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GOODBYE INDIVIDUALITY

How does social media ruin our individuality? The vlog above says it all! As promised, here are some additional links for you to have a look at in…

Football Disconnected podcast #1 – The future of football and social media

New Year, Same mentality!

New Year, New You? As we have entered the new year, how many articles have you read on ‘how to look your best in 2017’ or skin care…

BOTHCED! Past the Point of No Return

Is there a line when it comes to going under the knife?  There are countless celebrities who undergo surgery each day. Many flying under the radar having menial nip-and-tucks…

How are YOU using Instagram? – Podcast

This week we are exploring how a few regular users of Instagram feel about some of the subjects covered in my previous blog posts, and what better way to…

The good side of social media and football

Now it’s time to talk about the good side of social media and football. As previously stated in a previous blog post about online streaming and social media highlights,…

Public-Shaming: “If You Can’t Say Something Nice, Don’t Say it At All”

The Twitter-sphere is a confusing place, especially when it comes to hot topics and controversial opinions. Public-shaming has never been bigger than now, with the ease of calling out…

The bad side of social media and football

As previously discussed in this blog, social media has helped to bring the game into the lives of many fans across the country, but it is bound to…

Clean Eating Myths You Need To Stop Believing

1. GLUTEN FREE IS BEST Clean eating Blogger Madeleine Shaw, the author of Get The Glow claims, “gluten is like sandpaper for the gut”, and encourages her followers…

The Fandoms: An Interview.

The Interview: Crystal Moffatt, Owner of the Blog Fandom Freak. How would you define a fandom? ‘To me a fandom is simply the state of being a fan…

My simulated AI experience: Part 2

Clearly, the relationship between Theodore and Samantha is mutually influencing; but whilst Samantha is becoming a better version of herself, does this apply to Theodore as well? Theodore…

Using Your Online Voice

The internet can be a place to voice your opinions and ideas to share with people or insight change. One of the most valuable assets of the internet…

One boy with a not so tough decision

Hello all! Choosing what to play with used to be such a hard decision when I was younger, but then again iPads and other tablets weren’t amongst my…

How is Social Media used?

Right so I’m finally using my chance to bring up the big man of the hour. He has a bit in the start but he is in no…

How has our increase in connectivity impacted journalism?

Around 40% of our world’s population has access to an internet connection. To put this into a larger perspective and to see the exponential increase, in 1999 only…

TREATMENT OPTIONS: What is available?

In this week’s post, we will be focusing on the various treatment options available for gaming addiction. As we know, currently ‘gaming addiction’ is not recognised as a…

Celebrities and Social Media

In today’s modern culture celebrities have began to play a major part in our life. Through the popularity of Social Networking, they have become their own brands, promoting themselves through Social…

How Digital Reviews Changed Leisure Forever

Digital reviews have revolutionised the way we discover opportunities for leisure. 95% of leisure travellers say they read online reviews before making a booking, spending an average of 30…

FACTS

Cyber bullying is when a person is targeted, tormented and electronically harassed. This sort of torment is usually carried out over social media  but it can also be…

The Death of Romance by Social Media Part 2

Hello folks, Hope you’re all up to date with part one! Today we’ll be continuing to discuss the issues surrounding online dating and the effects this has on…

Online streaming and highlights

With more and more fans being out-priced of going to see live games, many have turned to legal or illegal online streams of games over the years. Legal…

Feminism Vs Meninism: Why do we need both?

I first heard of ‘Meninism’ when I saw several tweets off twitter accounts with the hashtag Meninism, they suddenly popped up out of nowhere and made me so…

The Dangers of Instagram.

Instagram. I’m going to assume that the majority of you reading this post will have it, and admittedly, I am addicted to the app myself.  What I am…

How to Make Money on Instagram

Over the past couple of years Instagram has really defined itself as the newest marketing platform with 48.8% of U.S. brands now using Instagram for social media marketing. Users are now…

Digital Perfection : Obsession With Posting the Perfect Life

Social media gives us the ability to choose what we share on our online profiles, and therefore manipulate the content to show the ‘best’ image of ourselves. I might…

How Amazon changes the way we think about work.

“I’m not a tech guy. I’m looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people’s eyes” – Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba

Have you fallen victim to a data breach?

Picture every book in every library, school, home, and company in the entire world – it’s a lot of books. If you were to combine all those books…

BEWARE! ‘Sexy images’

Celeste Barber and I have a unique understanding! Celeste Barber, mum, comedian and mostly famous for ‘taking the piss’ out of celebrities photos. Celeste with the help of…

The role of persuasion in the age of Big Data

“The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers” – Sydney Harris (journalist)

I blame my environment

Now you may have noticed or you may have not. Fear, not Maryiam Sanyang has noticed and I’m about to bring it to light, throughout my childhood and…

Thank you, Michelle Obama!

Girls everywhere thank you, Michelle Obama! Over the last week or two there have been countless posts and tributes made out to Michelle Obama, to thank her for…

Fake news that you won’t miss

Oxford Dictionaries selected “post-truth” as its word of the year and defined it as the state of affairs when “objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion…

Video: The pros & cons of refugee resettlement.

When Ringwood council discussed the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, Cllr Jeremy Heron decided that resettling displaced refugees from Syria would be “a gesture of the worst kind”. Christchurch…

”I have a boyfriend, leave me alone” -Why this phrase has no meaning anymore.

As a nineteen year old female, I have received my fair share of unwanted attention from guys (No I am not bragging I assure you). And I’m sure…

Are you letting Instagram blur your lines of reality?

With 400 million monthly users worldwide, Instagram is the 2nd most used social networking platform around.

My simulated AI experience: Part 1

One non-academic but very sensible way of understanding artificial intelligence. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvtrRGmv7aU] For a long time now I’ve been asking myself the question: is digital good or bad…

Collaborations

Who do we trust when it comes to collaborations? Are beauty influencers always clear and honest?

Youtube add ‘On the Rise’ tab to Trending Page

A life online – The dangers

As you swipe away on your tablet or phone, you may not notice the dangers that surround you whilst being online, which means if you don’t notice them,…

The Wonders of Photoshop

I have videoed the process of editing a photo of my friend on Photoshop in a similar way to what would be expected before a photo of a…