Monday 8 May 2017

Case Study Summaries

Class case study summaries: 

Ladan - Social network Twitter
Twitter's 140 character limit simplifies politician's expression
Mentioning of "Black Twitter", where #BlackLivesMatter is popularised
Echo chamber of politics and the effects the audience/society can have on it 
Social media to voice their opinions 

Abayomi - Spotify Music streaming
'Unification of citizens' come together from different countries and come to listen to music 
75% of users using Spotify's free trials 
CD/DVD albums are susceptible to the effect caused by Spotify's streaming services

Amrit - Social media Instagram
Pluralism - Good for Instagram as it can be used for expression
Hyper-reality - fake reality 
Unrealistic expectations of beauty standards set

Sunny - Social media and American politics
UGC of Internet "memes" spread across, humouring Donald Trump
Use of Reddit "The front page of the Internet" where users express politics for social change
Fake News causing havoc in communities and misinforming to support the creator's intended agenda

Callum - Gaming industry - Activision and Blizzard
PC community building "mods" to create maps
$118.6 billion forecast 
The impact the gaming community has on the new and digital media - aids the marketing process

Katie - Documentaries/Netflix
Piracy of shows and movies damage the nature cashflow of the industry
A show called 'The Crown' spend £750k in a day to budget the one episode
No distribution costs when uploaded to the Internet online

Khadijah - Netflix
Founded in 1977
Globalisation of Netflix - everyone is attracted to it
Binge watchers gained because of its huge attraction

Harkiran - Film industry and distribution
Lionsgate
1 cinema trip = 7 months of Netflix
Marxist argue that the economic power lies to the distributors 


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