How does political activity and ideology influence selective avoidance on social media? How do individuals avoid political content, and does the platform confirm a bias? Social media has transformed the media landscape, offering users greater control over the information they consume; it is a high-choice information environment. Qinfeng Zhu (2021) identifies that our weak-tie connections … Continue reading Political Unfriending
DA: Contextual Report
My DA began back in week 1 where I landed on the idea to pursue a coffee based online persona. I wanted to make content for other baristas and individuals looking to learn about coffee, as it is my passion and something I felt I could bring knowledge, experience and enthusiasm too. I have done … Continue reading DA: Contextual Report
Online presence II
I feel as through I went through the stages of the feedback loop very early on in my project and therefore have already developed a sound understanding of the processes I need to be taking in order to continue to develop my DA. After taking a short hiatus, due to lack of motivation for my … Continue reading Online presence II
BCM114 // Project Beta
https://youtu.be/4v-6qxeWMjQ My project beta video encompasses the progress and progressions my DA has made over the last 10 weeks. My DA has grown a shifted a lot during the last few months so hear I am discussing my project beta. This DA originated as a tiktok account creating education and informative content for baristas or … Continue reading BCM114 // Project Beta
Ideating: reflecting on my work
Week 3: the beginning The first two weeks of this module took me to some interesting creative places. While brainstorming I was able to send time considering: My hobbies, interest and skills, how they could be considered useful to someoneWhat trajectory would I like to take them on if given the opportunity While in this … Continue reading Ideating: reflecting on my work
MY BCM114 Project Pitch
https://youtu.be/GePupkKO60g My project pitch video encompasses the Digital Artefact I plan to develop during and after BCM114. This DA is a TikTok account posting videos about coffee and baristaing. While undertaking another BCM subject, BCM241 I researched a media niche, the online coffee community on TikTok. During this research I discovered that the style of … Continue reading MY BCM114 Project Pitch
BCM241: My Ethnographic Research Into the Online Coffee Community
This digital artefact is a study of the online presence of the coffee community; I have been conducting this research with my peer Megan Phillips. The aim of this project is to inform people, who may not be a part of this online community or aware of this media niche, of varying elements of this … Continue reading BCM241: My Ethnographic Research Into the Online Coffee Community
W5: My Project Pitch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NhMSGRfS08&ab_channel=PhoebeCarden My project pitch video encompasses my media niche, coffee. Online coffee culture is diverse in its content, media platforms and also how the community defines itself. This creates a spectrum of content for any interested viewer; however, it also opens the floor for discussion on what defines 'coffee'. In my autoethnographic research, I will … Continue reading W5: My Project Pitch
W4: research and ethics
My research When I first begun my research for this topic I thought it important to looking into the history of coffee, which lead me to the notion of first wave, second wave and third wave consumption of coffee globally. This is something I've touched on with previous blogs but the general idea is that … Continue reading W4: research and ethics
W3: Problematising the coffee community
When problematising our media niche Megan and I agreed to do so in a way that provided us our own subgenre to facilitate our ethnographic research. When completing our field site map we noticed the biggest divide in the community is the style of content and its platform, therefore we have decided for Megan to … Continue reading W3: Problematising the coffee community
Phoebe Mae 