Category Archives: New Media

“I find media analysis boring and I want it to die”

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I’m probably going to fail my ‘Analysing Multimedia Messages’ module this semester Studying media in third-level can be weird. Generally you’ll find that for every interesting hour you spend learning how to put together radio documentaries or to write about … Continue reading →

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The future of journalism, hip-hop and possibly my life

Posted on March 26, 2011 by

March snorts by in a fizzle of wet mornings and watercolour-blue skies. Hopeful daffodils peep up to a backdrop of doom-like black rainstorm clouds. March is a light whose wiring has been wet and flickers in and out of illumination. … Continue reading →

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The privatisation of censorship and the leaking of America

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief, Julian Assange. . Cablegate: Boy, the last time there was a leak like this, Noah built himself a boat.— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) December 06, 2010 . ON NOVEMBER 28, the online new media organisation WikiLeaks released the first 291 of … Continue reading →

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The hesitant hiss of student dissatisfaction

Posted on November 6, 2010 by

On Wednesday, around 25,000 students gathered in Dublin at the Union of Students in Ireland’s (USI) call for a march in opposition to a possible government proposal to increase third-level registration fees from €1,500 to €3,000 in December’s budget. Of … Continue reading →

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Hype ’til they’re ripe

Posted on September 21, 2010 by

     The other week, London minimalists The xx won the UK and Ireland’s premier New Music ceremony, the Mercury Prize. The quality of 2010’s entries was as high as it had been for quite a while, with worthy contributions from the … Continue reading →

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