio & Internet, while being advertised on even more Medias, these including Newspapers, Mobile Phones, Magazines, Billboards & Terrestrial TV. The sheer distribution that 1Xtra has encountered has been amazing, with all the top Digital TV institutions buying rights to it’s broadast, all this to the accessibility of the Media via WAP, Internet & DAB.A mass advertisement scheme was launched in early 2002 with the introduction of BBC 1Xtra, this included TV adverts that involved ‘youth urban activities’ like skating & spray-painting walls, the spray paint stating ‘1XTRA’. Within these television adverts urban underground music was played. Althouh these adverts did seem quite stereotypical of what the British Society thought of urban activity they caught on & became talking pints of youth & people between 15-24. There were also several complaints forwarded towards the BBC about the adverts.
Overall, the mass diversity of the ditribution & broadcasting of 1Xtra radio has been the main focal point of this case study.
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