Is Social Media a Good Thing to Society?

With the ever-increasing technology, new trends and lifestyles occur as a result. Social media has become part of our world, and nearly all youths today are part of various social media networks. There was the need to have a network system that would improve human relations and networking, and the...

Missy Elliott’s Career and Queer Representation in Hip-Hop

The discussion of gender stereotypes and queer representations in music is especially valid in the hip-hop genre that has been subjected to racial and gender limitations for the longest time. In the modern era, the attention of hip-hop audiences is primarily focused on the question of whether there is a...

The Onion: Analysis of the News Website

The source chosen for this assessment is the news website called The Onion. To establish the online source’s credibility, one should look at the website’s creator, the authors’ credibility, the possibility of verifying the information, the individuals accountable for the information, and the presentation of the information (Lunsford et al.,...

Misrepresentation by the Media and Government Regulations

Public Perception of women is misrepresented, disempowering them in politics and social life featured in the “Miss Representation” documentary. The analysis development starts with identifying how media influence individual beliefs and norms. Then how our beliefs about ourselves and others are shaped by what we see. Monitoring media influence through...

“Warrior Women”: Gender, Race, and Sexuality in Film

Introduction Warrior Women was created to convey how indigenous women engage with and see the world. Madonna Thunder Hawk is a Lakota activist whose career spans decades. She participated in the organization of protests and campaigns aimed at fighting for the rights of women and indigenous people in America. Through...

How Media Can Make the World More Ethical and Equitable

Introduction The modern world can hardly be called ethical and equitable. Many people live on the streets or cannot afford a decent standard of living. Women still experience the impact of a gender wage gap (Olsson & Martiny, 2018). People not conforming to their biological sex and gender expectations are...

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“How to Make Hard Facts Easy to Read” by Roy Peter Clark

Introduction Mass media and journalism are key bodies as the dissemination of information to the public are concerned. Several bodies, including the government, depend on mass media to convey vital messages to a vast population. Therefore, mass media refers to a diverse array of technologies used to reach many audiences....

Portrayal of Dissociative Personality Disorder in the Media

Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is understood as a set of mental disorders, in particular memory lapses, disorders of consciousness, and feelings of personal identity. The condition leads to the fact that a person’s personality is divided. Because of this, it seems that in one person there are several personalities who...

Researching of Impact of Social Media

With the rise in the popularity and accessibility of digital technologies, social media has become an integral part of most people’s lives. However, few people wonder how social media actually works, preferring to use and view it from a rather superficial perspective. The idea of delving deep into the history...

Documentary “The Codebreaker” by Chana Gazit

The Codebreaker is a documentary about Elizebeth Smith Friedman, a significant figure during WWII, yet not many people know about her. Friedman began her career as a codebreaker when she started analyzing whether Shakespeare’s works were written by Francis Bacon or William Shakespeare himself. Friedman and her husband soon became...

The Violent Video Game Industry’s Responsibility

Media have long been considered crucial for personality development, as people are regularly exposed to enormous amounts of information on various topics. Nevertheless, the video game industry has arguably leaped forward in this direction, as people have a chance to control characters’ actions, which in some instances can be completely...

The “Indonesia: The Invisible Giant” Documentary

The film Indonesia: The Invisible Giant explains how Islam arrived and influenced the cultures and values of the local people. The video describes the historical background of Indonesia and its hard lessons of democracy. Indonesia is the third-largest democracy with six recognized national religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Protestantism, Confucianism, and...

Schools’ Access to Students’ Social Media

The wide use of digital technologies nowadays has raised concerns about individuals’ privacy. Many people think that personal information contained in digital sources should not be available to a third party. In particular, there is an opinion that schools should not monitor students’ social media because it would breach students’...

Negative Impact of Media Attention to School Shooting

Schools are anticipated to provide children with maximum physical and emotional safety and foster their full-fledged development. Thus, school shooting incidents are taken as unbearable tragedies, leading to substantial media attention. From my perspective, active attempts to rationalize and explain mass murderers’ behavior by attracting attention to their personal lives...

Futurama Series Speaks Against Gender Stereotypes

Introduction Futurama, an animated sci-fi sitcom made in the United States at the turn of the 21st century, is worth mentioning in the list of works whose relation with gender stereotypes is quite ambiguous. In one respect, it seems to support them, as several characters correspond partly or completely to...

Social Audio and Fitting Platform for It

The introduction of Clubhouse marked a significant step in the development of content on social media platforms with the new audio-based model. Nowadays, innovational features are quickly recycled and implemented in the popular social media apps, as happened with Snapchat being replaced by Instagram stories and TikTok being brought to...

Arab Representation in the Media Project

Introduction Nowadays, there is a wide range of stereotypes concerning every ethnic group forming a community in developed countries. Therefore, people tend to ascribe specific behavioral patterns to people belonging to these groups. Unfortunately, some offensive traits of character and unpleasant habits may be expected from a person who never...

The Discrepancies in Unhealthy Food Advertising: Hispanic and Black Consumers

Describe the Purpose of the research The purpose of this research is to outline the discrepancies in unhealthy food advertising directed towards Hispanic and Black consumers in general and the comparatively large allocations of television advertising budgets to targeted television programs. The research determines the effectiveness of advertising directed towards...

