Plastic pollution

Plastic has become incorporated into our daily lives, however the amount that is produced and carelessly discarded has had a damaging effect on marine life globally. 8 million…

Causes of plastic pollution

Plastic pollution is one contributing factor towards the damage caused to marine life. It makes up around 60 to 90% of all marine debris, this number of plastic…

Find out more about plastic pollution…

I – “L’Affaire du siècle” (The Case of the century) As Rick Stafford highlights, plastic pollution is only a part of the problem that we face today. It…

Local vs Global pollution awareness

I – Local awareness – Dorset’s Jurassic Coast Being an island, England has a major interest in the matter of plastic pollution. Coastal areas are directly concerned by…

Rick Stafford: Plastic pollution is a drop in the ocean when it comes to climate change

We interviewed marine biologist and professor at Bournemouth University, Rick Stafford. On his recent articles released for The Guardian, The Conversation among his multiple interviews in newspapers and radio…

Changing the face of Versova beach

Success for Mumbai Versova beach, Mumbai, India. Now home to the venerable Olive Ridley turtle, olive-green in colour it is the smallest yet most abundant sea turtle in…

Is the new medium good, bad or just inevitable?

body { There is no doubt in my mind in thinking that this new medium of social media as a forum in discussing political debates was completely inevitable….

Who ran a better social media campaign and why? What do the losing party need to learn?

There is no shred of doubt that Labour ran the best social media campaign, everything they did was completely on point in order to target demographic of people…

Does social media increase the quality of the debate?

With social media you can adjust your timeline to mean you can literally just see the information you want to, whether this is information about your favorite political…

How was social media used in the 2017 election?

As we know its all fair and well using social media to reach out to our small group of close friends and family, but the real question is,…

Changing face of how election campaigns are run

Even if you aren’t interested in politics in the slightest, it is undoubtable that 2017 was the year that you found yourself entering into many educated or, more…

The Result

  TORY’S RULE ON… Theresa May’s gamble failed. They lost their parliamentary majority and turned to DUP to support them in forming a new government. This year’s general…

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DETOX? CLEANSE? THE TRUTH BEHIND OF HEALTH TREND

        Written by Hyemin Choi, 17th May     You all may have seen good looking and fit body people advertise detox or diet supplements…

Cyberbullying Infographic

Want to wise up a bit on some of the facts surrounding cyberbullying and e-safety? Take a look at The Shame Games infographic. Covering some of the hair-raising statistics…

Food in Thailand

I am not going to lie- it took me a while to get used to the food in Thailand. I remember the struggle in first couple of weeks…

Chulalongkorn University

The first visit to Chulalongkorn university is on the second day. The exchange student coordinator mentioned that all the exchange students will be having activities on Saturday at…

Blurb Writing

The Hospital Diary of a Morphine Enthused Mind. It’s not often you wake up to your own personal show from Bob Marley and his Rastafarian Rubber Duck, singing…

Film Review

Into The Woods? More like into the dumps. Thirty years later and the adaptation of Stephen Sondheim’s fairy tale farrago finally graces our presence. The problem is that…

Dramatic Dialogue

Dramatic Dialogue Brief: A conversation between a doctor and a patient. The patient doesn’t know that the doctor has really bad news to impart e.g. The results of…

Research Project

Earlier this year I completed a Marketing Research Project looking into the effects social media has on the Stop Funding Hate campaign. This project was split up as…

First impressions of Bangkok

    When I arrive in Bangkok, I am freezing and tired from the trip that all I want to do is go to sleep the moment I arrive….

About Me

Hello, My name is Nicoletta Cremona, and I am a student at Bournemouth University where I am reading Communications and Media. I grew up in a tiny village…

Music piracy: Murderer!

Music piracy killing the Music Industry. It is obvious that sites such as YouTube, Spotify, Pandora and many more have impacted the Music Industry’s revenue growth as they…

YouTube: Music saver or Music killer?

What is YouTube? In recent years, YouTube has been a huge part of our daily lives. Everyone knows what YouTube is, and for the few ones who don’t,…

Infogram on ways to avoid the lures of Social Media Applications

Here’s my final blog post on the ‘Implications of Social media’. Here you will find ways of combating your constant over-usage of social media applications and why over-usage…

Social media: Breaking down the wall.

Social media, the biggest source of communication, which connects and unifies the world, has also been part of this major musical revolution. Social media platforms aren’t all about…

Photo Based Social Media Applications

We use photo based applications to constantly show off the more ‘glamorous’ side of our day-to-day lives. We never really take photos of the more mundane aspects of…

The continuous usage of Facebook and its implications

Since its formation in 2004, Facebook has essentially become the Internet. Whoever has a computer or a mobile phone generally has a Facebook account. Facebook has evolved into…

Are social media applications a gift or a curse?

Are we more social due to social media? Or are we in fact more unsociable with the people and things around us due to the world of social…

5 Simple ways the Media affects the General Elections

It is not unknown by know to know that journalists yield a lot of power. The media have played an important part in politics since the First Amendment…

The Stats

Everything you need to know about the 2017 General Election:

About Me

Hello, my names is Natasha Downs and I’m at 21 year old girl from North West London. With this blog i will be sharing my own views on…

The failing business model of the newspaper

  [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/304095529″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /]   Give this mini solo podcast a listen as I discuss the flawed business model of the newspaper and what…

Pros and Cons of Internet Surveillance? How to Protect Yourself?

Although there are lots of opposition to internet surveillance in the public, governments in different countries still implement various of policies to monitor data and information of their…

My personal experience with online campaigning

Today`s post is going to be a bit different as it is in the form of a podcast. In it I will be sharing my personal experience with…

Was digital media the decisive in the GE 2017?

I think that it is safe to say that the influence of digital technology has surpassed the likes of TV and more traditional media as the most important…

The Digital Oil Rush and its damaging effect on Journalism

Some say Data is the new oil. It is the price we pay for using the internet whether some of us know it or not.  The dominant market…

#STOPFUNDINGHATE

In today’s blog post, it’s all about the campaign #stopfundinghate ! I bet you’re wondering what the campaign is all about? Well, Stop Funding Hate is a campaign…