Category: BCM 111
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Affordances and what Instagram can offer
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter have been found to be the most used social media platforms in recent studies. These 3 platforms all offer a different array of affordances. Facebook can offer more as it allows for more privacy settings which is appealing to most, while having users be allowed to post photo, video and text…
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Citizen Journalism is it worth it?
Citizen Journalism in social media has both positive and negative attributes. As the digital age has progressed, the birth of citizen journalists came to be. Citizen Journalists are people who communicate and publish in a variety of different forms, including columns in newspapers, blogs and Youtube videos. The positive side of citizen journalism is that…
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How do you feel about Reality Television?
What is popular culture? As suggested by John Storey, popular culture is simply something that is widely favoured or well liked by many people. However, Storey goes into more detail suggesting 6 definitions of popular culture: ‘… simply culture that is widely favoured or well liked by many people’ The culture that is ‘left over;…
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