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My Media, My News
A few days ago, the Digital New York Times (NYT) announced that it was setting up paywalls for their online media. Customers had their choice of different pay levels to access different amounts of articles – so, for example, for
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My-Mobile-Self: Platform as Identity
Is that an iPhone? What apps do you have? Wait, you DON’T have a smartphone? In the past 5 years, our understanding of mobile has completely changed. When I first started at Queen’s (way back in 2007, yikes), having … -
The Value of a Name: Monetizing Online Reputation Management
Now that not appearing online is almost as dangerous to your online reputation as having questionable material appear, it is only natural that online services have arisen to squash our fear of being judged for how we appear online. Cursory …
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Facebook: The New Face of Film Distribution?
As some of you might have heard, yesterday Warner Brothers announced that they would begin distributing movies for sale and rent through Facebook. A movie like The Dark Knight will be available for rent for as little as $3,
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“Controversial” TV Relationships: From Interracial to Same-Sex
Grey’s Anatomy, Veronica Mars, Supernatural, My Name is Earl, Scrubs, The Jefferson’s, Something New, Guess Who, Lost, Degrassi, Nip Tuck, Sex and the City, Ally McBeal, Six Feet Under, The L Word, Heroes, I Love Lucy, House, ER and Friends. …
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Reverse Cultural Colonialism: Can Canadian Television Step into the Primetime Spolight?
On January 4, 2010, a new prime time sitcom debuted on the CBC, called 18 to Life. A single-camera family comedy, the show stars Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation’s) and Michael Seater (Life with Derek, Strange Days at …
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Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: How Survivor Changed TV
As Alex Strachen recently wrote for the Vancouver Sun, for many critics, the reality show “Survivor” is itself the most surprising survivor of all. Yet, the fact that the show is entering into its 21st season isn’t surprising to die-hard …