May 2012
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May 6th
April 2012
3 posts
Apr 30th
The Boss is watching you!
( Phillips, 2012) Phillips (2012) examined a 2009 British study that found 45% of recruiters examined the social networking sites of their potential employees, and up to 85% in the U.S. Posts on Facebook or Twitter are not exclusive to just your “friends” or people with permission to access your profile, but the world.   Kathleen stated an argument Castells (1999) posed, that...
Apr 23rd
Apr 2nd
March 2012
3 posts
Jesus on 'Faithbook'
Checked Jesus ‘Faithbook’ page lately? Read the 25 reasons why Twitter is spiritual?  Miller (2002) discusses how religious/faith groups are “getting the word out” using new media platforms, and the reasons behind the transition. Some find services on screen convenient, others use technology to take their religions, faith, and beliefs to a new level to reach global audiences. Churches...
Mar 25th
New Media and the Film Industry: Give Something...
Amusement Arcade – Music, Games and Films “These days, we don’t just enjoy, we participate,” (Leong, 2012), a truth of today’s media scape. Within the film industry however, I believe we are enjoying, far more than we are participating, and at a cost. We read the Internet killed television, but it is also an ocean of pirates killing the film industry.    It’s common practice to download a film...
Mar 18th
Tester
My first KCB206 Blog entry … Hopefully this works! Watch This Space :)
Mar 9th