Saturday, April 17, 2010

NEW TOYS!

New forms of media publishing is taking over the internet world! Here are the insights!

Have you heard of the new term 'tweeting'? For those who have, I bet you are probably a member of the twitter world where one 'tweets' about their thoughts and opinions and shares it with the world in a more personal manner.

Twitter is a form of micro blog which involves very short status updates, but without a doubt encourage interaction between individuals, near or far. With new technology such as Blackberry and Iphone, it is definitely easier for us to update our status on Twitter as well as comment on others.Furthermore, now we can share videos with others easily, just at a click of the mouse. Video blog is the key to our answer! Now, anyone can stream videos of themselves or anything in particular and share with the online world. The world-famous video blog site, YouTube 'Broadcast Yourself" became popular due to its user-friendly browsing and its wide range of videos made available for millions of viewers around the world.So, broadcast away!

References :
Kress, G & van Leeuwen, T 2006, ‘Chapter 1: The semiotic landscape: language and visual communication’, Reading Images, 2nd edn, Routledge, New York.

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