Has this ever happened to you? You’re trawling through the supermarket and you stop at the egg section. You proudly pick up a carton of free-range …
360 degree journalism: seeing all sides of the story
We are currently in the midst of a continually transforming media landscape in which the internet has catalysed the saturation of news content from a myriad …
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Bittersweet
20 year old Georgina Grant sits across from me, at her desk. Beside her, a brown purse holds her everyday necessities: a phone, wallet, keys, and …
Silver Lining
JRNL102 Emotional History Throughout our life, we will come across inevitable moments that will force us to the realisation that sometimes, we must take the bad …
Opinion Piece: Food For Thought
For those who move away from home and transition into university life, assuming and navigating newfound responsibilities of preparing and cooking meals, is central to the …
Research Project Reflection
I have now arrived at the end of the journey of my research project investigating how living away from home affects university students’ eating habits and …
I can’t believe I was framed!
As critical consumers, we are all (hopefully) aware of how the media frequently uses different angles to frame stories in certain ways, usually to fulfill political …
Instagram may be a walled garden, but we’ve got a ladder
Instagram is like a walled garden: its gates prevent outside control of content and users are excluded from the production process. While this is true, we …
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The most important piece of the transmedia storytelling puzzle: the internet
Transmedia storytelling is a profitable marketing strategy for media conglomerates, sure. But, what is the big driver behind this profit? My answer, is that the rise …
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