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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Written by Hyemin Choi, 17th May You all may have seen good looking and fit body people advertise detox or diet supplements…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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….
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 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…
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,…
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, 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…
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…
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 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…
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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…
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…
Productivity App Review Video In this video, I am providing reviews for three productivity apps available on the Google Play Store. Hopefully, each app can offer you an intriguing…
Here is a video I have created with my opinions on the issues of the farming industry which links to research. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfYesCiwebQ]
THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA & THE ACCEPTANCE OF COSMETIC SURGERY Before, many years ago, the internet was a resourceful tool for one-way dimension and capturing information, this…
The Dreaded Challenge. Have you done one? Do you want to do one? Would you film it or take part in it? Mannequin Challenges have gone crazy. Widely…
If you’ve been living under a rock, you may have no idea who Joe Wicks (A.K.A The Body Coach) is. But if you haven’t, you will be very…
‘Hello I am The Meme Pandemic and I am a meme-aholic’. Memes are amazing: they’re witty and cheeky however they are easily addictive! Find out if you’re a meme addict…
With 2.34 billion people using social media worldwide, it is fair to say most of us are frequent social media users, no matter what the platform. Whether it…
BBC Two recently aired a programme that investigates the craze of ‘clean eating’. Since starting this blog, I have become more interested on how this social media sensation…
I don’t think I can do a blog about materialistic young people if I didn’t talk about one of the main factors that contributes to this – advertising…
Okay I’m going to paint a picture for you. I’ve had a long day, two whole hours on uni campus and I’m bored. I need an emotional release….
Are we becoming increasingly anti-social because of memes? Are we addicted to our phones and laptops – always looking at memes? Have we lost touch with what’s real and…
Look who decided to make a vlog! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGFzdWlUDE4] I decided for my first vlog, I should do a social experiment kind of thing. I really wanted to…
Memes: Do they make us happy or sad? Memes are confusing little things that send mixed messages to different people. Acting as a double edged sword, on one…