Week Six - Commercial Media

"The first duty [of the media] is to shun the temptations of monopoly."

Yet, when Dr. Redman was commenting on what corporations produce it seemed me like everyone is trying to get as many fingers into as many pies as possible. Which isn't unlike attempting to gain a monopoly.

The major players in commercial media hold sway over what we listen to, read or watch. Commercial media providers have social responsibilities, are bound by the Australian Communication and Media Authority, but they are also players in a lucrative market.

Seven West Media not only has invested in free-to-air television, but also pacific magazines (such as Who and New Weekly), Western Australian Newspapers and Yahoo 7. Nine Entertainment Co is involved with free-to-air television, magazines, newspapers, events (ticketek) and digital media.

I don't think that Ol' Uncle Rupert is the only one buying up big in the commercial media industry, but he does seem to be the easiest target.

Maybe these corporations should take a step back and look up the meaning of the word "monopoly". Maybe then we would see a change in the commercial media industry.

Belated Day Ten - One Confession

I confess that when I started this 10 Day Challenge I knew I could not follow through with it on time. And I was right! :P

Day Nine & Ten Will Both Be Posted Today!

Day Nine: Two photos that describe your life right now.

 

 

Hanging out with my best friends.

 

It's EASTER time!

P.S. Day Ten will be posted later today :) Have a good day <3

Day Eight - Three Turn Ons

1. An amazing laugh.
2. Dark hair.
3. Tall-ness - as I am 6"0, I appreciate someone being taller than me.

Day Six and Seven....I forgot to post this yesterday :P

Day Six: Five people who mean a lot to me (in no order).

1. Mum
2. Dad
3. Daniel (brother)
4. Myles (brother)
5. Rummy (my dog, he's a person in my eyes)

Day Seven: Four turn offs. 

1. Tlkin lke dis – its frustrating to read or listen to!
2. People who treat others badly to look "cool" - it just makes you look pathetic.
3. B.O. - seriously! It's not that hard to get some deodorant.
4. Being materialistic - it's just a really ugly quality. I realise that I have over a 100 pairs of shoes, but majority of them are from Spendless and Kmart.
    

Week Five - Sound Lecture

Telling Stories for Radio.

If I am to be truthful, I don't listen to radio if I can avoid it. My car is littered with the CDs I listen to, at last count there are 33 of them. My iPod is filled with my music, and I have never once used my radio function. When I am my laptop, the music I listen to is either on iTunes or Youtube. Radio isn't a big part of my life, music is, but not radio.

My first thoughts of this lecture when I realised it would be like a radio-interview were "is there a transcript of this lecture? Please god let there be!" When I realised there wasn't I did contemplate not listening to the podcast, but dug deep within myself and pressed the play button once again.

I don't agree with what Dr. Redman said, "Radio is more intimate than TV". When I listened to this recording I didn't feel as if the voice was coming from my own head. It felt distant and not totally familiar, like someone was invading personal and private space with their own thoughts and words. With TV, which is something that I try to limit my watching of, I can see who is speaking and although I don't know them and don't feel connected to them, it still seems plausible that the words coming out of their mouth are their own. I guess to me, both TV and Radio are equally un-intimate.

This lecture was in preparation for our next assignment, telling a factual story. The common theme of how to speak to someone about their experiences came through loud and clear, but it also unnerved me a bit. I have stories which I could tell for this assignment, but I don't know if I feel comfortable enough with this media-type to do so. I can write silly little things like "Six things I wish I never did" or "10 things I want to say to 10 different people", because I censor it. If I was doing this was my close friends, the content of these entries would change dramatically. I want to be honest with the factual story and write about this one experience, but I don't know if I can bring myself to do so. I don't know if I can bear so much of myself to, lets be honest, 300 or so strangers. 

Maybe I need to think more about what I am prepared to disclose....Or maybe I should just protect myself and not write about what I think would be a good thing to write about.... Anyway, that was week five and my thoughts on the lecture.   

Day Five: Six Things I Wish I Never Did

1. Not pick up my phone that day.
2. Start doing a psychology degree - WORST mistake I could possibly make.
3. Not speak up when I had the chance.
4. Not pass my brother the football - he then broke my arm....we were 4 and 6.
5. Let you walk all over me.
6. Cut my hair short.