media

old, new, social, global, cross platforms etc.

ST: TNG - Picard and Riker each are hiding their face behind a hand with a weary posture

Quicklinks: #socialmedia #erosion #storm #bust – oops here comes Jack Bauer

By tigtog on 2012-02-29 • ( 3 )

Seriously, I’ve been headdesking this one for a few hours now: the DHS monitors blogs, twitter and facebook for usage of the words “social media”?

Photo of Australian Parliament House (APH) in Canberra

What do I want from #respill today? Another hung parliament, please

By tigtog on 2012-02-27 • ( 10 )

For the last two decades of Federal and State elections, I have been voting strategically for a hung parliament (in both Houses) every time. In 2010, enough of my fellow citizens did the same that a hung Federal parliament was finally what we got.

About #ditchthewitch

By hatbluemilk on 2012-02-26 • ( 11 )

Image credit. Last night on Twitter, amongst the heated debate about Julia Gillard versus Kevin Rudd for Labor Prime Minister of Australia emerged the hashtag #ditchthewitch. It is a belittling, sexist slogan borrowed from the far right of Australia, who… Read More ›

Whoydensday quick link: new feminist Doctor Who blog!

By Mary on 2012-02-22 • ( 2 )

For Doctor Who fans, a new blog has launched, Doctor Her. Doctor Her is the brainchild of Courtney Stoker, who has also written about Doctor Who for Geek Feminism.

Gonski, shmonski says Aussie media

By tigtog on 2012-02-21 • ( 6 )

I’m not going to add up the column inches, but “febrile leadership speculation” easily outran Gonski coverage by a shameful margin.

Sunday Composer: Zoë Keating

By hatbluemilk on 2012-02-19 • ( 4 )

Try singing along to this? You can’t, no lyrics, so it’s not a singalong exactly but she’s a composer and we all need a soundtrack for the movie of our lives and I think I choose her to compose mine…. Read More ›

HAPPY UNIMAGINATIVE, CONSUMER-ORIENTED AND ENTIRELY ABITRARY, MANIPULATIVE AND SHALLOW INTERPRETATION OF ROMANCE DAY!

Occupy Valentine’s Day: down with couple-talism!

By tigtog on 2012-02-13 • ( 6 )

I’m rather liking the rethink-V-day activism around this year, which has ended up being a bit more substantive than some of the Anti-Valentine hating that I’ve seen around in other years. How about doing something positive/useful/affirming instead? Create rather than consume, or raise awareness about the limited ways we think about romance.

image of a sticker over newsprint: sticker reads "WARNING This article is basically just a press release, copied and pasted."

Clarke and Dawe on cynical bread and circuses churnalism

By tigtog on 2012-02-07 • ( 1 )

Apropos my rant yesterday about journalism standards, Mr Clarke and Mr Dawe spoke about this sort of thing last week. Play along on Twitter with #IfThePressGalleryReportedCricket

Yawning at the press gallery

By tigtog on 2012-02-06 • ( 7 )

I didn’t read, listen to or watch a thing over the weekend about the oh so crucial Labor caucus that was supposedly set to challenge Gillard seriously on her fitness to lead the party etc etc etc etc. It all smelled of such desperate hype, recycled hype at that.