Media Narratives That Influenced Worldview

Our previous experiences profoundly influence our future actions because humans tend to turn to the behaviors earlier observed in others when making decisions, explanations or predictions. When acting out of habit rather than plan, humans tend to depend on the history of previously reinforced actions (Gershman et al., 2016). Thus,...

Summer Safety in the Beach: The Viral Video

Veronica-Pooh Nash Poleate released a summer safety video that quickly became viral in 2015. In the video where she advises viewers on how to stay safe from shark attacks, Poleate combines several characteristics and qualities of a video that would go viral, as discussed by Allocca and Nguyen. The video...

“Aliens”: A Dark and Unique Film

Aliens is a fantastic canvas that develops the mythology of the space saga. James Cameron, having replaced then Ridley Scott, was seemingly trying to consolidate his new status. Both James Cameron and Ridley Scott have made some of the most successful movies worldwide. Cameron took the opportunity to direct this...

Modern Media as Set of Profitable Businesses

It is not new for the media to use incorrect information and inappropriate interpretations. However, modern media also often use deliberately fictional narratives in addition to intentional distortion. The aim behind this is to profit from a more scandalous event description, which is more popular among the media audience. Yet,...

Media Coverage of Transgender Policy in Military

Arthur, D. C., Pollock, G., Steinman, A. M., Frank, N., Mazur, D. H., & Belkin, A. (2020). DoD’s transgender ban has harmed military readiness. Palm Center.  The study by Arthur et al. (2020) was one of the first scholarly studies undertaken to investigate the impact of the ban on transgender...

Amazon Workers’ Abuse

The article Amazon To Let Warehouse Employees’ Families Work Thanksgiving Shifts Too, posted on The Onion satirical media resource, mocks the media’s obsession with Amazon, as well as the company’s severe working conditions. The article states that Amazon provides a possibility for its staff to work with their family members...

Self-Esteem & Social Network Usage Link

Social networks are closely intertwined with the lives of modern people of different educational levels and social strata. Most young people spend a lot of time on social networks, chatting with friends, commenting on the news, and posting their photos for everyone to see. In such a dynamic and eventful...

Facebook Keeps Growing Manipulative

Introduction The use of Facebook has become so integral to our routine we do not notice how it happens. Reading news while drinking morning coffee, skipping or closing annoying ads and saving interesting to examine later – how conscious are we about these everyday actions? Not quite, apparently; they are...

Mobile Advertising and Manipulation

The nature of mobile advertising has evolved enormously over the past few years. The advancement of phone technology has, in turn, changed the ways in which marketing is produced, presented, and maintained throughout the medium. Mobile advertising employs a number of characteristics that make it distinct from prior forms of...

Aspects of Media Convergence

The viewings this week were very entertaining and, at some points, even surprising. In my opinion, what stood out most was the contrast with the technologies of the past. Thus, the video Media Convergence from the very beginning states that at the early 21st century people did not have cable...

Negative Cancel Culture Perceptions in the Contemporary Media

Introduction In the present day, social media space may be characterized by digital activism that has both positive features and negative consequences. Digital activism that is also called social media or online activism is a particular form of civic activity that is conducted through the internet and digital media. In...

Online Radicalization on the Internet

Introduction The online sphere has increasingly become part of day-to-day life for many people. With the spread of popular culture and the integration of technology into every person’s daily life, there is no way to avoid the internet and its effects on the majority. This trend, however, presents a major...

”Using Social Media to Aid Your Job Search” Article Review

Introduction The article in question dwells upon the role social media can play in job search. Saunders (2021) stresses that employers tend to rely on informal networks rather than more formal techniques when searching for the right person. Social media provide almost limitless opportunities for job seekers to become a...

“Episode 66: Yard of Dreams — Ear Hustle’’: Sports in Prison

The episode’s topic is prison sports in San Quentin State Prison in California. The episode demonstrates the essential opportunities to engage with offenders through sports as an intervention for correction and highlights the increased re-offending rates among those released from jail. The episode also demonstrates that through sports, individuals engage...

Social Media Marketing: Advantages and Drawbacks

To highlight the considerable popularity social media have gained in the modern world would be to say nothing, as they have penetrated all spheres of human life. In particular, their development has favored the appearance of social media marketing, which is normally abbreviated as SMM and presupposes using social networks...

Violence in Mass Media: Impact on Adolescents’ Aggressive Behavior

Mass media significantly contributed to many social problems of modern society and negatively influenced several generations. While mass media continuously creates deep underlying social problems by promoting consumerism and focusing on capitalist values, it also directly threatens the population’s safety, as it influences crime rates through normalizing violence. The presence...

The Network Effect and Impact on the Media

The widespread use of streaming services in the modern media space can be considered a trend of the last decade. A good understanding of all the tools and methods of product promotion is what makes the difference in this highly competitive environment. Network effect is one of the key factors...

Aspects of Technology and Social Network

Technology and social networks occupy an important place in people’s lives and some individuals, bloggers, even combine work and persona life, as it brings them income. In addition, recently, employers have been checking social networks when hiring a person, which is quite a controversial practice. On the one hand, publications...

“Why We Need to Talk About Suicide”: Lessons Learnt

Introduction Suicidal contemplations and actions remain taboo topics, which might hinder suicide prevention efforts. In his speech titled “Why We Need to Talk about Suicide,” Mark Henick exposes, criticizes, and explains the ongoing avoidance of this issue. This response paper’s purpose involves summarizing new learning from the video and remaining...

