Last year a TV show was aired in Norway under the title “Helene is checking in”. In the show we are following a woman called Helene when she is visiting six different institutions and stays there for five days. She is meeting people who for various reasons have ended up under someone else’s supervision or … Continue reading Giving them a face
Month: March 2017
Fake news
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDNvXtTGWQo  Okay so it is obvious that what you see in the video is not what Trump is talking about, but they are both revolving around fake news. Trump is here criticizing the media for writing things about him that (according to him) is not true. While the video is showing someone who is participating … Continue reading Fake news
No cash, no flow
A digital transformation means that there is a change in things like art, mass communication or science. It is about going from analog to digital. By doing so the media changes, and because of that the message will change, according to McLuhan. Think of a watch. It used to exist just as analog but as … Continue reading No cash, no flow
Breaking news
It is a fundamental human right to be able to access information about what is going on in your country and the rest of the world. In social economic well-developed countries we have access to news from all over the world from thousands of sources. We like to think that the information that we are … Continue reading Breaking news
The meme is the message
Marshall McLuhan is famous for his phrase "the medium is the message" and to be honest, I do not understand at all what he is talking about. The medium is the message? Isn´t the message the message? Seems like we can connect some philosophy into this topic. Like what happens when we die? What is … Continue reading The meme is the message
Representation and interpretation
What we see in these photos are people who have some sort of relation. We can see something that looks like an older couple, younger couple and a father and son. It looks like they love and care for each other by the way they are holding each other. They also look happy based on … Continue reading Representation and interpretation
The good old days?
Have someone ever told you that everything was better when mass media such as Internet didn’t exist? That when they were young they had to go outside to meet people and that they never were as lazy as we are? I don’t even know how many times my mother has tried to make me spend … Continue reading The good old days?
Digital Artefact
I have been thinking about what I want to do for my digital artefact, and to be honest I do not really know what I want to do. My best friend is taking the same class as me so I think we are going to create something together. We are both (not to brag) funny individuals … Continue reading Digital Artefact
New blog, who dis?
My name is Vilde Haaland Axelsen and I am a 22 year old girl from Norway. The land of fjords, trolls and vikings. It is actually one of the nicest places in the world so if you are thinking about traveling to Norway I highly recommend you to do so. I am an international student … Continue reading New blog, who dis?