24/01/2064
Nick Thuys was born in 1994, and is the owner of the world’s largest Media Global Empire. His empire, known as AFBPD was first established in 2012 at the mere age of 18. He created a blog that became an overnight success. People were hanging on to his every word. In 2015 he graduated Deakin University with his successful blog which had expanded to a website. He was literally raking the money in due to web advertising and by 2020 he opened up his own company based around online media. They created multiple websites, one news, one blog site, one social networking site and a photography site (because that’s what he had minored in at university.) This company then expanded once again in 2022 when he bought a music studio (he was a drummer), and then a film studio (he double majored in film and media and communication). These both took off and then in 2025 he created a newspaper for his older demographic, which worked in conjunction with his internet news site. At the end of 2025 he bought a television channel. He then moved into fashion and food and opened up a chain of restaurants and retail outlets around the world.
All his success has led his company to “Australianise” the world; this is similar to the Americanisation; “the process of globalization by which American cultural forms become more widespread and eventually supplant others” (Dictionary of media Studies, 2006) This ‘Australianisation’ was due to cultural imperialism; his company’s products were place all around the world. He eventually had a television/newspaper/store/webpage in every part of the world. He believed cultural imperialism worked because you could always rely on his products being there, which made it safe and feel a touch like home when in a foreign country. He also knew his products success was so large they were unavoidable too.
References Dictionary of media Studies, 2006, London, A&C Publishers, p. 101
A very entertaining and relateable blog! A great example of globalisation and Americanisation.. I really enjoyed reading this.. maybe even more so than twilight!
ReplyDeleteAn interesting and entertaining post. I look forward to a more Australianised world brought upon by Nickipedia.
ReplyDeleteI'd definitely applaud your connectivity in this post, also you've managed to work in the scholarly references too.
Having said that I'd like to hear a little more on what you'll do to subvert cultures. Disney totes movies that epitomises love above all else. What will Nickipedia's niche be? Also a little more discussion of the effects of your empire would have rounded out this post.
Keep up the good work!
Great blog I really enjoyed reading this, it is very entertaining. It grabbed my attention instantly. I like how you have taken the weeks topic and readings and created your blog. You have used an example of how something little (blog website etc) can be the simple starting point of creating a media empire.
ReplyDeleteFantastic use of creativity and originality. I really enjoyed reading this blog and your style of writing kept me wanting to read more. Well Done! it was also a very smart use of incorporating references within the piece whilst still keeping to your theme of writing from the perspective of a biography. Look forward to reading more from you! Thanks
ReplyDeleteHey Nick,
ReplyDeleteThis is very creative! Very interesting to read, and funny as well. But it does bring across the idea of media empire and "Americanisation". I like how you explain the term “Americanisation” so well with the “Australianisation” concept. This gives people a better understanding of what globalisation is and not everything has to come from America. It can be from any parts of the world as long as the influence power is high. You even use reference in this! Very nice post.