JOUR1111 Week 5

Let me begin this week my saying HOORAY for Visual Media!! This weeks lecture has been my favourite thus far, which can most likely be attributed to the fact that it was interactive and fun for my eyes!

Factual story-telling in the visual has certainly come a long way since the early 1900's (as one would expect) however it is quite a triumph for human-kind in regards to how much it has advanced in the last twenty years. Even now I am blown away by the fact that the first picture on the internet appeared in 1992. This really puts it in perspective for me, as 1992 is the year I was BORN! 

Everyday we are exposed to visual media in so many ways; the news flashing photos as you eat your breakfast, the countless billboards that you pass as you get from A and B, even that funny little meme your friend sends to you - it's all right in front of our eyes creating our entertainment and beginning our converstations. I can't even begin to imagine a world without this media (which is ironic, as if it didn't exist I'd only be left with my imagination!) and to think this has all come about in my lifetime just blows me away. 

I don't think I know anyone my age that hasn't had their parents tell them those gui inspiring phrases highlighting the evolution of technology and often beginning with the words ' When I was your age we didn't have...', which makes me wonder what I will be telling MY children one day!?

"When I was your age we didn't have 3D TV/Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/Mobile Phones/Mobile Phones with in-built Cameras/Mobile Phones with Facebook/Twitter/Instagram....." - the list is almost endless!

As something of an artist (obviously self-proclaimed), I have always been excited by expressing stories and meaning through visual media - dabbling in painting, drawing and photography quite extensively in my highschool years - however up until this weeks lecture I was almost adimant that I am here to command the written world. Now I am not so sure!  

I've always associated journalism with facts, figures and the humble biro, and have never thought of the visual side as being quite so versatile. I feel as if a new world of possibility has been put at my feet, as if I am Charlie entering the Chocolate Factory, eager to explore!! Also, as I'm sure Charlie would have felt in his predicament, I am hungry. Very hungry.... 

....so, until next week!!