Social Media Negatively Impacts Psychological Well-Being

Social media in the modern world is a mass communication through the Internet, and a method of information, ideas, and interests exchange through virtual communities and networks. Today, social media is prevalent among all segments of the population and society. It is not easy to imagine life in the 21st...

Analysis of Social Media Misinformation Aspects

Al-Athwary, A. A. (2016). The semantics of English borrowings in Arabic media language: The case of Arab gulf states newspapers. International Journal of Applied Linguistics and English Literature, 5(4), 110-121. In the present paper, Anwar Al-Athwary analyzed the semantics of English loanwords in Arabic media. The author first determined the...

Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy and Tsotsi

The book Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy by Kevin Bales explores the stories of contemporary slavery. The investigation of ‘new slavery’ conducted by the author links to the problems of the global economy and the underlying motive of the movie Tsotsi. Tsotsi was released in 2006 and...

Racial and Ethnic Discrimination in “When They See Us” Film

When They See Us The events on which the series is based are so dramatic and cruel that on a wave of emotions, I hurry to share my impressions with you as soon as possible. Everyone should know and see this story with their own eyes, and this should not...

Harm From Social Networks and Internet Usage

Introduction In my opinion, the Internet communications, such as social media, emails, Google, Instagram, or WhatsApp, cause people to drift farther apart instead of being closed. It can be illustrated by the picture everyone can see: people on their cell phones all day and sometimes even all night. Sometimes, people...

Authenticity in “Hamilton” and “Brooklyn 99”

Every movie, television show, or other form of story entertainment seeks to maintain three concepts: coherence, continuity, and credibility. The story must progress logically and stay consistent with previous installations to be believable. Hamilton and Brooklyn 99 are excellent examples of a show maintaining its authenticity despite fictional settings. One...

Video Games’ Impact on Adolescents’ Aggressive Behavior

Video games are known to make adolescents engage in aggressive behaviors. Sun & Sun (2021) conducted a research study to identify the direct and indirect relationship between video games and aggressiveness. The research provides further insights into aggressiveness by focusing on the perception of peer norms. The primary behavior under...

Diet Milk Tea Beverage and Signature Diet Soda: The Social Media Campaigns

Strategies for Selling New Diet Milk Tea Beverage The primary audience is women from 18 to 45; among their values and goals, health care and maintaining an average weight can be distinguished (Mak, 2021). Then the Instagram campaign strategy should meet the interests and needs of this group. First of...

Lemon Coffee Trend on TikTok Shouldn’t Be Done Health Experts

The author’s goal of the analyzed news article Lemon coffee trend on TikTok shouldn’t be done, health experts say, is to convey information to readers that refute the viral trend on the social network. The article cites expert nutritionist opinions to boost audience confidence and open their eyes to the...

Social Media as a Form of Activism Today

Introduction Change is a condition that must be adopted with time since moments, generations, and processes get altered. A change can be positive or negative depending on the person or group in charge of change institutionalization. One way society can bring change is by activism, which means actions to sensitize...

Hamilton Show’s Soundtracks and Their Importance to the Performance

Introduction Hamilton is one of the most famous Broadway shows which won the audience’s hearts and received numerous awards. There were multiple performances and movies based on the musical, and each offered something unique to the spectator. Perhaps, the most outstanding and exciting part to me was the music since...

The Mexican Drug War and “Queen of the South”

Introduction It is common for artists to use real-world experiences to make their artworks more influential, close to the audience, and meaningful. Some events from the past or modern issues and circumstances may inspire creators and later be used in their movies, books, paintings, or music. One example of an...

The Merger Between Three and O2 and Its Influence on the UK Telecommunications Industry

Although previously, the merger between Three and O2 was seen as hindering competition, currently, the merger product should not be deemed an omnipotent competitive force. However, further analysis of the implications of this merger in the context of the present competition rates within the UK telecommunications industry indicates that There/O2...

Coverage of International News by US Media

Daily news and significant events are not covered similarly in different countries and by various media outlets. Some incidents and affairs are bound to be viewed in other countries through a prism of the relationship between the two states. This essay will discuss how US news media report events that...

The Grady College’s Internship Program Advertisement

The advertisement chosen for this assignment is posted at the website of Grady College, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication. The ad features the College’s Internship Program, developed for international students (The advertisement, 2021). The advertisement itself is a picture of students from different countries who are happy to take...

Abstracting and Persuasive Discussion of “The Green Knight” Movie

The Green Knight is an aesthetically pleasing movie that managed to intrigue and mesmerizes the audience with its visual presentation. I have watched the film recently and came out of it thinking that the cinematic aspects of its presentation were the strongest, far outshining the story or the characters themselves....

Discourse of Fear in Local Crime News

Introduction The use of news as a resource aids in the setting of an emotional tone to the rhythm of life and reminds us of the ideals of order and disorder that threaten the cosmology of quiet regions and everyday order. On the other hand, news stories as a topic...

Population Control Discussion

The thing that I did not suspect before is the thoughts about forced birth control. The question of the morality of having children is quite strange from the point of view of humanity. On the one hand, the authors push us to think about the future, the planet, and climate...

The Iconic Moments in the Film “Gold Rush 1925”

The most iconic moment in the movie is when Charlie Chaplin prepares and eats his shoe not to starve from hunger. He serves the shoe on a dish with shoelaces as spaghetti, which puts the viewer in laughter. The funniest thing about the moment in the movie is the face...

