Tiffanny Junee

Hello everyone,Apologies if you have felt neglected, however, I decided to take a well-earned and extended break from my research over the Christmas/ New Year period; a by-product of which was no posting or blogging! :)Now that I am back and refreshed, rest assured I will be blogging frequently about my current, future and past…

Tiffanny Junee

March 7, 2012

Social Technology

What is Media?

A commonly posed question, worthy of a universal and definitive answer. However, media is not always comprehensively or easily defined. Research would suggest that the context of definition, significantly impacts how the term media is defined. For instance, a public relations practitioner will group various mass and niche communications technologies and businesses into ‘target media…

Tiffanny Junee

June 25, 2011

Media, PR

Knowledge Production: A Social Process

Jacques Derrida claims that the process of writing is fundamentally changed by the way we write. Marshall McLuhan on the other hand points to the medium as ‘the massage’, while German sociologist Niklas Luhmann opines ‘man is not able to communicate; only communication is able to communicate’. Three different men, three different opinions. Nothing new…

Tiffanny Junee

June 21, 2011

Thought Leadership

Mums Embrace Social Media

Yesterday I was woken from my sick-bed by my mobile phone ringing. Not firing on all cylinders, I was a little taken back at the panicked voice on the other end of the phone, ‘Darling! Are you alright? You haven’t been on Twitter for 11 hours.’ Yes that’s right, I have a Twit-stalker… MY…

Tiffanny Junee

June 9, 2011

Social Media

Convergence at its best: Beyonce style

Beyonce raises the bar yet again re: what constitutes best performance for generation next at the 2011 Billboard Awards Is there anything this woman can’t do? Enjoy.

Tiffanny Junee

May 24, 2011

Convergence

Changing nature of media production and consumption in sport

As I revisit stumblings by high profile Australian athletes around the micro-blogging social media platform Twitter for the purposes of my current research, I look with fresh eyes at the Faggot Tweet: Sponsors Speak scandal of last year. Refreshingly, my position on the relevance of context and content remains unchanged. If anything, I would further jump…

Tiffanny Junee

May 23, 2011

Brand Management, Communications, Digital Next Comms, Social Media, Strategic Communications, Strategy, The Business of Sport, Thought Leadership