Definition of some relevant terms...

Below I have defined the terms which I am most interested in finding perspectives, thoughts, articles and information about. These are terms that will build the focus of this blog space. Each term interest's me on their own as well as their combined effect. This 'effect' could be how it changes communication in this country, the world, the effect on globalisation and our seemingly desperate need to know what is happening here and now rather than wait and see.

New Media
"New Media is a 21^st Century catchall term used to define all that is related to the internet and the interplay between technology, images and sound. In fact, the definition of new media changes daily, and will continue to do so. New media evolves and morphs continuously. What it will be tomorrow is virtually unpredictable for most of us, but we do know that it will continue to evolve in fast and furious ways." (Socha and Eber-Schmid.)

Social Media

(The image depicts the latest design used by Our Social Times to illustrate social media.) 

Communication

(This image depicts a communication model used by The Centre for Learning Innovation - Certificate IV in Disability - TAFE NSW.)

Indigenous - The Readers Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder dictionary and thesaurus (1990) defines the term Indigenous "as (of people) born in a region, belonging naturally to a place."

Empower - The Readers Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder dictionary and thesaurus (1990) defines the term Empower "as give power to, make able."


Read through this attached article for a great initiative in Narrogin, Western Australia on Indigenous empowerment. 

 http://media.wix.com/ugd/396df4_0ff2fefdc31a4b4fb3b63878c0406b98.pdf




References

‘empowerment’ 1990, The Readers Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder dictionary and thesaurus, viewed 20 April 2014, London, pp 481.

‘indigenous’ 1990, The Readers Digest Oxford Complete Wordfinder dictionary and thesaurus, viewed 20 April 2014, London, pp 769.

Our Social Times, digital image, viewed 25 April 2014, www.oursocialtimes.com

TAFE NSW, Centre for Learning innovation, Use targeted communication skills to build relationships subject, digital image, viewed 25 April 2014, https://sielearning.tafensw.edu.au/MCS/CHCCOM403A/chccom403a/chccom403a/index.htm

Socha. B and Eber-Schmid. B What is New Media, New Media Institute, New York, viewed 25 April, 2014, http://www.newmedia.org/what-is-new-media.html

Great You Tube snippet on the statistics of social media.

1. Markheni, 2009, Social Media is changing the way we communicate, streaming video, viewed 25 April 2014, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpqXuA41vY8

This blog has been created to discover the perceptions of social media and how it has effected our ability to communicate. The questions below are guiding my curiosity and search.

Has it made us less skilled in simple things such as writing and reading? (so many terms are abbreviated these days that for those of us who studied and learnt before the age of social media, these abbreviations are a foreign language). How long has social media been around? How long will it survive? What will be the next model of social media to sweep the world wide web? Has new media changed the way we communicate? Is this new form of media communication a space of diversity in its population and thoughts or is it a homogeneous place? In direct relation to the course I am studying, what kinds of opportunities and challenges does the new media space provide in terms of Indigenous empowerment and self-definition?

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