Archive for the 'media studies' Category
Happy Families
Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t the fact that the BBC is making a huge fuss about not showing it giving the Gaza Appeal even more publicity than if they did?
But it’s not as if they ever have any perspective when the story concerns themselves. This is one step removed from the news anchor [...]
Filed under: BBC, Entertainment, TV, Television, media studies, narcissism | 1 Comment
Christmas Telly
I don’t watch telly much when I’m in France. It’s not just because it’s all in French, but also because French TV just doesn’t seem to evolve quickly enough. They’re still doing the same peak time quiz shows they were doing 10 years ago, and those interminable panel programmes in which minor French celebrities make [...]
Filed under: BBC, Entertainment, France, Nostalgia, SF, TV, Television, Travel, arts, media studies, sci-fi, science fiction | Leave a Comment
Tags: steampunk
We are a Medium
I bought a new belt, as do-it-yourself belt holes tend to be unsatisfactory. As of right now, I’m officially a Medium in belt sizes, not a Large. This is because I have dropped around 7kg (a stone… ish) since starting WeightWatchers (online) just under 6 weeks ago.
You don’t need to be a maths genius to [...]
Filed under: Education, Entertainment, Exercise, Middle Age, Movies, Time-Wasters, ambitions in life, arts, film, happiness, health, marketing, media studies | 4 Comments
Tags: diets, lifestyle, slimming, weight loss, weightwatchers
Closing down for the summer
My niece was complaining yesterday that she’s working hard at her summer job (at the same place her dad works), and after a hard morning walked into the main office to find the place almost silent, with everyone hunched over their desks. She thought for a moment they were all actually being productive, but then [...]
Filed under: Flickr, MySpace, Time-Wasters, autobiography, media studies, narcissism, omens and portents | 2 Comments
Tags: blogging, blogs, hiatus, intermission
Modernism Schmodernism
TS Eliot: post-modernist, apparently
Hobby Horse time. When I arrived at university at the age of 28, I only had the vaguest idea of what modernism was, a fact I attributed to my less-than-perfect education in English literature. I’ve never been fond of English (as in British) writing, preferring American, and I don’t really enjoy literature [...]
Filed under: Culture, Education, Entertainment, Television, being chippy, media studies | 5 Comments
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Further to the recent Dire Straits controversy, I decided to spend the 79 pence to get the 8.5 minute live version (from Alchemy). Most of the extra minutes on the recording are shockingly bad 80s stadium rock filler, so the core of the song itself is basically the same.
On my main [...]
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Tags: dire straits, name of the rose, novels, romeo and juliet, semiotics, umberto eco
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I was trying to talk to my students about being engaged and active consumers of media today, and a few of them started to talk about stuff that annoys them about stuff, but on the whole they’re a remarkably passive bunch. I don’t know what it is, but whenever I hear talk about “media savvy” [...]
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Tags: Entertainment, media, media studies
BBC1 – I couldn’t be bothered to get into Damages, which some (including the Radio Times editor) have raved about. I recorded the first episode, but then didn’t pay attention to it when I played it back. I’ve never liked Glenn Close, and I’m always wary of the things critics rave on about, stuff like [...]
Filed under: BBC, Culture, Entertainment, Luvvies, SF, TV, Television, media studies, sci-fi, science fiction, secret girlfriends | 2 Comments
New new new new new
One of the truisms about media/advertising is that advertisers are keen on the 16-34 year old demographic, because it’s relatively cheaper to persuade one of these individuals to try something new, or to change brands. The over 40s, on the other hand, while they may have more disposable income than the younger age group, are [...]
Filed under: Character, Culture, Education, Middle Age, Perception, Technology, ambitions, ambitions in life, anxiety, happiness, health, marketing, media studies, presentations | 2 Comments
My Case I Rest
A short while ago, I had a little rant about newspapers, reserving special ire for the columnists, who regularly produce their 1000 words or so, regardless of whether they have anything interesting to say. And they always end up so bereft of ideas that they start writing a column about writing the column. They’re like [...]
Filed under: Luvvies, TV, Television, Time-Wasters, Travel, being chippy, media studies, motoring, weasels | 5 Comments
Tags: newspapers
