BlackBerry blackout is new threat to brand
A perfect example of how we only realise we’re on an “electronic leash” when the technology fails. Not a good week for Blackberry!!
Category Archives: Communication & Culture
Globalisation
Excellent BBC News article defining Globalisation. It also highlights the positives and negatives of mass Capitalism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
Media In the Online Age – YouTube
Media In the Online Age – YouTube.
Check out this video about one person’s personal history of her new media use. A2 media students: create your own similar version, tracking your own new media use.
Marvel Comics introduces mixed-race Spider-Man
A BBC article about the evolution of Spider Man, the death of Peter Parker, and the replacement who is mixed-race.
Good for Comms students looking at representations of non-whites, also an interesting look at how Institutions are moving with the times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14394181
High Culture versus Popular Culture – is opera better than rock music?
Read the two articles linked below that offer both sides to this long lasting argument. Is high culture really more valued than pop culture?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/02/classicalmusicandopera
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2008/sep/03/laurabarton
Wake up and smell the coffee – tea is for morons | Jeremy Clarkson – Times Online
Wake up and smell the coffee – tea is for morons | Jeremy Clarkson – Times Online.
Jeremy Clarkson analysing the British love for Tea. Could be good for AS Comms students studying Culture and Value.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Call that a summer?
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Call that a summer?.
Why do we Brits love the Sun so much? This article looks at the British public’s fascination with sunbathing and tanning. Is there cultural significance to this?
BBC News – Art for art’s sake
A good article for AS Comms Students studying the differences between high and popular culture.
‘Bingeing’ girls make Britain among worst in Europe for teenage drinking – Telegraph
‘Bingeing’ girls make Britain among worst in Europe for teenage drinking – Telegraph.
The British Press attacking teenage girls again
Miss Bimbo: The new computer game where girls order breast implants, do crash diets and find billionaire boyfriends | Mail Online
Outcry from parents at the online Miss Bimbo game, with its messages to young girls about looks, attitudes & lifestyles.