Hi everyone! It is finally time to pen down our thoughts for our last blog post for this course! This time around, I am going to be discussing about what user generated content is all about and why we should be concerned with it in the 21st century. Well first off, we got to start …
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Feminism & the Mediated public sphere
Hey people! So glad that I can finally share my thoughts on what feminism is all about and the different degrees and aspects of this controversial topic. Our group choose to discuss about the BIC advertisement shown below. This particular advertisement says that all women think like a man among other feminist traits in order to work …
Does it matter who owns the media?
In our society today, many people rely on the media to get the latest news and keep up with the latest fashion trends and models. Media in our society today plays a big role in acting as the main method of mass communication. Some examples include newspapers, television news, magazines and the internet. If the media …
The ‘Uses and gratifications’ research
The ‘uses and gratifications’ research talks about how people make use of the media to achieve their own personal agenda, instead of how the media influences people. Individuals that have a certain degree of power over the media often make use of the media to make their lives better, be it using it for relaxation, entertainment or …
What is wrong with the media effects model?
The media effect model basically talks about the effect of how media shapes our thinking and the way we perceive things in various ways through advertisements, online news and so on. In this day and age, people are so hooked on to the social media that we tend to believe the facts that are presented to …
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First Blog Post for BCM110
Hello everyone! My name is Sean Lim and I am so excited about finding out a little more about what BCM110 has to offer me this semester. I was studying in Hwa Chong International School from 2015 – 2016 and graduated with an IB diploma 3 years ago in 2016. It was not an easy …
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