Best content in The 'A' Team (SIS)

Sort By: Most Recent | Popular Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle

Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » The Fear… of the Internet - 0 views

neojaponisme.com/...the-fear-of-the-internet

shared by rachelng on 11 Jun 09 - Cached

• A lack of user generated media — YouTube clips, in particular — featuring Japanese faces and real names. Many performers, despite virtuoso-level skills, wear masks or otherwise obscure faces in their video content. • The predominance of anonymous sites like 2ch as the main corridors of internet culture. • Blog writers, who have not established fame through other media, almost never reveal real names, even when the information and service provided is of professional quality and not explicitly personal. (More on this here.)
- rachelng on 11 Jun 09
  
  almost completely opposite to the Facebook/ MySpace/ Twitter culture?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">almost completely opposite to the Facebook/ MySpace/ Twitter culture?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
• Leading management company Johnny’s Jimusho does not allow the use of its talents’ faces on websites to promote their own projects. When images are used, the company fuzzes or otherwise distorts the pictures. (More here.)
- rachelng on 12 Jun 09
  
  Whilst the rest of the world sees the internet as a golden marketing opportunity for their stars, Johnny's Jimusho (which holds a monopoly over Japan's boyband market) is famous for refusing to let their talents' images be used on the internet. Even if say one of their stars were appearing in a TV drama, the official website of that drama can't use his image for promotion. Instead, they can only stick a distorted, fuzzy pic. The reason is because the company sells official shop photos of their talents and they're deathly afraid that fangirls would get their own pics from the internet and print them out themselves. It's... an interesting marketing strategy, to put it mildly.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Whilst the rest of the world sees the internet as a golden marketing opportunity for their stars, Johnny's Jimusho (which holds a monopoly over Japan's boyband market) is famous for refusing to let their talents' images be used on the internet. Even if say one of their stars were appearing in a TV drama, the official website of that drama can't use his image for promotion. Instead, they can only stick a distorted, fuzzy pic. The reason is because the company sells official shop photos of their talents and they're deathly afraid that fangirls would get their own pics from the internet and print them out themselves. It's... an interesting marketing strategy, to put it mildly.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
I can already hear the growing protests to this line of thought, however: stop trying to fit Japan into the American model of internet development.
- rachelng on 11 Jun 09
  
  I agree, but I also feel that this article seems to be in danger of treating the Japanese internet-using population as one big homogenous group, which is one massive assumption.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I agree, but I also feel that this article seems to be in danger of treating the Japanese internet-using population as one big homogenous group, which is one massive assumption.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
...4 more annotations...
Fear #3 — being lynched by an anonymous mob — also seems to be totally legitimate, in that the internet in Japan so far has been almost exclusively about anonymous mobs making trouble for individuals and industry. This writer has found himself on a 2ch page called “Suspicious Foreigners” (someone wrote about my picture, “He looks like an Arab.”) 2ch has shattered many lives, and seeing that the 2ch mobs basically operate without any sort of constraint or liability, most people are smart not to throw their real names or faces out for bait. The Japanese net is basically a den for the “tyranny of the majority” — and the best part is the “majority” could literally be ten pathetic human beings in soiled sweatsuits operating out of some net café in Miyagi-ken and we would have no idea.
- rachelng on 11 Jun 09
  
  Interesting. Whilst Western media critics seem to focus a lot on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, which are almost all about using real names and posting up real photos, the biggest internet phenomenon in Japan is 2ch, a huge forum populated by swarms and swarms of anonymous posters.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting. Whilst Western media critics seem to focus a lot on sites such as Facebook and MySpace, which are almost all about using real names and posting up real photos, the biggest internet phenomenon in Japan is 2ch, a huge forum populated by swarms and swarms of anonymous posters.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
A fully-realized internet will be critical for Japan achieving some of its own stated goals: prolonged economic growth, greater democracy, more transparency, greater geographic dispersion of economic activity, and equal access to knowledge.
- rachelng on 12 Jun 09
  
  satisfying conclusion? how can such an internet culture be achieved? is the Western internet model necessarily better than others? does a 'fully-realized internet' necessarily lead to positive social change?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">satisfying conclusion? how can such an internet culture be achieved? is the Western internet model necessarily better than others? does a 'fully-realized internet' necessarily lead to positive social change?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
Mainstream media hates the web simply they can’t find the way to make money out of it,but know it is eating up their pie in the market and there are no business models they can follow.
- rachelng on 11 Jun 09
  
