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Recovery: A Step in The Right Direction

When it comes to Eating Disorder’s there’s certainly no easy answer to recovery. It’s a psychological illness and for so many people its such a struggle to overcome and…

Let’s take this in for a moment ….

As you can see in the infographic above I carried out some research, now you are probably wondering why this has anything to do with me and my…

5 Top Tips to Feeling More Confident

With Christmas only days away and New Year’s Eve just around the corner I’m sure you’ll all have many social events planned that you will want to feel…

From Protection to Surveillance – European Union

The personal data privacy is well-developed in European Union (EU). The Data Protection Directive in the European Commission acts as a national law which requires the data controller…

12 Days of Tindmas – Pressure

Maybe It’s Just Me? I am a stressy, anxious person. It’s just who I am and for me, there have certainly been times where Tinder was too much…

Christmas Spirit or Social Media and Smartphones?

Does getting in the Christmas spirit mean getting off our smartphones? Or does social media provide an online network of people celebrating the same holiday? The question is,…

There is a Chinese saying: Bái fùměi/白富美 (white, rich and beautiful)…

大家好, hello everyone!  😊 First thing firsts, thank you for reading my first blog post. I received many positive and encouraging comments about it, so thank you for…

VPN’s For Dummies

What is a VPN? A Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is a group of computers privately networked together over the public network of the internet, allowing users to remotely…

The Effects of Cyber Bullying

Cyber Bullying can impact people of all ages, although most cyber bullying has been reported targeting young children and teens. Victims can be from all walks of life….

Social Media Addiction: Attraction to Distraction

Today, I will be looking at how our obsession with social media has become a huge distraction. There’s no denying it, most of us (myself included) are distracted…

Trying YouTube!

My Video I’m trying YouTube!! If you have been reading my other blog posts, you will see that the theme has been about other people creating YouTube videos and…

Tom Daley: Twitter Trolls

It seems like not long ago people lived without computers in their home, social media on their phones, and communicating via their devices. However, this has changed. A…

The Instagram Identity: Final thoughts

Hello, world! So Christmas is fast approaching and it seems there is all the more reason to post selfies. And hey why not- post away it’s the festive…

Rise of fake news

Since when do we start talking about fake news? And where do the fake news come from? It is interesting to take a look at how the term…

SETTING UP YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT

Hi guys, this week I will be looking at your social medias, and giving tips with what to think about when setting up a social media account. Have…

12 Days of Tindmas – D*ck Pics

I will never understand. I’m gonna kick this off with an obvious one. The glorious ‘D*ck pic.’ I feel like I speak on behalf of 90% of women (and…

Getting an Online Education

As we found in the last post the Internet is the barer of all knowledge (well… most knowledge); which means that there is a lot on there that…

Is Social Media taking over our happiness?

The world of Social Media is without any doubt part of our everyday world. As soon as we open our eyes in the morning, we need to check how many…

#Grime4Corbyn

  Corbyn’s successful digital campaign led to hundreds of grime artists showing their support for the Labour leader with the lights of MOBO award winning Stormzy, who has…

Post #5: Phishing for your data?

The internet is being used to share more data than ever before. Every two days we create as much information as we did in total up to 2003…

Bes! What IS a ‘dalagang Pilipina’ or a ‘typical Filipina woman’ these days?!

‘Typical Filipina Woman’ Representation To all my fellow Filipinos out there, what does ‘dalagang Pilipina’ mean or a ‘Typical Filipina woman’?   “The traditional dalagang Pilipina (Filipina maiden)…

The Death of Romance By Social Media Part 1

Hello, friends!

This evening i’m going to be exploring the topic of looooooove, *inserts hears and flowers and anything pretty*. Yes, thats right folks, love. 2016 has reached out it’s warming arms into a world of online dating, ‘sliding into the dm’s’ (in other words charming another on Twitter private chat) and right swipes.

Looking Through The Lens: Addiction To The ‘Selfie’

‘#selfie’ has more than 180 million pictures on Instagram and ‘#me’ has more than 290 million so it’s easy for people to criticize us as being superficial. Our…

Generation Z – The New Target For Terrorist Recruitment and Radicalisation Online

Generation Z comprises of anyone born since just before the start of the Millennium. Meaning they are Young, Tech savvy and most importantly Impressionable. Generation Z doesn’t know a world without the internet. As a result, they are emerged in the online world relying on it daily to communicate via their smartphones, tablets or computers. On average Generation Z uses their smartphones 15.4 hours per week more than any other generation.

The consistent need to access the internet could be a danger, as this vulnerable generation are more likely to be exposed to terrorist propaganda.

Facebook Makes Us Feel Ugly?

There are 1.3billion Facebook Users in the world. Let me ask you something, how often do you access Facebook? On average, how long do you spend your time…

Data warehouse’s. whats risks of having our personal data stored?

This blog focuses on data warehouses and discusses the threats they potentially expose your data too. What is a Data Warehouse? A data warehouse is a centralised store…

Helpful Tips and Advice

As mentioned in my first blog post cyber bullying is growing substantial amounts in our society. It is important that we are aware of the issue and educate…

12 days of Tindmas – The ‘Rules and Regulations’ of Online Dating.

So with it being the festive time of year, I decided I was going to release a series of blog posts named the 12 days of Tindmas. Basically,…

LIVING THE DIGITAL LIFESTYLE

Today, we live in a society driven by technology and, thanks to social media, we even have the chance to create new or ‘better’ versions of ourselves. As…

Social media as a platform to spread hatred

A concurrent theme with web 2.0 is the ability to disseminate messages online. They may be personal, such as two friends emailing each other or using Facebook to…

Skin Color

Skin color All these colors I never saw before burn at my eyes and I can’t take them away now that you pointed them out skin color stands…

Please Don’t Touch My Crown

Please Don’t Touch My Crown   please dont touch my crown the black rubies were encrusted by steve biko madam cj walker made it a sign of royalty…

Little Mix’s Little Outfits

Last Sunday saw Matt Terry win X Factor 2016. And while the news should have been centred around his win, it was elsewhere. Little Mix’s performance caused quite…

YouTube as a career – The job of the 21st Century

So these completely normal people, with totally fame free backgrounds are now worldwide sensations and have YouTube as a career? They earn a fortune, get to travel the…

Hazel Hayes | Scroll Model of the Week

About

Hello everyone! To start off I am going to tell you a bit about myself. My name is Anna and I’m a second year  student at Bournemouth University….

Becoming a ‘Nutritionist’

So, here it is, my first blog post! To kick it all off, I wanted to share something with you, that you can all help with. Hopefully, you aren’t…

Online Communities – the dangers

  Do you have Twitter? Facebook? Instagram? Do you spend more than 10 hours a day on your phone? Do you update your account when a new picture…

What if social media wasn`t a factor?

Many of us have at least one friend who is very active in sharing his or her political views on social media. It has become somewhat of a…

– A General Picture of Teen Internet Addiction

Teens use internet to socialize, pass time, gather information, and entertain themselves. but, more seriously, for some teens, the internet has become an addiction. Internet addiction is defined as…