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Peculiar Curiosities about New Media Advancements in the Philippines

a student's perspective

We live in an age where many of us have their one's own possession of cellphone, ipad, tablets, laptops and any outlets related to new medias. It came to a point where it became a necessity. Something that we can't even abandon when leaving home, when we need to pay for our needs.. when we need to communicate with our people and when we need something to entertain ourselves with. To some people it became a way for good things, to some it did not. The existence of Facebook, Twitter, Tiktok, Instagram and YouTube itself, carried our sources to attain knowledge and satisfaction. Apart from that, there are more platforms that we use for our different agendas. Which definitely holds a lot of ideas that we can just suck in, on our systems and surely.. it improved our typical routines and cultures.

For those who don't know what new media is, I'll give you a little background or context about it. New media is also referred to as digital media. It's basically used by a diverse group of age and different people, even if its about for personal use, news, reasearches, works, online shops or gaming. It covers most of the technological pursuits, which differs it from the social media. Social media is a subset of new media. So hopefully we don't confuse the two. ( reference below )

Reminiscing our status in our economic structures, the evolution of the media is not like the way it was before than it is now in the present. We enjoyed struggles back then, it did not even matter if we waste a lot of time having fun before going to school or work. Most of the times we spend our days just looking at nowhere, enjoying stuffs within our imaginations. But because of the advancements in the new media, everything right now seems easy and adaptable.

With that comparing our past and present events, catastrophes and changes. It was definitely mesmerizing to see and become someone who is a part to watch & observe, the middle age journey of the new media advancements. It indeed gave a spark on our curiosities to the peculiarities of circumstances that happens around the world.

Therefore being exposed by a lot of ideas and informations, we adapted a lot of habits from western countries even if it's been so long when it happened. Per se' that we (the Philippines) are also colonized by them in the past, we undoubtedly accepted some of those practices. One example of it is making Vlogs.

Ofcourse vlog isn't really part of those colonizations, people who knows me might smack me in the head if I claimed that it was. Making videos is probably way more of a wider topic, so you can just have some searches about those informations if you are curious about when did making videos evolved. But I know for sure that vlogs got published in year 2004, YouTube made it more accessible in 2005 to more individuals.

Back in the days it wasn't really a popular thing in the Philippines, but because of being exposed by western influencers in the new media platforms, it blasted more in popularity when the Covid 19 era happened. Many individuals had more flexibility in exposing themselves to new media. People like Cong TV, Niana Guerrero and Ranz Kyle, Alex Gonzaga, Doc Willie Ong, Raffy Tulfo, MimiYuuuh and Ivana Alawi are some of those people who are well liked and admired in that industry.

Image source : candymag.com / Mimiyuuh instagram

Mimiyuuuh also known as Jeremy Lomibao Sance Buche. Is an example of how Filipino's are able to take advantage of the Vlog industry to make something for a living. He was fortunate enough to become a viral star in Tiktok. By the opportunity he was given, he was able to conceptualize something that would help him attract influencers and job opportunities, which is Vlogging. He is the epitome in the Filipino Vlog Industry (base on my point of view, but the one reading this might have someone better in mind to call the epitome of it), that when there is an opportunity to grab, take it.

Because of the evolution of his career, as an influencer/comedian/youtuber. He was able to build a decent home for his family and have an income for them to have foods that would full their tummies.

Niana Guerrero (Niana Jose Evidente Guerrero), just recently turned 18 yrs old and is also an embodiment of vlogging. It started with his elder brother Ranz Kyle, them doing videos together, then his brother as a part of Chiscer dance group, Niana danced ' teach me how to dougie ', 'gwiyomi ' and ' Despacito ' and got viral.. which also attracted opportunities for her. Became an influencer/vlogger in YouTube and dance video creator in Tiktok. She is able to help her family financially, as well as her financial needs and to enjoy life. She grew up with media and she inspires people to be their best in goofy-ness and beauty as she creates her video dances in an artistic ways and advocate her crafts. She once said in an interview:

“It’s more about remembering the love for the craft and not just the grind.” - Niana Guerrero

Image source : SCOUT www.scoutmag.ph

It's definitely a decent way to describe our new media.. now that it is a very practical way to develop your skills as an artist and have earnings for your self by having an adequate way of life. Another stuff, that shooked our peculiar curiosities in Philippine New Media advancements.. is the creation of Filipino animations (Pinoy animations/komiks) and films. Way back then in year 2018, before the years of Covid 19 Pandemic era, art/animation industry was not very much of a popularized thing in our new media break throughs in the Philippines. Maybe in some places it is known, but as a whole in the country.. it has been very lowkey and unrecognized.

Covid 19 Virus Pandemic - Is a very catastrophical event that affected not only the Philippines but everybody in the whole world. Very, very ironic thing to happen, that have also opened a lot of opportunity doors and pitfalls. In my perspective, a lot of artists in animation and film industry took the advantage of the new media advancements in amidst of struggles in the Philippines to have a salary for a day.

