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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…

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…

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:

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…

Productivity Apps in Review

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…

A Guide on how to be a Politician

Ladies and Gentlemen, here it is. The official guide to being a modern politician from yours truly. Thus far my blog has been about the implications of social…

The Control That Government Has Over Social Media

Can the government have control over your access to Facebook and Twitter? Continue reading this post to find out more. Social media is often viewed as a way…

VIDEO CHAT – FARMING

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]

– China is trying to get addicts back to “the right track”.

Last year, a 19-year-old Chinese teenager rushed to hospital after chopping off his hand by his own so as to cure his addiction to the internet. In 2014,…

The World’s Most Notorious Hacking Groups

Anonymous http://anonofficial.com/   Anonymous is an online ‘hacktivist’ collective active in all over the world. They stand against injustice of all kinds, they are anti-censorship and anti-oppression and can…

THE RISE OF SOCIAL MEDIA

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…

Appearance matters – The Mail Online forget what’s important

Yet again, The Mail Online have given me no great pleasure but to criticise their ‘not so worthy’ news story headline. Being captured globally in newspaper headlines just…

Cook with me! – Joe Wicks Recipe

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…

Online Communities.

Check out the video on online communities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdcEK3ksvc  For those that prefer to read here is the Transcript of the Video. Hi everyone my name is Haris Alexandrou…

Memes: Are you addicted?

‘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…

Types of Hacker

https://sdk.canva.com/v1/embed.jsTypes of Hacker- Infographic by Grace Craigie-Williams

THE END OF PRIVACY

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…

How technology has facilitated journalism

Track 1 –  Track 2 – In this day and age most people from developed countries have their own smartphone or computer. These are some of the technological…

Is Ella really delicious?

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…

5 mins with Leafy: A podcast on Cultural Appropriation

Hello Guys, So here is Leafy dreams first ever podcast. People in power use their social media platforms as a means to express their identity but what if…

#Advertising

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…

Let’s be Social

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….