Media Archeology and New Media Temporality Mgr. Čeněk Pýcha Abstract This master thesis focus on the relationship between digital technologies and the concepts of our society about the past. There are defined methodological approaches of media archeology in the first part, this approaches are used like the tool for research of media temporality in the next parts. The methodological approach is applied in the empirical based case studies in the second part. The first case study researches the digital archives of testimonies of witnesses and the concepts of time that are created by these archives. The second empirical case study focuses the ways of photographs that documented holocaust, in the social media, especially on Pinterest. In the conclusion, the master thesis is assigned like the part of contemporary debates about the concepts of the past. Keywords: Digital media, memory, media archeology, time, cultural techniques

Im folgenden Artikel wird dargelegt, was unter dem Konzept des forschenden Lernens zu verstehen ist und welche Einsatzmöglichkeiten sich für das forschende Lernen im Kontext Universität ergeben. Dabei werden speziell diejenigen Merkmale theoretisch herausgearbeitet, die aus Lehrendenperspektive Anknüpfungspunkte für einen prozessbegleitenden Medieneinsatz bieten. Exemplarisch wird eine Lehrveranstaltung angeführt, die auf Fallebene zeigt, wie ein forschungsorientiertes Seminar um digitale Medien angereichert werden kann und welche Chancen und Grenzen sich bei der selbstgesteuerten Verwendung digitaler Medienangebote ergeben. Die Evaluation des Seminars zeigt, dass die Studierenden einen großen Lernzuwachs erleben, jedoch teilweise durch die Offenheit des Lernens überfordert sind. Diese und andere Gründe führen dazu, dass die von Lehrenden vorgeschlagenen Medienangebote selten bis kaum genutzt werden. Zudem sehen Lernende die Qualität virtuell distribuierter Inhalte kritisch, was sich auf die Akzeptanz und die Nutzung der vorhandenen digitalen Medienangebote auswirkt.

Anhand des Beispiels Lehramtsausbildung erörtert dieser Artikel exemplarisch Bedeutung und Reichweite der innerdeutsch als sehr heterogenen zu beschreibenden Integration digitaler Medien in das formale Bildungswesen. Auf Basis einer Fallstudie werden IKT-bezogene Kompetenzen im Kontext der schul- und hochschulbezogenen Ausbildung mit dem Fokus auf die Lehramtsausbildung thematisiert und diskutiert.

With the new challenges of the digital world associated with disinformation, data breaches, and cybercrimes (Cadwalladr & Graham-Harrison, 2018; Connolly et al., 2016; Shipley & Bowker, 2013) many countries nowadays discuss approaches to Internet regulation. In Ukraine, which faced propaganda tactics employed by Russia as a part of the Ukrainian-Russian conflict (Yurkova, 2018), the need for information security in recent years became a major challenge. In 2017, authorities of Ukraine addressed the challenge by introducing sanctions to the most-used Russian web-platforms, including social networks Vkontakte and Odnoklassniki, search engine Yandex, and many other services. This study analyzed the discourse that was formed around the decision. The work incorporates the model of critical discourse analysis by Fairclough (1995a) and framing analysis by Pan & Kosicki (1993). This qualitative study analyzed materials from Ukrainian online media, TV stories, user comments, and political speeches from 16th-17th May 2017 – the dates when the decision on blocking of Russian web-sources was announced to the Ukrainian public. The research answers the questions about the dominant discourses in society regarding the approach of the authorities to Internet regulation, the main arguments and counter-arguments, and media framing. The results show that the discussion was locked in a trap of two dominant discourses of freedom of speech and national security, whereas alternative measures to restrictions were not represented on the public agenda.

