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Social Media and the Mob Mentality

November 28, 2012 in Entertainment, Health, Mental Health, People, Society, Technology

With the popularity of social media platforms like Twitter it’s become easier than ever to get access to news as it happens. It seems as well as news being faster than ever to reach us, it’s also faster than ever to smack someone down publicly, jump on a bandwagon or submit to mob mentality, teasing, unnecessary rudeness and vitriol. We all watched it when Kristen Neel made the somewhat catastrophic error of tweeting “I’m moving to Australia, because their president is a Christian and actually supports what he says.” We all watched it unfold and go from funny to nasty [...]

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Twitter vs Tumblr: A Kitchen Table Discussion

November 14, 2012 in Fiction, Humour, Technology

“Whatcha doin’?” he asked, placing a cup of coffee in front of her on the kitchen table. “Updating my Tumblr,” she said, ignoring the cup of coffee for the moment. “Isn’t that the thing 13 year old girls use to post pictures of One Direction to each other?” “Unfortunately, yes…but it’s also my favourite social media platform.” She took a sip of her coffee. “Pffft…I’m happy just using Twitter.” “Well, that’s the thing. There’s not that much difference between Twitter and Tumblr. They both use a follow-me, follow-you system you know.” “So, I can choose who I want to follow, and [...]

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Sink or Swim & Monique’s Celeb Top 5

July 20, 2012 in Books, Celebrity, Comedy, Entertainment, Film & TV

Good afternoon and welcome to the highlights edition of my Celebrity news for the week. As usual, heaps has been happening over in Hollywood this week, but the most important (well what I think is important) news has been movie related. There’s also been some tragedy as well as a little bit of a disagreement. For some more celebrity news, don’t forget to head to “the musings of monique” and check out “the low down according to mon“. Now onto the sequel news that surprised me… 1. Sink or Swim? Sequel to Finding Nemo It seems that every production company is a [...]

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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries: A New World Of Story Telling

July 4, 2012 in Books, Film & TV, Technology

There is a show I watch more religiously than any reality show on free-to-air TV, but unless you regularly watch YouTube you probably won’t have heard of it. The Lizzie Bennet Diaries are a modern adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, set now, and updated twice a week. The show is not only very well done, but presented in the style of a Video Blog by Lizzie, a media studies student, and extends beyond the borders of YouTube  into the interactive worlds of Twitter and Tumblr, making the story well and truly set in the now. This trans-media storytelling [...]

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