Media studies

Media Convergence: The Case Study of Miku Hatsune Hatsune Miku and the other VOCALOIDs are swarming social media. Their illustrations and capabilities enchant their audiences no matter what medium is used. Whether it is video games, live concerts, karaoke or simply making a new song, VOCALOID has its many uses and benefits and will continue to impact culture and technology. What is a Voice Synthesizing Program? A voice synthesizing program is essentially a computer singing as human-like as…

college pride and exposure on social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram during orientation. We are looking to launch a social media contest during orientation 2016 starting June 2nd. Our hope is to have students follow us on social media and then receive a prize for following us or retweeting one of our tweets. We want to do a 2-phase social media plan. Phase one is to have a giveaway to students during orientation. Phase 2 have 2 social media contest right before students…

Since its beginning it has created enthusiasm for both buyers and organisations. The issues and difficulties brought by social media have made it key for hotel sector to comprehend and grasp client input. As examined, before buyers consider companion surveys more critical in settling on obtaining choices. The main way organisations can utilise it as an effective apparatus is by…

explains how media forms the perception of gender roles/attributes through television. Data was collected by providing a questionnaire based on a certain criteria to 200 Egyptian students that were both in national and private universities. The criteria were based on the social diversity in the Egyptian culture. The findings concluded that there was regular exposure to media portraying a social image of gender in particular, women. Even though media does play a role in this, the study also…

paradigm suggests that the mass media has a direct causal effect on its audience member. In comparison with the other paradigms, powerful effects is considerably simplistic as it suggests that the effects of different media outlets are often unavoidable and that any consumer of this outlets will be affected to a large degree. CONTEXT – Wetham (95) This solidified the idea that the media were the responsible party for many of the ills of society. Many of the studies under this paradigm worked on…

With the evolution of technology rapidly increasing and becoming more and more advanced, in correlation, the accepted knowledge concerning film and media are also changing just as fast. Since the birth of the cinema and Hollywood style movies, many philosophers and theorists have shared their knowledge concerning film theory. However many theories are having to be updated and even ruled out due to the advancement in technology. For many years these theories were commonly accepted with minor…

Overtime media has weaved its way into almost every aspect of an individuals’ life. Technological innovation has further given everyone continuous access to media via TVs, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. This has also given individuals various new platforms to create and share their own media content with others. There are two communication models, which are "Shannon and Weaver’s Mathematical Model of Communication,” and “A Social Model of Communication” whereas one uses a simple method of…

In the documentary film, Generation Like, Douglas Rushkoff makes an argument that social media is used to market a person or brand. His theory is extremely useful because it sheds insight on the difficult problem of identity construction by social media. In the documentary produced and directed by Douglas Rushkoff, people feel accomplished and happy when their liked on social media. In Generation Like, a young boy changes his character online to be funnier so people will like him, a young girl…

his graduate studies, the philosopher came back to Cali, Colombia, in 1975, and he contributed there to launch the School of Social Communication in the Universidad del Valle. Actually, he was its chair until 1995. According to Martín-Barbero, this was a milestone in his personal and intellectual path: It “decided the course of my life because it…

fandom phenomenon to get an idea on where we stand today. Tala Kayyali – Fan – Her walls adorned with posters of her favorite films, she is a self-identified fan. She has started a small-scale film blog, and has presence on a multitude of social media platforms which she uses to stay up to date with the pieces of pop culture she follows. Diana Liu– Creator – During her move from Russia to Korea she realized there was a lack of information in Russian about Korea, so she took it upon herself…