Oooooh could be helpful....

Game Informer Online Magazine.....

Future...........

• become popular with all age groups
• become more popular with girls
• better graphics due to more reliance on CGI
• merge with other new media technologies
  

Issues.........

• delays getting into the game - article on World of Warcraft
• hackers - another article on World of Warcraft
• should virtual crimes have real justice - article, another article
  
• online mugging - article
• institutions and audiences merging - article on Second Life
• virtual child pornography on Second Life - should it be treated as 'real-life' and punished? - article
  

Audiences...........

• more boys than girls?
• teenagers?
• audiences have increased due to more people having broadband internet
• can they now be more creative? - video of a 'Second Life film' - showing audiences creativity
  

Institutions........

• Playstation
• Microsoft

• Blizzard Entertainment - World of Warcraft
  
• Linden Lab - Second Life
  

Technologies......

• XBox Live - article about gaming
• PC
  
• PS3 - PS3 website article, wikipedia article
  

• MMOGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Games) - wikipedia article

• Examples of MMOGs - wikipedia article
  

• Examples of MMORGS (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) - wikipedia article

• Article on the differences between MMOGs and other computer games, and another one
  

Change of plan.....

I realised I couldn't write as much as I wanted to about music and film downloading, so I am now going to see if I can do any better with online gaming....

Future...

This kind of has something to do with music downloading...vaguely...!


http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2064806,00.html

Institutions, Future and Technology....

Article on how music downloading and using has changed since the 80's.


http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/commentary/listeningpost/2007/03/72847

Institutions, Future and Technology...

EMI take digital locks off of their music tracks.....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6516189.stm

DRM........

An article explaining DRM.....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6337781.stm

Future, technology, audiences...

Is this still counted as "illegal"?? An article on Pandora and how people listen to downloaded music....


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5264276.stm

Film piracy - future, institutions, technology, issues...

An article on how institutions are fighting back against film piracy....


http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2054391,00.html

Music formats - future...

An article on music formats of the future....


http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2054398,00.html

Institutions, Technology and Future.....

EMI is planning to sell the online music from its record label, without copy protection......


http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,,2049769,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6523573.stm

The future for music and film downloaders?

Will we all become syllogomaniacs? This could be included under the area of future......


http://www.wired.com/techbiz/people/news/2007/03/72737

Reminder........

Remember this is what I should be writing/finding information about:

• Technology - why and how it has changed
  
• Institutions - names, projects and changes
• Audience - what they do - changing? becoming an institution?
• Issues - legal and social
• Future - different practices, challenges to existing media

Focus on music and film downloading using the above five areas as a framework.