Megans Blog

 Hi In this week's video task we were asked to watch five videos, each explaining what exactly media compression is in a bit more detail. When finished we were then required to discuss our thoughts and ideas on these videos, Below I will discuss my thoughts and ideas on the topic of media compression. Before I began watching these videos I had no clue what media compression was so from watching these videos I have learned a lot and grasped a better understanding of what it is. What is media compression? From my understanding of media compression now, it is the reduction of a file size that also saves disk space. This type of compression is very specific to files such as Image files, Video files, and Audio files. Media that naturally tends to be large in file size, such as videos, are more likely to be highly compressed, especially if they are optimised for streaming online.  The first video that I watched was ‘Video Compression as fast as possible’ This video was very easy to ...

  Hi, This week we were given feedback from our peers and using the given feedback we were asked to re-write our original pieces but to apply the feedback to our work so that hopefully our work will improve and we can learn from our mistakes for future assignments. Overall this week the feedback that I received from three people was very positive and had very little improvement to do for this week's task. I enjoyed hearing what I had done that was good in my blogs and I feel it also keeps me motivated to continue to write because I know that although there are things that I could improve on I also know that there are strong parts in my blog. My positive feedback included things such as: Good Grammar and Punctuation. That the blog was based on my opinions and backed up with facts. It was easy to follow due to the structure and layout. Good flow to the blog due to going from one topic to the next. Was straight to the point. I was very happy with this feedback and will do my best to m...

 Hi, This week as part of our assignment we had to read an article and give our opinions and understandings on the topic of that particular article , below I will discuss my opinions and understandings on the topic of the online environment.  From reading this article ‘Digital Media Companies Found Lacking in Helping Users Understand the Online Environment’. According to Kirk (20202), a digital news report highlights that 62% of people surveyed had ongoing worries over miscommunication and misinformation online.  I found the above statement to be the most interesting statement for me because I feel that even though surveys state that 62% of people that were surveyed had ongoing worries that all stem from miscommunication and misinformation online, many people are very reliant on the online environment and believe that what they see is true. For example, many teenagers are very involved in social media and with the lives of influencers and they believe that how the influen...