PERSONALISATION
a characteristic of many NMTs is their ability to offer users a personalised experience. For example, Sky+ allows users to personalise their viewing schedule including the ability to pause live TV and automatically record their favourite programmes. Ipods and the Itunes store allow music to be more personalised than ever, with users enjoying the ability to buy just the tracks they want from an album and then listen to them anywhere.
LINEAR/NON-LINEAR
Linear experiences are those that move in a straight line from start to finish. Watching a film at the cinema is a very linear experience in that you start watching at the beginning of the film and and finish watching it when it ends. Interactive TV allows the audience to experience programmes in a number of ways by offering features such as an alternative voiceover, extra video footage or explanatory text. When used, each individual will have a unique experience of the programme depending on when he or she presses the red button. the viewing experience therefore can be described as non-linear.
Thursday, 27 March 2008
Tuesday, 11 March 2008
What is the Fourth Estate?
What is the fourth estate? Is new media technology responsible for the decline in newspapers?
What does it mean "maybe the internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate"?
The Fourth Estate is the name given to the press and according to Edward Burke is the most important estate (the others being the courts, religion and parliament).
I think new media technology is responsible for the decline in newspapers because it makes news and information immediatley available and incredibly accessible for all people wherever they are. You can access it over the phone, internet, mp3...in fact almost any device.
this emphasizes the meaning of "maybe the internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate?" because, as newspapers were once the easiest way to know what was going on in the world, the internet is now an even easier, FREE way. Why buy a 35p newspaper when you can read the whole thing online for free and not have to deal with inky fingers and crumpled paper... :]
What does it mean "maybe the internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate"?
The Fourth Estate is the name given to the press and according to Edward Burke is the most important estate (the others being the courts, religion and parliament).
I think new media technology is responsible for the decline in newspapers because it makes news and information immediatley available and incredibly accessible for all people wherever they are. You can access it over the phone, internet, mp3...in fact almost any device.
this emphasizes the meaning of "maybe the internet is already the cyberspace of the fourth estate?" because, as newspapers were once the easiest way to know what was going on in the world, the internet is now an even easier, FREE way. Why buy a 35p newspaper when you can read the whole thing online for free and not have to deal with inky fingers and crumpled paper... :]
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