Media Essays

Issue of Social Media as an Addiction
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Introduction: We all know that feeling of constantly having the need to check our phones every five seconds hoping we received a new notification. We live in a society where we compare ourselves to unrealistic...

Online Vigilantism: Causes, Effects and the Need for Regulation
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Introduction: CURRENT ISSUES IN MEDIA Online Vigilantism – The hero everyone deserves?   History of Online Vigilantism Ever since the beginning of mankind, there...

Is Public Service Broadcasting Still Relevant?
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Introduction: Is “public service broadcasting […] a concept that has outlived its relevance” (Scannell)? Discuss by consulting the current PSB requirements of British television and answering the fol...

Media Effectiveness of Humanitarian Responses to Crises
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Introduction: Is the media an impediment to or a catalyst for mobilizing appropriate external responses to crises?  In this globalised world, the role of media in the humanitarian sector has been...

Perceptions of True and False Headlines on Social Media
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Introduction: Statement of the Problem  The current study proposes to replicate the findings of Clayton et al. (2019) wherein news articles are labeled with a tag stating “Disputed” or “Rat...

The Ongoing Genocide of the Darfuris of Sudan
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Introduction: The media plays a key role in relaying information about events that occur within society, which means it has the power to use racial, class or gender biases to control how certain aspects are po...

Demi Lovato: Being an Addict
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Introduction: At the age of only 26, Demi Lovato is one of the most influential actress and singer of our generation. Her story about her past with substance abuse and her battle with depression came out into ...

Critical Discourse Analysis of the Representation of Voters in UK Newspapers Coverage of the EU Referendum
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Introduction: This dissertation is interested in the ways that discourse is able to create and maintain dominant knowledge about the social world. The focus will be on how selected newspapers in the UK have us...

Left vs Right Social Media
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Introduction: Social Media has become one of the most powerful political tools in the twenty first century, that’s used effectively from small scale local elections, to the largest elections in the United St...

How Has Media Shaped America/The American People?
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Introduction: I’m confident that many of us heard the saying new travels fast, but just how fast does news actually travel when it comes down to it? Fifty years ago, did news and/or media travel as quick...

Impact of Mediatisation and the Effect on the Boston Bombings
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Introduction: Using an example of your own choosing, demonstrate how the process of mediatisation has shaped the development of a major event such as a revolution, humanitarian movement or global trend. ...

Representation of ‘Muslims’ in Various Media Platforms
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Introduction: Introduction Media has been considered as the key player in forming the public opinions and making the public aware about the happenings around the world. It has been noticed that media ...

Media Portrayals of Class: Analysis of Doctor Who
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Introduction: The BBC series Doctor Who began in 1963 and ran until 1989. It was then rebooted in 2005 and is still being aired today. Despite the sixteen-year hiatus, the show has been portraying ‘Britishne...

Challenges and Potential of Communication Technology in Refugee Status Determination
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Introduction: The Asylum Seeker and the Unfulfilled Role of Social Media Abstract When asylum seekers apply for international protection, they must provide the necessary information to suppor...

Influence of Media Representations of Crime
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Introduction: The media represents the multitude of means of communication, such as newspapers, radio, movies, internet, and video games, that has the purpose to inform the audience about all kinds of news, fr...

Music Videos and How They Portray Controversy
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Gender Inequality and Stereotypes in the Media
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Introduction: Gender inequality can be characterized as esteeming one particular sex over another because of socially developed perspectives for instance, in a few countries, ladies are paid more than men in t...

Social Media’s Impact on Media Mediums
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Introduction: In 1967, Marshall McLuhan reformed the meaning of mediums and the result they have on information. In his book, “Medium is the Message”, McLuhan stated that “the “...

Competition in the Media: Anglo-American and Chinese Global News
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Introduction: A THREAT FOR ANGLO-AMERICANS DOMINANT POSITION IN THE GLOBAL NEWS MEDIA: THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE CHINESE MEDIA   Introduction Since before 1900, the Anglo-Ameri...

Media Depictions of Female Political Leaders
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Introduction: It has been almost 100 years since women won suffage. 1920 is an important year that women went out to vote and some of them started to seize their position and become political leaders. Nowadays...

Misuse of Social Media Today: The Widespread of Fake News
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Introduction: Abstract Cyber propaganda and misleading information have become increasingly prominent in recent years, most notably since the 2016 US election campaign throughout which “fake news”...

Mass Media: The Terrorist’s Force Multiplier
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Introduction: What is meant by the term “force multiplier,” and how do terrorist use the media as a force multiplier? Force multiplier is defined as, “A method of increasing striking power without increa...

Media Management of ESPN
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Introduction: ESPN is a well-known sports channel that is considered to be the worldwide leader in sports. ESPN was founded in 1979 by Bill and Scott Rasmussen and was formerly known as the Entertainment and S...

Effect of Social Media on Social Movements and Protests
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Introduction: Does media constrain or enable social movements and protest actions?  A social movement is an informal grouping of individuals who strive towards a common goal, either to create or ...

Representation of Arabs and Muslims in Western Media
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Introduction: Throughout recent years, the world has witnessed an increase in interest in political Islam and jihadist violence. Despite the reality, Western media has linked contemporary groups like al-Qaeda ...