The ‘Effects Model’- Yes, We Can Think For Our-selves!
The Media How does it affect its audience? Does it really have the impact the effects model suggests? The effects model suggests that the direct effects that media will have on its audience can be...
View ArticleAdvertisements, are they really that funny?
We’ve all been watching our favorite television shows when the next round of boring commercials role through. It’s not until an advertisement comes on that is somewhat controversial, funny or just...
View ArticleWho Controls the Media? Why Does it matter?
Our previous blog topics have all touched on how influential and powerful the media can be and the issues surrounding the impact it can have on its audience, whether it is negative or positive. An...
View ArticleKyle Sandilands and Jackie O – We all know where this is going……
For an interesting perspective on what the Mediated public sphere is, read: Mechanisms Of an Online Public Sphere: The Website Slashdot (2005)- http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue2/poor.html The...
View ArticleThey know more than you think!
It’s frightening to think that we could be being watched anywhere at any time, and by anyone. It makes me think twice about where I pick out my wedgies, or about those illegal U-turns I do, that I...
View ArticlePetrol shortages scare Wollongong locals.
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