Tag Archives: Audio
DCU’s Hybrid Awards
By Piers Scott As the awards season finally draws to a close there remains one more event on the calendar, The Hybrids. The Hybrid Awards, DCU’s annual multimedia awards, take place this Wednesday in The Venue. According to the Media Production Society, who run the awards, this year saw 74 submissions across four categories. The [...]
Three Screens and Glowing Rectangles
An article in Time Magazine some years ago reported that new media will “make radio as obsolete as the horse” and destroy the American cinema industry. Children will not need to go to school as classes will be brought directly into their homes and Presidential candidates will use it to win elections. The article was [...]
Dublin City University’s Silver Surfers
WHILE SENATOR DAN BOYLE was attempting to bring down the government last week with the social networking site Twitter, JJ Higgins was doing something slightly more worthwhile. He was sending his first email. JJ (62), a retired postal worker, is among a growing number of older internet users in Ireland. A recent survey by the [...]
In Focus
Is there a faith based response to the recession? With the National Director of The Saint Vincent de Paul calling on the Government to use the recession as an opportunity to create a fairer society. In this report I speak to several people of faith to see if their beliefs can help them through these [...]