  I actually really like this point and wished it was developed a bit more. The debate becomes: who really holds the power and the sway over interent trends? Anonymous, individual users, or big-name corporates?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I actually really like this point and wished it was developed a bit more. The debate becomes: who really holds the power and the sway over interent trends? Anonymous, individual users, or big-name corporates?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
I think I’ve gotten to a point where my online “fake identity” has gotten more meaningful than my real name. It’s no longer anonymity. In that sense, it could be meaningless to convince famous Bloggers to reveal themselves. Hell, the distinction of real and fake identity has always been superficial anyways.
- rachelng on 11 Jun 09
  
  This is probably scarily true. Important issues here, from media studies, sociological, psychological points of view....
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is probably scarily true. Important issues here, from media studies, sociological, psychological points of view....</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel

rachelng on 11 Jun 09

an interesting read about Japanese attitudes towards the internet, which, according to the writer, are very different from the Western tendencies to share and publicise everything about yourself.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">an interesting read about Japanese attitudes towards the internet, which, according to the writer, are very different from the Western tendencies to share and publicise everything about yourself. </div>

...

Cancel

Project New Media Literacies - 0 views

www.newmedialiteracies.org/blog

New media literacies Web 2.0 alumni

shared by Iain Williamson on 31 Mar 09 - Cached

Iain Williamson on 31 Mar 09

A useful research site for you to rss

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A useful research site for you to rss </div>

...

Cancel

Epicenter - Wired Blogs - 0 views

blog.wired.com/business

Depeche Mode micro-subscription i-tunes media synergy

shared by Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09 - Cached

micro-subscription
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  A useful modern media term for our future Y11 Media Studies students to learn, as WJEC concentrate on the music industry for the next 3 years.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A useful modern media term for our future Y11 Media Studies students to learn, as WJEC concentrate on the music industry for the next 3 years.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
receiving extra content over an extended period of time
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Would you go for this kind of deal? Is it worth paying for or would you simply download the new album anyway...obviously any band, not just Depeche Mode!
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Would you go for this kind of deal? Is it worth paying for or would you simply download the new album anyway...obviously any band, not just Depeche Mode!</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
timeliness and exclusive
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Is this enough?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is this enough?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
...8 more annotations...
could help revive flagging album sales
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  What do you think? Will it?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">What do you think? Will it?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
$19 flat fee
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Is this a reasonable amunt to charge? Is it too much?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Is this a reasonable amunt to charge? Is it too much?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
150-year-old Rocky Mountain News published its final edition last Friday
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  This is quite dramatic when you consider the long history of the publication. The context of 'changing media' forms is crucial...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is quite dramatic when you consider the long history of the publication. The context of 'changing media' forms is crucial...</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
The Christian Science Monitor is switching to Web-only publication in April
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Yet again, showing the growing influence of new media.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Yet again, showing the growing influence of new media.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
JPG Magazine, jpgmag.com and everywheremag.com."
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Note the blending of old and new media as part of this business model...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Note the blending of old and new media as part of this business model...</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
newspapers could do worse than to follow its lead
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  In other words have newspapers really embraced the new business model?
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">In other words have newspapers really embraced the new business model?</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
content marketing
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Interesting new marketing term...
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Interesting new marketing term...</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
the publication becoming little better than a mag-length advertorial
- Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09
  
  Hence, not just synergy but media ownership for the benefit of brands to advertise directly towards their target market.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Hence, not just synergy but media ownership for the benefit of brands to advertise directly towards their target market.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel

Iain Williamson on 03 Mar 09

A very interesting article re: to the idea of micro-subscription, a form of media synergy which connects straight into i-tunes. This example relates to Depeche Mode and their forthcoming album.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">A very interesting article re: to the idea of micro-subscription, a form of media synergy which connects straight into i-tunes. This example relates to Depeche Mode and their forthcoming album. </div>

...

