Photography: What’s Trending?

“Photography, as a powerful medium of expression and communications, offers an infinite variety of perception, interpretation and execution.”- Ansel Adams Today, photography has become much more than a medium for expression and visual representation. It unites people, gives them a platform to share their stories and can even be used in a powerful way to … Continue reading →

Citizen Journalism

What is citizen journalism? Jay Rosen defined it as: “when the people formerly known as the audience employ the press tools they have in their possession to inform one another, that’s citizen journalism.”   While traditional journalism and mass media slowly decline, citizen journalism is escalating quickly and establishing itself as an integral part of … Continue reading →

Social Media for Photographers and Equestrians

Here are some great links on the topic of social media for photographers: Social Media for Photographers Social Media Photography – Finding Your Style  Why Social Media Matters to Photographers  The New Meaning of Photographs  Photo Tips – Familiar Places Social Network Photography – Video Donna Newman’s Photography Talk – Video  – How to launch a … Continue reading →

Digital Television

Marshall McLuhan said, “it is the framework which changes with each new technology and not just the picture within the frame.” Television is one such technology, which drastically altered the structure of society and culture. Michele Hilmes, author of “Digital television: high definitions” explained that there are two threads, which “stitch together the global media … Continue reading →

Wikinomics

Once upon a time, news came in the form of newspapers, which were picked up at the local corner store or found on the doorstep in the morning. Today, news is fast-paced, high-tech, and accessible from anywhere. Even the process of uncovering or developing news stories has changed. Today, anyone with a cellphone camera can … Continue reading →

Subcultures

In all aspects of society and culture there are subcultures present. These subcultures are groups of people, typically sharing a similar culture, which differentiates them from culture in a broad sense. This is true as well for technology as well, as many subcultures are formed by or around a particular from of technology. In his … Continue reading →

Video Games

“A game is an opportunity to focus our energy, with relentless optimism, at something we’re good at (or getting better at) and enjoy. In other words, gameplay is the direct emotional opposite of depression,” says Jane McGonigal, game designer and author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change … Continue reading →

The Nostalgia of the Young

“Hold on a second… What did you say?” asks the mom with Blackberry in hand. This is becoming more and more the case for parents in our present time. It is hard to imagine an hour, let alone a few minutes without a cell phone in hand or in our pocket yet how does this … Continue reading →

True Confessions

What would make it possible for us to reveal our secrets to complete strangers? In the PostSecret project, men and women from all over the world anonymously send in illustrated post cards with their secrets printed on them. Founder of the project, Frank Warren says, ““There are two kinds of secrets. The ones we keep … Continue reading →

Sherry Turkle: Alone Together

Alone Together – Sherry Turkle TEDx Video