Presentation by Judith Al, in Pecha Kucha style
Final Paper:
Final Assignment on BNN and Social Media
1/13/10
1/7/10
Why green?
Short peer review on the blog Glossies and new mediaBy Alexandra van der Vloed
I chose to review a blog of a group that I didn’t now when starting this course and still won’t recognise if standing right in front of me. The blog is called: Glossies and new media.
The blog is created by Lisa, Tamara, Linda, Manou and Artie.
The first thing that strikes me is the colour. It is… green, very green. The head of the blog is nice but I’ am not really sure what this has to do with your question.
Anyway, the question that they had to answer is posted in the top of the blog so it is very clear what subject they are addressing.
Another thing that caught my attention is the title: over mij on the right side of the blog. This title implies that they will explain their group or something but there is nothing explained, it’s empty.
Looking at the blog there is a lot of text, especially on the first page or last written what ever you like to call it. I really miss some illustrations that would actually make the blog more interesting when you take a first look at the blog.
About the content, first of all I really like the title ‘why so negative’ it triggers people to read that article. In fact it was the only article on your blog that triggered me to read it. You should use more of those titles because it would make the blog a lot more interesting to look at.
The articles were pleasant to read. They are not very long but clear. They used al lot of sources. There is in fact one article that almost solely exists of sources.
Overall the blog is clear structured but guys the green?! It is a bit much. Although I have to admit that it is quite original. The texts are clear. The blog seems long and a bit boring because of the long texts. You can use the read more button at the end of an article. This way there is a clear overview. You can also use the scribd application that allows a certain structure in the blog. Further, some illustrations could really lighten up the page or maybe even a comic and fill in the ‘over mij’ section because WHO ARE YOU?
Anyway, I think you did a great job in creating the blog. The green I won’t discuss anymore (although I’m still curious why). You have created a very interesting blog, good job.
To our BNN ‘colleagues’ peer review from Kirsten
For this peer assignment I have chosen the weblog from Ellen, Wouter and Johnny, TSCI 2009 to give it a short assessment. The weblog TSCI caught my intention because of the same topic we both share, but also the formation of the group (one woman and two though guys) interested me a lot. This because guys are not only very straight to the point in the way they are writing, they are not so precisely as girls in picking the right lay-out for the weblog. I can imagine that it’s difficult for one woman to work with 3 (leo left the university) other guys.
When I analyzed the weblog on the lay-out it looked very neat and clear. I very much like the fact they put everything in SCRIBD because you don’t have to scroll down a lot and you have direct access to print the articles. Also the fact that they used slide share is definitely a plus for me. One point I missed in the lay out were some overall pictures or some models you could have used into the articles.
The articles look very nice. When you are reading them you can see that they are giving their own opinions about the topic and also use good sources. However sometimes it could have been a bit more internet sources. They used a lot of books but BNN and television and IPTV is very new so they could have uses some internet sources. But this is only a small recommendation. Overall it looks very nice and I really like the article “copying tv formats is it bad?” From Johnny because he writes very interesting and he gave a few nice and up-to-date examples. You can see that there is some consistency between the articles of the group members. What is very good if you know that one group member left the group because he dropped out of school.
The last credits go to Ellen! Not only she posted almost all articles online (didn’t know that she has such technical skills) You also did a good job working between two guys!!
When I analyzed the weblog on the lay-out it looked very neat and clear. I very much like the fact they put everything in SCRIBD because you don’t have to scroll down a lot and you have direct access to print the articles. Also the fact that they used slide share is definitely a plus for me. One point I missed in the lay out were some overall pictures or some models you could have used into the articles.
The articles look very nice. When you are reading them you can see that they are giving their own opinions about the topic and also use good sources. However sometimes it could have been a bit more internet sources. They used a lot of books but BNN and television and IPTV is very new so they could have uses some internet sources. But this is only a small recommendation. Overall it looks very nice and I really like the article “copying tv formats is it bad?” From Johnny because he writes very interesting and he gave a few nice and up-to-date examples. You can see that there is some consistency between the articles of the group members. What is very good if you know that one group member left the group because he dropped out of school.
The last credits go to Ellen! Not only she posted almost all articles online (didn’t know that she has such technical skills) You also did a good job working between two guys!!
Short peer review on the Mediafruitcakes blog by Fay Tulling
Short peer review on the Mediafruitcakes blog by Fay Tulling
The attraction to the very creative name of the blog ‘Mediafruitcakes’ has made me decide to write this week’s assignment, a short peer review, about this blog (http://mediafruitcakes.wordpress.com/). The blog is from my fellow students of Media & Culture; Stefan, Thierno, Elise and Kim.
I’m wondering what they have been doing this whole course!
The attraction to the very creative name of the blog ‘Mediafruitcakes’ has made me decide to write this week’s assignment, a short peer review, about this blog (http://mediafruitcakes.wordpress.com/). The blog is from my fellow students of Media & Culture; Stefan, Thierno, Elise and Kim.