In recent years, a new poetry genre has emerged, currently known as Instapoetry, and its chief practitioners are often young females (Pâquet 2019). Instapoetry has many characteristics influenced by the nature of the Instagram platform on which it is published, such as its brevity and its inclusion of visual effects with the text. However, its resemblance and links to older forms of modernist and post-modernist poetry are undeniable; such as its use of symbolism, expressionism, its move away from tradition, and its sense of activism. The “retrofitting” (Chasar 2020) of modernist poetic themes and formats for a digital medium opens up new possibilities for new ways of thinking. I suggest that this new format which can be seen as restrictive, allows for an opening and for new modes of subjectivity. Instapoetry engages feelings and ideas through an inclusive approach and that is essentially what gives it its potential as an activist and educational facility. Through its penchant for activism, Instapoetry engages in a metamodernist global consciousness shift, which Luke Turner defines as a move away beyond postmodernism and an “emergence of a palpable collective desire for change” (Turner 2015).  Female Instapoets often employ nature motifs in their Instapoetry, however, the nature motif is portrayed as something that connects, contrary to the restrictive sense often applied by patriarchal systems. In order to break away from a simplistic reading of Instapoetry as a poetic genre completely closed in by algorithms and word limits and to show the openings that this poetic genre allows, I suggest a new name “Digital Media Ecofeminist Poetry.” I attempt a qualitative methodology, through close reading of various Instapoems by female Instapoets, to demonstrate their nuanced use of form, language, and visuality and I examine the ways in which the digital medium influences this new form of poetry.

This thesis project will focus on the symbolism and artistic interpretation of how I perceive reality. This thesis project uses all artistic skills that I have acquired throughout my lifetime and combines them into one mixed digital media video. This is a mix between the two digital media formats 2D and 3D. Each animation and segment syncs with the music selected manually or technically. The process of creation for each segment and explaining which software I choose to use for each task. It also dives a little further, noting the artistic decisions and why. The symbolism used within the art piece is addressed and explained. Anything not discussed is open to personal interpretation and encourages the viewers to think individually further into the topics. The usage of this art style / art form is discussed and researched on where it can be found in usage outside of the music industry. Also, stating the popularity and accreditation this style receives from casually mass viewing. In summary, the art style of surrealism and abstract shapes in addition to the art form of mixed digital media, consumers indulge this art archetype worldwide. It can be useable within music visuals, ambient relaxation, modern art galleries, video games, and progressive advertising. Thus, making this art viable in multiple parts of the economy and creating consistent trends of revenue increasing. With the consistent growth of technology use, complimentary style to electronic music, and viable formatting for social media this art style is predicted to drastically grow in demand within the next coming years.

How is traditional design being applied to create next level interfaces for electronic media? The principles guiding graphic design are the fundamental base of modern design, whether it is for the latest IOS interface or a HUD for the latest blockbuster game. How is current electronic design implementing these guiding fundamentals to create new ideas in interface design like the invisible interface? Here we discuss what some of these guiding principles are and how they relate to modern design.

Can you teach someone to be a video game designer? This was the principal question behind the experimental class "Game Design & Testing" taught summer 2009 and again in 2010 at East Tennessee State University. The class did not attempt to encompass the technical aspects of video game modeling or scripting. It was focused on the possibilities of teaching students how to recognize, create and critique distinct game elements, then design interesting games around the concepts they learned. What makes a game fun, what makes some games memorable, what does it take to create balance in a game, what goes into making a game that is easy to learn and difficult to master, these were some of the questions set to the students throughout the semester?

Digital media productions today, specifically commercials, are often designed to address and appeal to its audience in numerous ways, one important aspect being credibility. This study aims to locate the most essential parts of how to create credible moving image productions and how to establish trust amongst its viewers. Previous research shows that areas such as storytelling, representation and technology are important to create reliability in a media production. Three qualitative semi structured interviews, along with two focus groups consisting of five respondents each, were carried out to gather the data needed. The data was coded, concluded, analyzed and discussed to find the most vital elements in establishing trust. Six main topics were found and narrowed down to three areas which were concluded to create credibility. The six topics are honesty, message, recognition, audio and depiction, continuity and characters. These are summarized as narrative, representation and technical aspects. When these areas are considered and acted upon, credibility and trust amongst viewers can be successfully created.

El presente trabajo de investigación tiene como objetivo lograr analizar en primer lugar cómo es que han cambiado los hábitos de lectura en los jóvenes de hoy en día con la aparición de la narrativa transmedia y los nuevos medios digitales. Además de ello se pretende investigar si este tipo de contenido y formación de universos narrativos puede influir de alguna forma en los hábitos de lectura y asimismo poder lograr un acercamientos en los que aún no poseen este hábito de lectura desarrollado. / This research work aims to achieve analysis in the first place on how reading habits have changed in young people today with the emergence of transmedia narrative and new digital media. In addition to this, it is intended to investigate whether this type of content and formation of narrative universes can influence reading habits in some way and be able to achieve an approach in those who do not yet have these developed reading habits. / Trabajo de investigación