The Emerging Issues of Social Media in the Modern Works

From the dawn of oral and written literature, poetry has reflected the social philosophy of the contemporary people. As the leading ideas of society evolve, similar transformations happen to the major topics discussed within the cultural space. The current age is characterized by the rapid technological progress that introduces new...

Gender Stereotypes and Their Role in Advertising

In modern times, the world is filled with advertising; it is found everywhere – on television, on the radio, on the Internet, on the street, in newspapers, and in magazines. Now it is difficult to imagine life without advertising, the role of which in the modern world is difficult to...

Social Facilitation Principles and American Next Top Model

America’s Next Top Model is one of the best examples of TV shows when analyzing the social standpoint. Firstly, the general goal for those who participate is to “survive” because there is typically one contestant who leaves the show at the end of the week. Turning to the show’s main...

Martin Scorsese’s Goodfellas and Gangs of New York: A Comparison

In the era of the Great Depression and Prohibition in the United States, gangsters became the new heroes. Perfectly dressed guys like Al Capone and John Dillinger have regularly appeared on the pages of the crime chronicle, becoming celebrities and trendsetters. They were imitated in life and on the movie...

The Irishman: Analysis of Scorsese’s Film

One of the interview series that I enjoy is BBC Radio 1 film interviews with Ali Plumb. One of my favorites is the interview with Martin Scorsese, filmed as a part of a promotion for Scorsese’s film The Irishman (BBC Radio 1, 2019). What I like most about this interview...

“Spent: Looking For Change”: Non-Traditional Debts Are Risky

The movie “Spent: Looking for Change” depicts people who have decided or been forced to use non-traditional banking. In my opinion, the characters shown in the documentary do not seem irresponsible or uneducated people. They are in certain adverse circumstances that force them to make decisions that can have negative...

The “Finding Your Roots” Documentary

Introduction The documentary Finding Your Roots addresses a problematic matter of the American past – its slavery times. The film does not violate the ethics of the research done with people’s engagement outside the social sciences. Finding Your Roots brings to the surface the truth about black American ancestry without...

Plot of “The Great Hack” Movie

The Great Hack (2019) The Great Hack is a 2019 fictitious movie that revolves around a breach of human data in the US electioneering period of 2016 and the UK’s Brexit. The company involved in the alleged hack in the movie is known as Cambridge Analytica (Amer & Noujaim, 2019)....

Networks and Social Media in Business

One of the primary lessons that can be taken from this video is that the internet has cultivated a very particular and lucrative audience for any business willing to take part in the process. While it might seem that the digital is difficult to get into, the internet is a...

Responsibility and Brand Advertising in the Alcoholic Beverage Market

Promotion of products is always a complex matter which in certain cases implies having a considerable responsibility for the way the good is being marketed. The article “Responsibility and Brand Advertising in the Alcoholic Beverage Market” by Debra Jones Ringold provides insight into the methods of advertising alcohol. The article...

Perceived Creativity and Consumer Engagement on Instagram

Introduction The problem under discussion in the following literature review covers the effects of consumer’s perception of creativity on Instagram engagement with a focus on the travel industry. The purpose of the study is to investigate the matter by exploring the existing literature about consumer engagement, perceived creativity, brand familiarity,...

The “Criminal Minds” and “Brady Bunch” Fiction Films

Introduction Sherwood Schwartz and Betty Thomas have been in existence for the past fifty-eight years, and in a brief overview of the various films he has produced in his life, two prominent films get taken to the banks for that. The fiction films “Criminal Minds” and the “Brady Bunch” are...

Setting, Space, and Place in “Boardwalk Empire” by Scorsese

Important Background Information Set on the verge of the age of prohibition, the series offers a unique outlook on Nucky Thompson, who is a well-known treasurer across Atlantic City. Despite being constantly monitored by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Nucky somehow manages to...

Discussion on Digital Advertising Infographics

The US earned a revenue of 31.45 billion US dollars in 2020 from the social media advertising market, an increase from 20.34 billion US dollars in 2017 (Loesche, 2018). US remained the top revenue earner as China earned 21.79 billion US dollars which is a great improvement from 2017 (Loesche,...

Case Communication in Social Media Networks

Communication through social media has become an essential part of human lives. Social media allowed us to contact each other even in different countries, made the business advertisements more overarching, and became the virtual platform where people work, rest, communicate, buy, sell, and basically spend most of their days. The...

Communication and New Media

Communication is a broad area with a lot to offer in terms of career fields and specialization. One area that interests me is communication and new media, which focuses on technological advancements and digital media. New media is crucial because technologies cause significant social change, and societies adapt to innovations...

Target Audience Segmentation in Marketing

In the world of media, understanding the peculiarities of target audiences is crucial. Audience segmentation studies support content creators in marketing the results of their work using the right methods and platforms. The first link, the article titled “Reading “Us” through Its T-Shirts” by Murphy (2020), explores the symbolism and...

Social Web Engagement and Online Emotional Expression

Essentially, the topic is the Correlation between social media and online emotional expression; the primary research question is How do personal characteristics of web users influence their emotional expression on the web? Thus, the article written by Beneito-Montagut (2017) was chosen because it focuses on how different variables, such as...

The Ancient Americans: Historical Attainments of Maya, Aztec, Olmec

Historical Video Nowadays, historians are aware of and have thoroughly explored many powerful civilizations distinguished by their distinct features, outstanding achievements, and lavish cultural heritage. Some of the most recognized nations inhabiting the American continents are Maya, Aztec, and Olmec, which are still shrouded by a deep mystery, and thus,...