I’m wondering what they have been doing this whole course!
1/6/10
Peer Review on 'Television and Social Media' by Charlotte Grootscholten
'Pimp your blog'
When opening the blog ‘television and social media’ a very nice introduction at the right side of the page gives a warm ‘welcome to our blog’ to any visitor. For the very same reason I kept on reading this blog and I found some very interesting articles and videos. Next to that it is very interesting to read a blog that is written about the same issue as my group is dealing with. It is nice to see how a different group interprets the same issue and gives recommendations. In this peer review of the blog ‘television and social media’ there will be comment on the layout and content as well and in the end some recommendations will be given.
The blog has been created by four students in the first place. Unfortunately one student quit university, so three students remain to keep this blog posted. These students are Ellen Valckx, Johnny Broeders and Wouter van den Buuse.
First of all compliments to the content of the blog. The articles are very clear and easy to read. They provide a lot of usefull information and also give proper illustrations of issues you are dealing with. There are some videos as well which are an enlargement to the articles. What I liked most is the Pecha Kucha style presentation which gives insight in ‘the people behind the blog’ by using photographs of each group member.
As mentioned before, a warm welcome is provided at the beginning of the blog which triggers a visitor to read the blog. When scrolling down one can go to the older posts where the central question can be found as well as information about the team. It would be nice if these two subjects were posted at the beginning of the blog, probably at the right sight just beneath the welcome, so that visitors can immediately see what the content of the blog is about. Ofcourse the image at the top of the blog suggests that this blog is about BNN, however it does not show the issue itself.
Some articles at this blog are posted by using ‘Scribd’. On the one hand this is a nice program to post long articles, however it is not that user-friendly to the reader. It requires to many clicks to have the text big enough to read. Although it is not my favourite program to read articles in, I agree that it is useful when posting long articles instead of having long articles on the blog right away.
One last suggestion about the layout. At first sight the blog seems a little bit boring, while there is only one main image at the top of the blog and that’s it. Maybe some recognition towards television and social media by using more images at both sides of the blog or as a background would help to make the blog attractive to readers.
To conclude one can say that the blog ‘television and social media’ has a very strong content with clear articles and nice videos which illustrate the issue. Next to that there is a warm welcome at the beginning and a proper introduction of the issue and the team at the end of the blog. A little ‘pimp your blog’ might help to trigger some more readers. I surely can say that you did a great job in creating a blog!
When opening the blog ‘television and social media’ a very nice introduction at the right side of the page gives a warm ‘welcome to our blog’ to any visitor. For the very same reason I kept on reading this blog and I found some very interesting articles and videos. Next to that it is very interesting to read a blog that is written about the same issue as my group is dealing with. It is nice to see how a different group interprets the same issue and gives recommendations. In this peer review of the blog ‘television and social media’ there will be comment on the layout and content as well and in the end some recommendations will be given.
The blog has been created by four students in the first place. Unfortunately one student quit university, so three students remain to keep this blog posted. These students are Ellen Valckx, Johnny Broeders and Wouter van den Buuse.
First of all compliments to the content of the blog. The articles are very clear and easy to read. They provide a lot of usefull information and also give proper illustrations of issues you are dealing with. There are some videos as well which are an enlargement to the articles. What I liked most is the Pecha Kucha style presentation which gives insight in ‘the people behind the blog’ by using photographs of each group member.
As mentioned before, a warm welcome is provided at the beginning of the blog which triggers a visitor to read the blog. When scrolling down one can go to the older posts where the central question can be found as well as information about the team. It would be nice if these two subjects were posted at the beginning of the blog, probably at the right sight just beneath the welcome, so that visitors can immediately see what the content of the blog is about. Ofcourse the image at the top of the blog suggests that this blog is about BNN, however it does not show the issue itself.
Some articles at this blog are posted by using ‘Scribd’. On the one hand this is a nice program to post long articles, however it is not that user-friendly to the reader. It requires to many clicks to have the text big enough to read. Although it is not my favourite program to read articles in, I agree that it is useful when posting long articles instead of having long articles on the blog right away.
One last suggestion about the layout. At first sight the blog seems a little bit boring, while there is only one main image at the top of the blog and that’s it. Maybe some recognition towards television and social media by using more images at both sides of the blog or as a background would help to make the blog attractive to readers.
To conclude one can say that the blog ‘television and social media’ has a very strong content with clear articles and nice videos which illustrate the issue. Next to that there is a warm welcome at the beginning and a proper introduction of the issue and the team at the end of the blog. A little ‘pimp your blog’ might help to trigger some more readers. I surely can say that you did a great job in creating a blog!
12/30/09
WOEST!
Short peer review on the Woeste Mannen weblog, by Judith Al
Attracted by the wild name of the Woeste Mannen, I couldn't help but choosing their blog to write a short peer review about. As their name says; Woeste Mannen is a weblog about the question of Advertising Agency Woedend. By choosing this name they definitely show that they’re creative and have a sense of humour.
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