"Boredom doesn't exist where creativity lives"- Sanjo Jendayi

When there are people, there is creation... In my point of view on the new media advancements, cameras, videos, technology, creating arts, new things in the new media, digitally, traditionally, adaptions and film makings. Has been the people's source of strength and outlet to stay at their best conditions at that period of time, despite of gains and losses. A lot of Filipino citizens started to create their own mesmerizing artworks and creations.

Art and film industry advanced. Guhit Pinas became one of the biggest organization of Filipino Visual artists which caught the attention of several firms (ctto to their brief history in their FB group page), particularly Pen Tool Mark, Faber Castell, and Dong-A. Comedy comics was relived... inpired by the Philippine's cultures. Like Witty Jepot/Jeff Dizon - a musician/comic artist and has a facebook page with comedic 1 shots and comic series. Duty ka ba komiks/Duty ka ba? comic series by Tepai Pascual, humor/romcom/informational genre, about doctors, patients and nurses stories. A website Penlab was created for those aspiring Filipino people who wants to share and promote their comic creations. Arkin Animation, Jen_Animation, Vince Animation youtubers/story animators/filmmakers that became successful youtube entertainers. The Comic Trese by Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo became an animated TV Series and was released in Netflix, as Liza Soberano voiced in the series and now evolving on the Hollywood industry, her part in the movie Lisa Frankenstein currently showing in cinema. Project Loki a wattpad story, becoming an inspiration from some students to create a film making adaptation by the Faradox Productions and also has a webtoon comic. There are also some artists that are appearing in Webtoon showing their potentials in the industry and slowly becoming successful like Nosleeparewe Studio creator of "Safe as Houses" & "I'm dating a psychopath". In all of that cited artists and works, the most notable thing that wobbled my being.. in Filipino animations/films, was the creation of Trese Tv Series. Even though it was partially adapted to the Japanese art style in making animes. The story and quality of that work makes the Philippine citizens proud. Mostly to the people that are enthusiastic in animation/films (like me) in the Philippines, it was a blast to watch. As per the terms in Filipino languages, cultures, folklores and places was also inserted to that series.. the comedy aspects as well.

( another subject matter from the advancements in new media ) I want to include Ai creation because it's one of the facts that also assisted a lot of our new media advancements. So we can say that it would also be a part of that rise in the techonological pursuits of new media. Even though there are a lot of arguments about it, if it does became one with the new media and people started to see the confusingly tragically beautiful mayhem of it. We can't do anything about it and would eventually accept it. So let's hope that, Ai creation would be something useful in our future rather than something that would start another destruction in our lives.

To some extent, Filipinos are still in progress of developing and improving a lot of things in correlation to New Media Advancements, so are the other regions. By some lucks and odds being in our favors, let's await and observe the growth that is still in progress on rising up and the upcoming turning points of it.

illustration made by me ^^ (Autodesk Sketchbook)

In many ways, let's continue having Peculiar Curiosities in the New Media Advancements not only in the Philippines but also in the whole world. Disclaimer !!!

The presented informations, is intended for educational purposes only. It reflects my opinions and is based on my best judgements. There is no intention to discriminate, copy, plagiarize or judge any product or material. Let thus, thy thee's have a fair good read <3

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DO WHAT YOU CAN'T

CaseyNeistat (YouTube- Vlogger- Filmmaker)

It came to me as a comedy video. He has those characteristics. From the title itself, do what you can't. Most of the people in new media, do destructive actions in their life or to theirselves just to get the attention of the people through the new media outlets. Either to get the benefit of having a lot of money or just for personal pleasures. Q & A: (6) What are the pros and cons of the democratization of media/content creation in the digital age? Being able to find belongingness in a community of your favorite hobbies and topics are example of the pros, as well as being able to reach out for proffesionals, having inspirations, new inputs of knowledge from media content creators, source of entertainment & creativity and advocating human rights. On the other hand in cons, it can be a source of twisted principles and manipulations, hatred & doubts, arguments & fights, clout chasing, fake news, scams, money laundering, and intrusion of privacy.

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HOW TO DESTROY THE LIMITING BELIEFS OF SOCIETY

Jason Silva : Shots of Awe (Youtube-storyteller-filmmaker)

The video made me think about my thoughts before,

' Knowing too much is dangerous, so is becoming a fool '

It is necessary to become knowledgable in the current issues in life, as well as it is necessary to sometimes not know everything. That's how the message in the video made me feel. For starters the message is really deep, and indeed something that can tweak your thoughts about everything. What made me agree on his statements is the phrase he described about " How do you remain optimistic when everything around you is doom and gloom " ( not the exact term but near enough). Living is always have been in a duality mode system, that when there is good, there is bad. Either it would make you carry a heavy weight or make you wonder more in the beauty of everything. In order to go back to center and recover about everything of those inner voices. Is to become present. Have your own truths and stable foundation of values and priciples for your self to not be wevered by everything and worst case is to drown in the dark side. Q & A: (5) In light of the Global wake up call that the past three years gave us, what do you think media practitioners can/should do in response to help? As for learning from the past three years events that occured. In terms of giving help about serious matters globally and informing others to current events. Being able to just decently give ; -> correct truths and evidences, for us listeners and watchers to prevent mistakes is already very helpful. -> The practitioners calming the people in an honest way and giving constructive instructions on what to do and what not to do, -> making use of the informational advantages of the new media, for fast travel of news and emergencies -> having more capable warnings and protections to block, erase and hide the not very necessary things that would contradict the truths. would be a very pleasing response to help everyone and everything.