Media Influences: Art of Enlightenment and Selling

The Media Industry The morning of a modern person hardly begins with a shower or coffee. First of all, upon waking up, a lot of people pick up the phone and turn on Wi-Fi. Throughout the day, they also read newspapers on the subway, listen to the radio in cars,...

The “Race, the Power of an Illusion” Film Review

Introduction The film called Race, The Power of an Illusion is devoted to comparing the different racial groups’ peculiarities through the closer scrutiny of their DNA. The video claims that the skin color, eye shape, and other factors determining which ethnicity a person belongs to do not estimate their physical...

Will the New Communications Technologies Bring a New “Age of Democracy”?

Communication technologies are an integral part of the realities of the modern age, where every aspect of human existence is directly impacted by digital forces. It is evident that all manifestations of such technologies, such as social media, the internet, and other online communication tools, has brought a wide range...

Propaganda Machines on Social Media Platforms

Propaganda, a false message aimed at twisting recipients’ minds in a particular manner, is a dangerous weapon in the world today. In many cases, propaganda is advanced through powerful social media platforms, Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Instagram (Cohen). The effect of such messages is excellent since it escalated hatred across...

The Principles of Rhetoric in Media

Introduction All forms of media, including their written and visual variants, are used to relay messages. Be it a single individual, a group, or an entire community, various forms of media can be used to transfer information from one party to another. However, it should be noted that any form...

The Issue of Violence in Media and Movies

From action movies to tragedies, violence is an essential plot point, a cliffhanger, a shock value tool, and it is deeply rooted in stories because it was and is so prevalent in real life. Even when it isn’t something you see every day, it is ongoing and in varying levels...

Impact of Social Media on Adolescence

Social media has showcased behavioral modification amongst its frequent users. Besides yielding positive impacts, it has given birth several negative effects to its users. According to recent studies, it is clear that social media has had a huge impact especially on adolescents (Keles, McCrae & Grealish, 2020). Past meta-analysis has...

Marketing Approaches in Cigarette Ads

There are different approaches that marketing directors can take when advertising their products but appealing to a particular audience by using consumer market research is key. In the examples given of the cigarette ads, the target demographic is obvious, as the designers have used profiling (ALTA Team, 2019). In the...

Privacy, Ownership, and Surveillance in Social Media

As an individual using social media, I consider that hacking my data is a more dangerous issue than surveillance and sale of my online activities. I am impressed by Google’s and Facebook’s data collection activity described by Dylan Curran (Curran, 2018). However, I am more afraid of being hacked because...

Social Media Marketing: Memes as a Branding Strategy

Through the last decade, memes evolved from funny and entertaining images into a communication tool. While previously memes fit only into one or several contexts, current memes present more of a trending template that could be used to describe a wide variety of situations. Thus, memes allow individuals to make...

Newspaper Articles from Columbia, Missouri: Comparative Analysis

Printed press evolves together with the society that presents a demand for it. The changes that accumulate over may include language and word choice, stylistic features and tone, as well as structure and presentation. This is why it may be fruitful to compare newspaper pieces on the same topic and...

The Bible Salesmen and Globeman Documentary

The Salesmen documentary gives the story of four Bible salesmen who move door to door to make a sale. Each of these salesmen had nicknames that fit their personalities and sales methods. For example, James Baker “The Rabbit” is a smooth talker. His calm conversation helps him close deals with...

Conspiracy Theories and Distrust of Experts

Social media provides people with always-available options to discuss any news or occasions, and an enormous volume of different opinions leads to questionable explanations appearing. Conspiracy theories are on the verge today due to the increased number of people who develop and distribute them to broad online audiences. Moreover, many...

Global Over-the-Top Platforms: Artwork Personalization at Netflix

The over the top (OTT) streaming content has a lot of potential for growth and expansion, an assumption solidified by the rapid entry of Netflix competitors into the market. They include Hulu, HBO Now, Amazon Prime Video, Disney +, Peacock, and many others. The phenomenon known as “Netflixification” of media...

The Documentary “The Memphis 13”

The Memphis 13 is a thirty-five-minute documentary that follows the experiences of the thirteen students that were enrolled in all-white schools (Bruce, Gordon, Rozzelle, and Springdale Elementary schools) in Memphis, Tennessee, in October 1961. The enrollment was purposefully done to help integrate African Americans into the all-white Schools in Memphis....

“The Life: Primates” BBC Documentary

The life of primates is interesting enough that, to date, a large number of species of monkeys have been identified around the world. This work was written for the purpose of reviewing the BBC documentary Life: Primates. As a review, a collection of answers to various questions from the film...

Will the Facebook’s Social Audio Products Succeed

Social Audio refers to social media products that utilize audio as their principal mode of communication. Social audio can include voice messaging, podcasts, editing tools, live conversation rooms, and audio creation, among others (Simo 1). Clubhouse, Twitter spaces, Spotify Greenroom, and Facebook Live Audio Rooms are the most popular audio-based...

The Problem of Misinformation From the Social Media Platforms

The documentary demonstrated the most substantial issue of today in a way that was appealing to a great audience and informative. The problem of misinformation and manipulation from the social media platforms was shown brilliantly via the subplot unfolding behind the interviews, which encompass the main part of the documentary....

