Brain Storm on All Questions

Question 1:Identify the established creative figures in your field of practice who have achieved success in a digital economy. Compare and assess their methods for thriving in a market where so much is free or pirated.

- are the creative figures proposed relevant to the question?
  ~ will a comparison between the locals and the internationals be interesting?
- what is success, definition of success, what kind of accomplishment is considered as successful?
  ~ it that their desired success?
- what methods are used to accomplish those success?
- SWOT analysis necessary?
- psychodynamic analysis on internet users: did they fulfill their needs and became successful?
- how does the free and pirated market influence/ affect their performance?
- ** comparison between methods on table form to be done if this question is chosen


Question 2: Examine the future of the world as represented in a popular science fiction film, game, or novel. Selection should consider a title where media or communication plays a major role in its scenario. Evaluate the likelihood or lessons of this futuristic vision in relations to actual current knowledge and developments.

- to include the synopsis of the movie

- what kind of new media/ communication system appeared in the movie?

  ~ the good and the bad (to analyse, SWOT?)

- how is it related to/ influence the current knowledge and development of media and communication?

  ~ inspiring ideas, research and experiment

- to foresee what will happen in future

  ~ the good, the bad: lessons to learn from the movie, ways to cope 
- ? singularity, transhumanism

Question 3: Briefly trace the arrival of the Internet to Malaysia, analyse recent reports on the current state of the web in our country, and present the findings that may have the most impact on your field of practice.

- to add on: the creative field's initiative
- a little about MCMC??


Question 4: Identify a distinctive digital design aesthetic or an online community particular to an Asian region or country. Explain how contextual factors influenced its development and can improve our appreciation of it.

- redundancy/ ectopic information?
- interactivity/ immersion?


Question 5: Assess the roles and policies Malaysian Commission of Multimedia Communication and compare them with a similar organisation of another country. Which institution is more effective in serving the needs of the citizens?

- to compare with a country which has similar background (eg. within the same region)/ totally different?
- benefits gained by citizens from the organisation


Question 6: Hackers are the heroes of the 21st Century. Argue for or against this statement.

- to add on politics, surveillance and security
- ethical hacker

Question 7: Select a social networking site or digital art work and demonstrate how the analysis of the same artefact may differ when different critical theory or concepts are used. Which interpretation produced the most value or insight to the site/artefact?

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Feedback:

- pick questions where I can apply local or regional context (the findings/ observations may give ideas more relevance to life in M'sia)

- restorm 2 of the essay questions

- try theories and concepts from contextual classes

- to relate more on graphic design (eg. question 1)