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♪ WELCOME TO THE INTERNET ♪

~ Bo Burnham ( Song Writer/Youtube artist )

First of all the tune was very funny and uplifting with dark humor. He is really embodying his comedic attributes. A good artist to listen to when you need something that would hype you up and if you are also a fan of dark humor. Q&A : (4) From the perspective of your generation, how much do you think your generation, in general, is aware of the hierarchical structures that control the internet? I think when it comes to the younger ones, in the new generation right now, the structured norms, similarly to the heirarchies that controlled the internet, isn't very much aware. They'll grow eventually and learn that most of the things in the internet, is either right or wrong. But to those who are in age of teenagers, young adults and adults I think are very much already aware. Some of them are wavered by the changes while some of them accepted the fate. Basically everyone right now is having conflicts on setting their own principles and values because of the evolution in new media and where and when to close and open our minds about a certain situation. By rating 1-10 how much I think are aware about the hierarchies in the internet are kinda in range of 6.5 and nearly 7 out of 10.

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DROWNING IN ENTERTAINMENT: THE AGE OF DISTRACTION

~ oliSUNvia ( Youtuber Essayist )

Her video is very informational, the video talked about all the issues we see in social media outlets. Most of the topics and ideas she shared are interesting and mind boggling. About politics, day to day happenings, effects, serious news, entertainments, past-present-future and advantages/disadvantages of new media. She is very soft spoken, that it caused me to listen to her more, the tone she used while she speaks helps you focus on what she's saying. Also I agree on the part that she said that the attention span of the people is fast now than it was before. " Media is so Powerful " - oliSUNvia That's a qoute that I think we can all see and agree with. It developed the world a lot, in both good and bad aspects. So the question is: (3) How can we have a healthier relationship with new media that we consume, individually and collectively? 

By balancing our exposure to new media, to traditional media, I think it would take a good effect of having a healthy relationship with it. Like setting schedules of when you would watch your favorite movies, when you should wash the dishes and do your house chores, when you should walk your own dog and when would you play your favorite video/online games. In result that it doesn't just badly affect your own health and relationship with the new media, it would also help stabilizing it being exposed to the toxicity and benefit from it.

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" The Medium is the Message "

~ Marshall McLuhan ( a theorist/philosopher )

by Nerdwriter1 (YouTuber essayist) Base on Nerdwriter1's source, a record of McLuhan's press conference/interview.. he said that he doesn't really agree to McLuhan's point that : " The effect of the program is incidental " - Marshall McLuhan

whereas on my point of view, I agree to disagree on Nerdwriter's disagreement. It is indeed incidental, the effects of the program.. up to now. Sometimes a lot of people isn't even conscious that it's affecting them. On the past studies that I have recieved in the past, growing up. It's just a pure curiousity of those inventors to make something that is convenient, which is the Television. Philo Taylor Fansworth, base on our Mr. google, he was the inventor of it since 1972, he lived in a place where there is no electricity, and he was 14 yrs old when he thought of that. Which gave him a spark of idea to create images that are moving using radio waves. He depended on his imaginative ideas by that time, just imagine experiencing what he'd gone through. It was hard for those people who lived in a wealthy life. He did not think about the negative aspects he focused on what could he do to make something possible. He did not expected that the medium would affect that highly to the people. In Philo's perspective he wanted something that would entertain and help him in the midst of his environment. And basically the effects of the medium was imagined after the television (medium) was created. The medium's message was realized later on, when the technology itself have advanced. I agree more on what Marshall McLuhan said, than to Nerdwriter1. But I am not intending to invalidate Nerdwriter's point of view, because I also understand his stand. So the question is : (2) How does the nature of a medium affect our behavior, both individually and as a community? The nature of the medium affected us massively in our day to day activities. As it is said, the medium is the message, the informations we are getting to the new media platforms is either something we enjoy about and entertains us or something we don't know about yet, which makes us intrigued.

Whereas as an individual and as a community, it unconsciously drives us to becoming lazy and unproductive that we forget what we should really be doing. It also affects in our health physically and mentally. Like wearing glasses, not sleeping very much and spending a lot of our time in the new medias. For example is the animated film Wall-E. In that animated film the earth was trashed, and the people who lived in the outerspace in their spaceship, had health problems. They became obesse, lazy, hypnotized by vr, from the things that they are watching and not even walking around which is not healthy, because they also have their own seats that have been autopiloted. It caused them to not being able to walk properly. So what I am saying is, the nature of the medium's effects have limited us in many aspects both individually and as a community.

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