Negative Cancel Culture Perceptions in Contemporary Media

The modern-day trends in social media and digital activism encompass a variety of controversial social topics. As such, the necessity to reprimand an individual who performed unrighteous conduct became especially prominent in the digital environment over the past years, enabling the rise of the cancel culture phenomenon (Mueller, 2021). Currently,...

Mass Media as a Powerful Cultural Construct

Introduction Mass media and the Internet are powerful tools that dictate the way people interpret other cultures and practices. A trend of social interaction emerges whereby viewers and readers are able to have a taste of exotic beliefs, values, knowledge, and attitudes. The analyzed commercials and YouTube videos present powerful...

“The Civil War”: A Film by Ken Burns

I was the most impressed by the moment when the Shenandoah Valley tilted the election to Lincoln and, therefore, changed the course of history in Episode 7. What was especially remarkable to me is the role that the geography of the Shenandoah Valley played in the military actions. Apparently, the...

The Online Dating Services Benefits

Top five online dating services The most popular online dating services include Yahoo Personals, PerfectMatch, eHarmony, Match.com and Chemistry.com. Yahoo Personals has a large diverse membership base and an online dating magazine that offers tips on dating. It also has multiple options for communication. PerfectMatch has around 4 million members...

The Media Ethics Workshop: Principle of Privacy

Introduction Media ethics refer to a collection of ethical principles and standards that govern the collection, processing, and publishing of content on various media platforms, namely broadcast media, the internet, arts, and the print media. Media ethics comprise several moral principles, namely privacy, transparency, conflict of interest, deception, and social...

“A Few Good Men” by Reiner

Are People Always Ready to Handle the Truth? – Many people believe that they need to and want to live a truthful life. Still, not all of them are actually ready to handle the truth and accept it as it is. The movie A Few Good Men directed by Rob...

The Bachelor, a Widely Popular Reality TV Show

The Bachelor is a widely popular reality TV show revolving around a single bachelor who is presented with a pool of potential romantic interests, of whom one is expected to become his wife. As the season goes on, the bachelor has to eliminate candidates, with the succession of eliminations leading...

Researching of Media Advertising

The “Other Than Television” (OTT) concept has transformed traditional broadcast television and affected its viewership significantly. According to Kelley et al. (2015), “digital technology has reshaped how consumers use media” (p. 5). With the advent of free access to various online content, the vast majority of consumers have shifted their...

The Documentary “American Fervor: The American Future”

The film supports the idea that religion in politics and the social life of America is vital nowadays just as much as it was centuries ago when first settlers arrived in America, seeking a safe place far from England’s surveillance. According to the idea of the film, religion is a...

Cohen’s “The King of World We All Want” Speech

Introduction The article “The Kind of World We All Want: MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, WE CAN STOP THE GREATEST PROPAGANDA MACHINE IN HISTORY” is the speech of Sasha Baron Cohen, in which he addresses a highly disturbing issue of racism, hate, and bigotry. According to the actor, in the present day,...

Non-verbal Communication in “The Client”

The body is an instrument that humans use for communication with each other. Over the past few decades, different studies have suggested that between 70 and 93% of all communication is non-verbal, which means the messages are not expressed through words. Instead, people show their emotions, convey their points, and...

Social Media as a Tool for Social Movements

In this article, the authors offer convincing arguments regarding the use of social media to influence social movements. Such technological innovations provide the best environment for participation and encourage people to focus on issues that affect them directly. Individuals who rely on social media platforms will have higher chances of...

Digital Blackface: The Popular Fashion

The Internet gives us plenty of opportunities to pretend to be somebody we are not. Most people live relatively unremarkable, generic lives, consisting of everyday human events — studies, work, maybe some time with family and friends. There is nothing shameful in it; however, a wish of fulfillment causes people...

Media Influence on a Government Official’s Image

Overall, the media play an essential role in shaping collective views and opinions on various issues. Various agents of social construction create the image of any social institution. The idea of the civil service in the media today can be very ambiguous. On the one hand, civil servants are often...

“Boys and Girls Club of Boston: Guitar” Campaign

Social advertisements have become common in the last decades; it helps people worldwide solve their problems and be heard. The fact of its commonness starts the developing process of making such creatives, inspiring people to change their lives in a better way. It inspires people and gives them a description...

Exploring TikTok from Different Perspectives

Many existing ideas, phenomena, and attitudes may seem unacceptable, uninteresting, or unfilled with deep meaning to a specific community of people. There are many examples in the world where the exact “text” has elicited entirely different reactions from people. For some, War and Peace is Tolstoy’s work of genius, while...

DunkinDonuts Twitter Analysis: Social Interaction Network Properties

Twitter is a global social network that unites millions of users around the world. Many people use Twitter for private purposes, to share their thoughts or memories. In addition, this network is a popular platform for various companies and organizations. The Dunkin Donuts restaurant account (@dunkindonuts) discussed in this essay...

Media Workplace Diversity: An Argument in Favor

Successful organizations that emphasize having a diverse work environment can prove that people learn to unite their differences to make the close-neat team. In mixed groups, people still retain their values and mutual respect as unique variables, even if they are brought from different backgrounds or functions of the organization....

Three News Stories From the TBWA Backslash Instagram

Hotels on Rails French start-up named Midnight Train is going to create a new network of overnight trains to connect Paris to the capitals of 12 other European countries. This innovation is essential since the trains will apparently provide the population with a chance for faster and more comfortable traveling....

