Who is our audience?   Broadly speaking, young Australians still remain very much unaware of the darker side of the tech they use. Most assume tech is not developed with a "social purpose", i.e it is developed with some linear/logical projection.     In line with this, we imagine the audience of our feature to... Continue Reading →

Telling our story How do we BOTH inform and engage a Vice audience? Some of the best features invest their audiences right from the home page. Each page is clean, with short blocks of content. It should be easy to flick from page to page within a matter of minutes.   A game-style feature would be... Continue Reading →

Story making: a "listicle" of live streamers Surfing the web, we find four common types of live streamers: Recluses...Primarily gamer-types, org. on Twitch, these streamers are focused on games/walk-throughs. Twitch has 2.2 million unique broadcasters, and streamers here can earn up to $7000 a month just playing their favourite games. Where do I sign up? Taylor’s new book... Continue Reading →

Streaming makes the world go 'round? Some preliminary research into media reports about the live streaming trend gives some intriguing insights into live streaming & profitability. This puts a little twist on a concept discussed in lectures –"the audience commodity complex" (Terranova, 2004). Here, UCCs use the platform to actually make money. See 6 ways... Continue Reading →

Project Organisation First things first, communication! The key to a successful project is all in establishing a good communication system. We settle on Facebook chat as our chosen platform, as each of us have accounts with this platform that we use and check regularly. Here, we will exchange project updates, reports and any potential project... Continue Reading →