Cancel
anonymous on 04 Mar 09

in relation to the highlighted sections of this article there are solutions already being explored by many vendors, that may possibly lead to their redundancies. For example: i use an app on my iphone by the New York Times that allows me to view all their latest articles, blogs and all that jazz. it looks good, feels good and is easy to use. the point being that with the internet people no longer want to wait till tomorrow for news, they want it today (the cliche'd "tomorrows news today" is now true!) so income news paper websites. the problem i'd say for the newspapers themselves is that the majority of them get their articles from companies such as Reuters, AFP, AP and so on, who all have websites of their own with RSS feeds. could there be a turning point in the near future where people start making these vendors their first stops for News (not editorials or analysis, the Economist still has a place in the world, so does my favourite magazine of all time: Monocle (by: Tyler Brule) absoloutely awesome and i recommend you buy the latest issue and give it a spin, impressive journalism! - any bookshop will sell it) or maybe people still want an editor to oversee and decide for them which articles are important?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">in relation to the highlighted sections of this article there are solutions already being explored by many vendors, that may possibly lead to their redundancies. For example: i use an app on my iphone by the New York Times that allows me to view all their latest articles, blogs and all that jazz. it looks good, feels good and is easy to use. the point being that with the internet people no longer want to wait till tomorrow for news, they want it today (the cliche'd "tomorrows news today" is now true!) so income news paper websites. the problem i'd say for the newspapers themselves is that the majority of them get their articles from companies such as Reuters, AFP, AP and so on, who all have websites of their own with RSS feeds. could there be a turning point in the near future where people start making these vendors their first stops for News (not editorials or analysis, the Economist still has a place in the world, so does my favourite magazine of all time: Monocle (by: Tyler Brule) absoloutely awesome and i recommend you buy the latest issue and give it a spin, impressive journalism! - any bookshop will sell it) or maybe people still want an editor to oversee and decide for them which articles are important?</div>

...

Cancel

Warner Bros., For Your Imagination to Bow Watchmen Work - 0 views

www.mediaweek.com/...240e57cc09e20ba3a577ca6e42cef5

Online advertising media synergy crossover

shared by Iain Williamson on 01 Mar 09 - Cached

set of specially-created crossover storylines
- Iain Williamson on 02 Mar 09
  
  This is a specific comic book term relating to stories which involve more than one comic book character, e.g. Batman appears in a Superman strip.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">This is a specific comic book term relating to stories which involve more than one comic book character, e.g. Batman appears in a Superman strip.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
Warner Bros. has partnered with the Web production studio
...

Cancel
For Your Imagination has scripted three original Watchmen-themed episodes, the first of which is titled “3 6 9” - the date of Watchmen’s release. While a Watchmen trailer precedes the episode, it also features numerous visual and spoken references to the movie.
- Iain Williamson on 02 Mar 09
  
  Count the multi-media references here. To my Y11 Media students reading this, note how different media forms can feed one from another...this is what you need to master with re: to Q2 & Q6 of your GCSE examination.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Count the multi-media references here. To my Y11 Media students reading this, note how different media forms can feed one from another...this is what you need to master with re: to Q2 & Q6 of your GCSE examination.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
...2 more annotations...
Starpulse.com and MovieWeb.com
- Iain Williamson on 02 Mar 09
  
  The importance of getting 'eye-balls' moving in your direction for the purpose of 'word of mouth' advertising.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The importance of getting 'eye-balls' moving in your direction for the purpose of 'word of mouth' advertising.</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel
Kyle Piccolo in three other series from its Axis of Comedy content network
- Iain Williamson on 02 Mar 09
  
  Intertextual references??
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Intertextual references??</div>
  
  ...
  
  Cancel
...

Cancel

Iain Williamson on 01 Mar 09

Very interesting article for the purposes of teaching changes in advertising and contemporary advertising techniques.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Very interesting article for the purposes of teaching changes in advertising and contemporary advertising techniques. </div>

...

Cancel

1 - 4 of 4

Showing 20▼ items per page

Apply to join this group

The 'A' Team (SIS)

Néojaponisme » Blog Archive » The Fear… of the Internet - 0 views

Project New Media Literacies - 0 views

Epicenter - Wired Blogs - 0 views

Warner Bros., For Your Imagination to Bow Watchmen Work - 0 views

View AllMost Active Members

View AllTop 10 Tags