Technique of Quotation on New Forms of Media

Quotation: “New forms of media have always caused moral panics: the printing press, newspapers, paperbacks, and television were all once denounced as threats to their consumers’ brainpower and moral fiber” (Seyler, 2018, p. 382). A technique that appeals to me: The quotation chosen perfectly addresses the fear that can be...

The Role of Changes in Perceived Leadership Support

The purpose of this paper is to gather information regarding Leader of Change’s experiences during changes in organizations and how these experiences would help me create a vision for my institution when I become an administrator. This report provides an interview with an administrator that was held to inform an...

Sam Raimi’s “Spider-Man” and TV “Lost”: Popularity

Jumped the Shark The Lost TV series was one of the best shows of the 2000s, with a witty plot and attractive action scenes that were accompanied by the mystery surrounding the Island. Yet, despite being practically brilliant, the show started going downhill since the second season, as the authors...

Early Television as Social Instruction

In the Post-WWII period, television acquired the image of the global village, which implied great marketing potential. For example, Big Ben and Eiffel Tower were used for advertising Arvin’s consoles. The view of various places was the key idea that promised an illusion for people to allow them to leave...

Media Company Consolidation and Its Beneficial Impact

Media company consolidation is the merging of different media content creators. This can be done for various purposes: for example, for a variety of content, structure for working with an audience, or ways to generate income (LoPucki & Verstein, 2020). In my opinion, this process has multiple advantages, so I...

The Black Lives Matter Movement and Communication Theories

Introduction The Black Lives Matter movement prevalent currently in the united states of America is a recently emerged social phenomenon that was created as an outlet for many disparaged individuals to have a voice. The decentralized organization has its roots in social media, becoming officially recognized around 2014. While its...

Serious Gaming and Its Impact on Society

Serious gaming comprises the use of digital games for reasons other than entertainment. In the recent past, these games have been associated with positive impacts in society. With regard to education, a game named Quandary was created to help solve emerging educational challenges (Rughinis, n.d.). Quandary enhances skills such as...

“Saving Face” by James Walters

The film Saving Face ideally addresses the theme of “coming out” in one’s community through Ma and Wil sexual liberation that challenges the Chinese traditions ethnic. In the movie, Wil is reluctant to reveal her relationship with Vivian to her mother and society due to the fear of being different...

Advantages Which Advertisements Provide to Car Dealership Business Prosperity

I am writing you to show you the advantages which advertisements provide to car dealership business prosperity. Advertising tells your shoppers and your competitors that you are open and prepared for business. Dynamic and positive promoting can captivate clients to your business regardless of the economy and rivalry. Did you...

Physical Attractiveness and Political Affiliation in Facebook Friend Acceptance

Introduction Facebook is still one of the leading social networks. This application allows people to interact at various levels (Mihee, 2016).’The Effects of Physical Attractiveness and Political Affiliation on Facebook Friend Acceptance’ article aims to identify some patterns between human attractiveness and political interests. The article also tries to answer...

Analysis of Twitter Data for Cronkite News

Analyzing the reader’s activity on Twitter can significantly benefit a news agency as it helps to identify the audience’s interests. The number of comments, impressions, and retweets most clearly reflects the attitude and interest of followers in a specific piece of news. This data helps news channels to form the...

News Probe: History, Mission and Impact on Chinese Media

Introduction CCTV’s News Probe (Xinwen Diaocha) is a Chinese TV series representing the independent research of the relevant social problems and scandals. The direction of the program significantly deviates from the traditional course of Chinese media, such as political and ideological propaganda, and outlines the societal worries and questions of...

The Targeted Audience of the Communication

Media 1 The audience for this New York Times article is adults who are interested in world news. Most of them are residents of America and are under the age of 50. The visual representation of the article corresponds to its content; it depicts Soviet aircraft. It helps the audience...

Product Advertising Analysis

When creating a marketing flyer or pamphlet, it is imperative to make sure the important persuasive elements are present. The intention of a business advert is to convince the customers that the products or services offered are the best (Ghaffari et al., 2019). Therefore, they need to read, see, and...

Social Networks’ Impact on Companies’ Operations

Introduction E-commerce refers to the selling and acquisitions of goods or services through internet platforms and the transfer of finances to complete the business. Social networking is applying social media sites based on the internet to maintain connectivity with friends, family, customers, or clients. There are several platforms using social...

African-Americans in Documentary “American Blackout”

American population is mixed with persons from all the parts of the World and the African-Americans form a significant part of the population here. But questions of racial discrimination and access of other basic needs like education, socio- economical empowerment, and political powers are still in question as it was...

The Work of a Journalist During Investigation

Nowadays, journalists are no longer regarded as neutral entities; hence, it is not a wonder that respondents are unwilling to provide information. Moreover, grabbing the attention of the editor Zach was not easy; I pitched five times before I could receive his response though Collins’ advice was helpful. Even though...

The Influence of Drugs and Social Media

Since the beginning of this century, the Internet has become an integral part of people’s lives that gives them the opportunity to search for new information to gain knowledge or find entertainment. However, whether it is for better or worse is still a topic for debate. Limitless online resources are...

US News Coverage’s Impact on Asian American Lives

Introduction In the last months of 2019, the world experienced a bad outbreak of the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Scientists discovered the strain had a new mutation of the coronavirus (Weaver et al., 2020). Consequently, during the pandemic scourge, as fears regarding the virus continued to rise among American citizens,...

