Take A Bow

It has come to the end for Essence of Blogging as this is an assignment for my coursework in Issues in Publication and Design. It is a wonderful experience to learn, to fall, to face obstacles, to fret when I produce this web log from zero to hero. 

Writing in a virtual community as an anonymous blogger is amusing yet I find it hard to maintained a certain level of professionalism to make this a credible and readable blog as a platform for media aficionado to have a in depth discussion on media and publishing issue in the modern society. 

In blogosphere, I have learnt that as a blogger one’s need to acquire the skill not to infringe the copyright of other users and here comes in citation to acknowledge the source (Walker, 1997). This common ground rules are also applied towards multimedia field and Kalmbach (2003) has enlighten me the pathway to cite my source in the right manner. 

Aside from being a blogger, the creation of Eccense of Blogging has made me a document designer when I need to take into consideration to make this a comfortable website for viewers to stay on reading on my content. Walsh(1996) has mentioned the multi function of internet and the power of hypertext, hyperlink has made it a unique approach towards publishing experience as compared to the publication of a book.

Hereby, I would like to take a bow.
For participation,
For hardwork,
For the real essence of blogging.

This blog will not be completed without the inner passion and enthusiasm towards media.

"Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion."

(Georg Wilhelm, O Magazine, September 2003)

Reference:

Kalmbach, J 2003, Giving Credit for use of Images or Other Material, Illinois State University, viewed 12th November 2008, <http://www.english.ilstu.edu/351/fall2003/imagecredit.html>

Walker, JR 1997, Intellectual Property in the Information Age:
A Classroom Guide to Copyright, Georgia Southern University, viewed 12th November 2008, <http://personal.georgiasouthern.edu/~jwalker/ip/ipdummie.html#special>

Walsh, M 2006, ‘”Textual shift”: examining the reading process with print, visual and multimodal texts’, Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 24-37.

K.I.S.S

Keep it short and sweet.

People lifestyle is changing when time is always not enough to finish up their daily work. Companies has spotted this trend long ago and therefore we see a lot of products that are in instant style such as instant mee, instant soup, and now there are even instant televisions whereby an episodes only contain a few minutes rather than the usual 1 hour television episodes. 

To define this new formation of media, Wikipedia (2008) explains the word “webisode” whereby it  is rooted from web and episode, a short television episode which only range from 4 to 15 minutes. A media article “A Laugh A Minute” by the Gurdian.co.uk has further elaborated on the potential of webisodes to be the next popular media in the century as majority human in the modern era are actively engaged in internet compared to last time.

This new form of media is highly discussed in the media industry when a lot of people are producing webisodes and upload it in the internet for viewers to comment on it. Max Dawnson (2007) has written a journal to examine on the format, narration and style of webisodes and concluded that webisodes has formed a whole new genre with specialty that is never owned by other genres. 

Webisode TinyTown going Youtube

(image source: http://www.youtube.com/user/tinderbox60) 

The most attractive part of this new genre will be the possibilities for every Tom,Dick and Harry to be the producer of webisodes. Funnell has written a media report “Webisodes for Kids” when he interviews Chris Cobett, the producer of Tiny Town webisodes to have a more concise understanding of this new media when Chris Cobett are more concerned in improving the qualities of webisodes for the kids as well as for global viewers. 

The rise of webisodes as a new genre has brought the possibilities for grassroots citizen such as you and me to have the ability being a part of the media, rather than viewing the media as an audience point of view. 

Reference: 

Dawson, M 2007, 'Little Players, Big Shows: Format, Narration and Style on Television’s New Smaller Screen', The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, vol. 13, no. 3, pp 231-250. 

Funnell, A 2008, Webisodes for kids, Media Report, viewed 12th November 2008, < http://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2007/2124198.htm>

Guardian.co.uk 2008, A Laugh A Minute, media section, viewed 12th November 2008, < http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jan/14/television.internet>

Wikipedia.org 2008, Webisode, viewed 14th November 2008, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webisode> 

Oops, someone is spying on you.

Imagine you are typing a mail for your friend, telling him or her about your personal life, and even sharing photos to update each other with current life. It is bliss to keep in contact with friends who are miles away from you in the lowest cost via e-mail. But, is internet a safe place for you and your friend?

Recent shocking news will be 'White House e-mail system under attacked' reported by CNET News.com. It seems that internet is not a safe place when security and privacy system in the internet are so vulnerable. 

According to Putnis and Petelin (1996), the weakness of computer writing will be the existence of machine problems compared to writing by hand. When writing an e-mail or publishing issues, people have to consider this aspect as the infringement of privacy is always the main cause of frustration in the cyber sphere. 

Is it safe for you to send private message using the Internet?

(image source: http://www.yourprivacy.co.uk/)

When we are working in any industry, people are required to have an e-mail to keep in contact with your boss, employees or even co-worker. Therefore, internet users should have the basic knowledge of protecting your own privacy to avoid somebody spying in your e-mail. In discussing the issue in relation to privacy protection (Yourprivacy.co.uk, 2008), the website has mentioned that there are concrete laws and legislation to protect you e-mail privacy either in work place or at home. 

Sadly, we still can see cases reported on behalf of e-mail being attacked and there is never a safe place to keep a secret in the internet. Weber (1995) has mentioned that all one should accept personal responsibility when it comes to ethical question if you are the one who invade the privacy of other internet users. The new media is certainly tempting and brings benefits to the society; however everyone should bear in mind that not to misuse the privileges that are given by the internet. 

Reference: 

Putnis, P & Petelin, R 1996, ‘Chapter 7: Writing to Communicate’, Professional communication: principles and applications, Prentice Hall, Sydney.

Vamosi, R 2008, ‘Report: White House e-mail system attacked’, CNET News.com 10th November, online news, viewed 11th November 2008, <http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62048125,00.htm>

Weber, JH 1995, ‘Ethics in scientific and technical communication’,WISENET Journal, no. 38, pp. 2-4, viewed 11th November 2008, <http://www.jeanweber.com/>.

Yourprivacy.co.uk 2008, What Are Your Rights Regarding Email Privacy In The Workplace?, viewed 11th November 2008, <http://www.yourprivacy.co.uk/EmailPrivacyAtWork.html>