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What Do They Even Meme : Obsession With Internet Crazes

Internet crazes sweep across social media at an incredibly fast rate, one minute they’re plastered all over your Facebook home page being shared and liked by your connections,…

Where is the satisfaction in watching YouTubers?

So where is the satisfaction in watching YouTubers you might ask? The popularity and rise of these online fame characters of YouTube have been posting since the very…

Is Social Media Addiction causing Social Isolation?

Hello there! Today, I will be blogging about Social Isolation occurring through social (or perhaps, not so social) media addiction. Many of us praise social networks for helping…

The Evolution Of Photography In The Digital Age: where is your photo album?

Photography is demonstrably the most contemporary of art forms; it is the most vital, effective and universal means of communication of facts and ideas between peoples and nations.”…

Trolls and hateful comments: They NEED to stop!

Hello everyone! Today’s blog post will be looking at one of the worst things to come out of web and mobile communications: Trolling. (source) This is an issue…

Signs Exposing your Addiction to Online Shopping

Ever wonder whether your life has been taken over by Online Shopping? Have you unconsciously become an addict?   Before reading this, you must think that I’m crazy,…

Access to Information via the Internet

The internet is this massive cloud of data that allows us to access amounts information that we can barely fathom. You can use the internet to search for…

The dark side of sharing: Revenge Porn

So how would you feel if your most private photos got shared by someone you trusted? If you read my last post you’d have seen the amazing things…

Clown Epidemic: A Reflection

Clown Epidemic: A Reflection Greetings all, and welcome to the first of many posts on this site. Since this blog’s aim is to discuss internet trends in terms…

Whos to blame?

Society has an extreme obsession with idealism, so far so that perfection is expected to be the norm. People are competing with not just themselves but everyone around them…

The First of Many

We live in a digital world where technology has now changed every aspect of the way we live our modern lives. With social media platforms such as Instagram…

Terrorist Propaganda Online – How ISIS have Capitalised Twitter and What You can do to Fight Back

Welcome to the first blog post from Logged Into Terrorism. This week’s focus is on Online Propaganda, specifically looking at Twitter and the way ISIS have capitalised it….

Instagram – have you put a filter on that?

For my first post on this blog, I thought I’d discuss Instagram with you. Body image is often defined as how content someone is with their own body,…

Let’s hear it for the YouTube boys!

So, you’ve seen me babble away about the ladies of the YouTube world, but what about the Youtube boys? Of course they have been a huge success too…just…

Cyberbullying: Dealing with the Long-Term Effects

The Long-Term Effects Are you aware of all the distressing emotions caused by bullying? Or, what about the real heartbreak of being bullied? But most of all, do…

We may as well Have our Phones Built in to our Hands. (BACOM)

MOBILE PHONES RULE THE WORLD; THEY’RE THE FIRST THING WE CHECK IN THE MORNING AND THE LAST THING AT NIGHT. Is your mobile phone always within reach? Do…

Twitter Trolls are always after politics

What makes Twitter trolls say things on the Internet that they would never say in person? Twitter is such a great platform to be able to share and keep…

BRING BOURNEMOUTH BEACH BACK

This is a video that was created by my group for a persuasive presentation last year. We discuss the issues of littering and the damages it can cause…

THE FUTURE FREEDOM OF ORCAS

THIS VICTORY IS ONLY ONE SMALL STEP TOWARDS A GLOBAL SOCIAL CHANGE. Orcas in Captivity – The History: Orcas (Killer Whales) have been kept in captivity since 1961….

Dating applications in the gay community

There are endless opportunities to explore online due to the development of web 2.0. The invention of the Internet has allowed individuals to interact like never before, with…

Snapchat: A new approach to delivering the news

The universal shift from traditional print journalism to online, multi-platform based journalism continues its trend.  As technology has developed in recent years, various experimental approaches have emerged as…

Blog Basics- What is an Influencer Anyway?

Hello world! Welcome to my first blog post.  If you’re confused about what Generation #Z is really about- Generation #Z is a blog about blogs.  If you want to…

An Introduction to Fighting The Stigma

Who am I and what is Fighting The Stigma about?  Hello and welcome to Fighting The Stigma, a mental health awareness blog. My name is Hannah, I’m a…

So, why did I become a vegetarian …

So who is the conscious student? I’m Katie, a university student at Bournemouth currently studying communication + media. I have been vegetarian now for around 10 years, I was…

Hello, and welcome to my blog on veganism!

Hello and welcome to my blog! Being a university student can often mean cheap junk food, supernoodles and ready meals. But how does this work when you’re a…

Materialistic World

‘Living in a material world, cause I am a material girl’ – We have all sung these famous Madonna lyrics at one stage or another, now it is…

What is Clean Eating?

HOW DID IT BEGIN? In the past, researching into which foods you should and shouldn’t be eating would have involved reading a book written by a qualified dietician…

Just another pretty ‘#Basic’ blog…

What is this year’s #BasicStarterPack?! *Warning! Offensive language may occur* In this generation, everyone is involved with what goes on in the media as the majority of our…

Digital Identity Vs Reality: Addiction To Perfection

In the world of social media perception is everything, we all have an ‘ideal-self’. Am I right in thinking that we all want and try to be a…

Manipulated Viewing: What does this video look like to you?

“The use of travelling is to regulate the imagination with reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, see them as they are”   – SAMUEL JOHNSON  …

Social Network? More like ‘Social Stresswork’…

In the age of technology and easy accessibility to the online world, it’s hardly surprising we’re becoming addicted to being online. The ‘Fear Of Missing Out’ (FOMO) and…

Living though a phone screen

Living through a phone screen is being seen as a normal behaviour amongst most youngsters nowadays. It has been identified as a condition in which being addiction to a phone can…

Welcome to my first blog

Howdy howdy howdy! I’d like to welcome you all to my first blog post about the Implications of Social Media Apps aka Planet of the Apps. It’s a…

THE DEATH OF REAL LIFE INTERACTION

We’ve all done it- we meet up with our friends, our family, or we even go to a lecture (you know, that place where we’re supposed to learn),…

Social Media Addiction and Smartphones

Since the release of advanced smartphones, they seem to have gained worldwide popularity. But has this so called ‘smartphone craze‘ fueled a social media addiction? This blog will…

How technology changes the way we get the news

Technology made large populations possible; large populations now make technology indispensable. – Joseph Krutz (writer)

Addicted to your faceshape.

Do you love snapchat? Selfies have become a complete frenzy with people uploading them on a regular occurence. I for one can admit that I’m guilty of this…

Positive quotes to get you through the day

Hello everyone. Today I thought I would write a little post today with some little positive quotes about body image. We all have days where we feel a…

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Its that Time Of the Month again: #TAMPONGIRL

Remember #TamponGirl?! Before I begin, a bloody disclaimer… WARNING: EXPLICIT CONTENT MAY VARY Here’s the link to the full video: Girl sucking her own tampon! But why do such…