“SiCKO”: Advocating for Socialized Medicine in America

Introduction Michael Moore, in his film SiCKO, advocates for socialized medicine in America. Michael believes that socialized medicine helps in the delivery of medical care to everyone who needs it. Moore highlights some of the issues related to healthcare in the United States, including the inequality in healthcare insurance coverage...

Relevance in the Advertising Industry

Advertising plays an essential role in the promotion of products to reach a target audience. Indeed, a company’s success depends on its choice of the right channels to place goods and services in the market. In the Ted Talk, Kristi Roger seems to have done an enormous analysis of advertising,...

Social Media Influences on Young Adults

Introduction It is not a secret that social media plays an important role in the lives of people living in contemporary society. Various platforms appear and advance every year, giving individuals a possibility to entertain themselves, communicate with their friends, follow the lives of celebrities and influencers, and enrich their...

“The Baker and the Beauty”: A Failed Television Show

The TV show The Baker and the Beauty aired in April 2020 and included nine 40-minute episodes. The TV show presents a story of a baker, Daniel Garcia working for the family business, who meets a famous model Noa Hamilton (IMDb, 2020). The two try to develop a romantic relationship,...

Abbas from “A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge”: Character Analysis

“A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge” is a graphic novel created by Josh Neufeld, a cartoonist who published the work as a webcomic at the beginning. It explores the story of the natural disaster of 2005, hurricane Katrina, through various characters and viewpoints. The author inspects the horrid story through...

Efficiency of Tik Tok Video About Sanitizers

The Tik Tok video concept enhances communication, marketing, and promotion of ideas that have created controversial responses confusing the community rather than educating. However, in the Tik Tok video of Jonathan, clarity, and understanding have been achieved, making the video go viral. Jonathan’s video is hilarious, intriguing, and lucrative to...

Scientific Evidence: Reporting in News Article and Journals

Report of a Scientific Study Factual communication is vital for ensuring accurate interpretation of information sent to an audience. It is objective that all forms of sending and receiving information ensure clarity and evidence-based on their findings. Journalists and researchers constitute a vital category of sharing knowledge through their communication...

“The Adhan, Call to Prayer” by Channel 4

This report analyzes the online video material named “The Adhan. Call to Prayer,” which tells about the Ramadhan month of Muslim people by Channel 4, British TV stream channel (The Adhan (spoken); Call to Prayer). In the given short film, Hassen Rasool, who is believed to be one of the...

Analysis of the News: “Christian Manifesto”

In the course, we studied Schaeffer’s Christian Manifesto and his critique of modern humanism as opposed to the founding principles of Christianity. At the same time, last month in Poland, protests against the abortion ban started again, which is a pressing issue for the topic of humanism and Christianity. This...

Fake News and Media Bias Overview

Media outlets, educational facilities, and religious institutions often present their audience with only one side of a problem or situation. Popular news agencies and online platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram make it possible for political organizations and influential public figures to integrate their propaganda into the posts viewed...

Impact of Weight Loss TV Series on Losing Weight

Losing weight is increasingly becoming a concern for the general public across all walks of life. Many sources offer unprecedented ways and tips on losing weight. Particularly, the media boasts of effective criteria for losing weight. However, this recommendations and tips apparently may have positive or negative influence on the...

“Blackout in Puerto Rico” by Frontline PBS

The Frontline PBS documentary Blackout in Puerto Rico (2018) provides a convincing and informative investigation of the reasons behind the humanitarian and economic crisis in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. In 2017, Hurricane Maria, the worst natural disaster in the history of mankind, destroyed much of Puerto Rico’s infrastructure, leaving...

The Movie “Oedipus Rex” by Alfredo Bini: Themes and Message

Introduction The drama, Oedipus, began with a plague bringing distraction and misery at the city of Thebes where the people, lead by a priest, gather in front of the palace to seek council from the great Oedipus the king. Oedipus was a new king of the city for the previous...

Strategies for Publishing Posts on LinkedIn

Everyone writing an article and publishing it on LinkedIn expects massive reactions to the post and even the piece of writing to go viral. However, sometimes, this is not always the case because most people do not understand the secret hacks of successful publishing on LinkedIn. This article presents the...

Online Social Media Fatigue and Psychological Wellbeing

Introduction With the increasing popularity of social networks in the 21st century, social media addiction is a problem that can seriously harm an individual’s mental and physical health. Often, it develops over an extended period of time and can involve a number of unhealthy symptoms, such as the feeling of...

The Movie “King Lear”: Poster Analysis

Poster Explanation This movie poster appears dark and gloomy, representing the themes of injustice and cruelty in Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” The main symbols used in the poster are reaching hands and the King’s crown. They represent the division of the kingdom and the consequences of relationships based on authority and...

N. Dieker on Keeping Social Media in Order

Social media has shaped the lives of millions of people globally to a tremendous extent, allowing them to transfer their social life to the digital realm and become active participants. Admittedly, the success of the specified innovative technology was quite predictable, even though the scale of it is quite stunning...

Social Media and Associated Mental Health Risks

Social media is an integral part of the life of young people in the modern world. According to statistics, 97% of teenagers from 13 to 17 years old use such platforms, and 45% say that they spend almost all their free time on the Internet (Teens and social media, 2019)....