Month: January 2017Page 7 of 9

The Dangers of Click Bait

Nobody likes click bait.  It’s lazy, misleading, manipulative and massively disappointing. What is it? Click bait articles are easy enough to spot. The headlines are tactically written to…

“Don’t do things better, do better things”

An “accidental polymath’s” account of the digital era. As you may already know, the reason why I’ve chosen the topic of humanity in the digital world is my…

What is the Media Saying About it?

The Sydney Morning Herald’s writer Elizabeth Day wrote an article this month called “Help, Instagram is Making me Obsessed with Celebrities”. Day talks about her personal interest to…

The Onion? It might make your eyes water

Did you know that not all news is teenagers running round schools with shotguns? Or celebrities flashing their underwear when getting out of a New York taxi cab?…

The Side Effects to our Addition to Social Media (BACOM)

The Effects of Social Media; How is it really Effecting Us? [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8tSdXoHZDk] If the video fails, please view by clicking the link: https://youtu.be/p8tSdXoHZDk Transcript for Video: The…

Electing Entertainment

Now I know up till now it’s all been quite light and airy discussing crazy fan groups and the Kardashians but it’s about time to start getting on…

Youtube stars to watch in 2017

#gainingweightiscool: a Body Positivity Trend

Every January the gyms fill up as people start their New Year’s resolution to lose weight and get more fit. But this year there’s a new trend. Started…

Fake News

Fake news is becoming a part of our daily lives. Not only does media surround us but it also consumes us as we are pulled in by news…

Our daily talk about whitewashing…

Whitewashing? 你们好, and welcome back to another post! For this post, I have decided to do something different and actually recorded a bit of audio with two of…

“Life In Plastic It’s Fantastic”

As Barbie famously proclaimed: “Life in plastic it’s fantastic” But is that the reality? There have been countless times that I have been shocked by what the tabloids…

Does Instagram hit your confidence?

If you search #makeup on Instagram, 88,388,486 posts immediately appear and most of posts show off their fantastic makeup skills. But because this social platform is highly concentrated on image…

Memes – We love them, Spain hate them

Sorry Right. Let me just get something straight, like many people I decided to procrastinate a bit too much over Christmas regarding this. A tad too much mulled…

A world full of wonderfully weird relationship apps.

Hi again… Having previously discussed the history of technology and long distance relationships this blog post is focusing on the issue of being able to constantly be in…

Frustrating Concert Behaviours

Today’s blog post is going to be about fans behaviour at concerts. You probably know what goes down online a few days before a concert. From my experience,…

Online news & Twitter news.

Thanks to the internet, News is more accessible and immediate. The way journalists report about refugees in media can shape the thoughts of the readership and influence their political…

For Every Negative, There’s a Positive…

Although it may seem like technology is taking over as we struggle to look up from our smartphones and as social sites control our lives but there are…

Online communities & Extremism.

The rapid development of the internet has led to an inexorable slide towards near-constant consumption. Incredibly, there are over 3.5 billion internet users as of 2016. How does this…

The Strict Mass Surveillance, United States

The internet surveillance of United State (US) can be dated back to World War One. However, it becomes more and more common after the 911, 2011 attacks. The…

Post #7: “App”solutely meet your 2017 Resolutions

I know, ironic to post about clever apps in a blog dedicated to spreading awareness of the web dangers, but I thought as it’s 2017 and #Newyearnewme and…

400 Years

400 years America   400 years America , For 400 years America, we’ve been playing this game of cat and mouse, and for 400 years America, you refuse…

Bye Bye Privacy

Hello  👋🏻 Have you ever got the feeling that the whole world is watching you? I know I have.  Privacy seems to be something we strive for in…

Why Black Lives Matter?

Here lies the reasoning behind why I chose the black lives matter movement as the topic for my blog.

No response: Read 11.30 AM.

So, you have finally found someone interesting and attractive enough to go on a date with. But two days later you find yourself anxiously staring at your phone…

Does photography portray a truthful representation?

Every day we are faced with photographs on the headlines of the news. A photograph in its medium is able to capture a specific moment in time and…

How the internet has affected veganism…

There is no doubt that vegetarianism and veganism have grown in popularity over the last few years. More and more people are cutting out meat or dairy from their…

The World of Waist Training

Weight-loss is the biggest struggle many of us women face when we decide to embark on the journey of health and fitness! Having to lower our calorie intake,…

Shining Social Media Success Stories

Okay, let’s be honest, we are all very quick to blame the internet for body confidence issues in teens today. But where there is bad there is something…

Twitter Taboo

On my search for the eating disorders on social media, Twitter by far shocked me the most. I typed in the words ‘Pro Ana’ into the twitter search…

DO YOU FEEL THE PRESSURE TO BE PERFECT ON SOCIAL MEDIA?

Looking FABULOUS are everything in these days. Many people believe you can be happy and success – even at least in social media- if you look fabulous. So…

Top 6 Ways to Avoid/Reduce Toxicity Online.

Intro: So far this blog has introduced the concept of toxicity. It has explored it by looking at the LGBT Community, Youtube, Gaming and Fandoms. However there have…

Zoe London | Scroll Model of the Week

The 5 Best Ways To Counter Online Terrorism – Facebook Live Post

This week’s post comes from Facebook Live as the investigation looks at the best ways to counter online terrorism on an organisational and personal scale. The video also…

Eating Disorders and Clean Eating

‘DIRTY’ AND ‘UNCLEAN’ FOOD Clean eating encourages people to eat more fruit, vegetables, ‘whole foods’ and unprocessed foods. As mentioned in my first blog post this trend demonises any…

Nibiru Will Destroy Earth in 2017: Another Apocalypse Hoax

In October 2017, the Earth will be destroyed by the planet Nibiru. Only NASA have said this is a complete fabrication, that Nibiru is false and that this…

Conservatives Crumble

Crumble? But they won I hear you argue, yes evidently Theresa May is still our prime minster. But! in terms of the social media election, Conservatives ran an…

INFOGRAPHIC: A BRIEF HISTORY OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION

In the history of visual communication, cave paintings have been recognised as early evidence of human visual expression. Today images have become one of the most important modes…

#MakeupHasNoGender

50 years ago, it wasn’t normal for guys to wear makeup. A lot of things were frowned upon that are now quite the opposite – celebrated, and quite…

Spotify: Killing or reinforcing the Music Industry?

What is Spotify? You all know Spotify, right? For the ones who don’t: Spotify is a digital music streaming service that gives you access to millions of songs,…

Make a change

Social media is an amazing resource when it comes to making a difference and it allows us to make changes an impact a lot faster and simpler than…