Essays on Media

“Political economy approaches see the fact that culture is produced and consumed under capitalism as the fundamental issue in explaining the inequalities of power, prestige and profit.” This statement by D. Hesmondhalgh captures the whole essence political economic approach in one sentence and is a...

Globalisation is the process by which the world is becoming increasingly interconnected as a result of massively increased trade and cultural exchange. Globalisation has increased the production of goods and services. The biggest companies are no longer national firms but multinational corporations with subsidiaries in...

A popular saying goes, “It is a man’s world”. We have and still live in a world where male dominance is felt in every social circle, from the smallest social unit which is the family, to social gatherings including school, church, peer group, and even...

In today’s media climate, finding diverse representations for women of color on television is still hard and reality shows like Flavor of Love is a gigantic step backwards. Flavor of Love is an American reality television dating game show starring Flavor Flav, rapper of the...

In today’s generation, it is evident that media and information technology is widely used by people all across the globe. Kids and teens are taking massive amount of it everyday. As I grew up, I became more and more interested on media and information technology....

A new era of terrorism is quickly taking over, largely due to its collaboration with the modern mass media and the evolution of social media. The advancements in technology, specifically in the growth of social media, has brought forth a new aspect to terrorism in...

The society we live in today is very different to the society of our ancestors. Capitalism is at large and mass media is a method of moulding our culture. ‘Public information, intercommunication and exchange’ of the ‘social knowledge’ in society now solely depends upon mass...

Most previous works in the database literature has focused on indexing lower dimensional data and on other types of queries besides similarity queries. The lc-d tree was one of the first structures proposed for indexing multidimensional data for nearest neighbor queries. Recently, this structure has...

Selfies could be considered the symbol of this current modern age. Most people find it a way for expression while others might think that it is self-absorbed, entitled, and narcissistic representation of new hipsters going into the mainstream. People can bitterly admit that not everything...

Artificial Intelligence, a concept that would make possible our most unfeasible dreams. Would not it be interesting to know what is this marvelous thing that is going to make our dreams come true? Artificial intelligence is exhibited by artificial entity, a system is generally assumed...

Introduction The rapid growth of new media in this era has altered the way news has been produced and consumed. The frequent usage of mobile phones, the Internet and social networking media has played a crucial role for these means to be used as a...

People all around the globe consume the showbiz industry media products, namely movies, on a regular basis. Such movies bear a massive role in our lives and help shape our ideas about social, social, economic and governmental issues. Films are peppered with information that reaches...

In Brian Winston’s “How are Media Born” Winston attempts to answer a specific question, “How does technological change occur in mass communication(766)?” In order to give potential answers to this query, Winston introduces us to two methods of historical accounting describing different techniques of how...

“Too stupid to Die” a new reality stunt based series is all set to premiere. Zach Holmes, the internet sensation and a hothead adventurer banned by YouTube, will feature in the show conducting bizarre pranks, hilarious tricks and appalling stunts. Van Toffler, former president of...

Yellow journalism, or fake news, has been used in our society and past societies for many years. Fake news can be depicted as a method of spreading false information on the media as a way to influence the political views in our society. Many medians...

“The European intellectual tradition has grappled with the difference between subjective and objective knowledge since ancient times” (Chapmanand Alison, 2009) It’s statements like the above from “Issues in Contemporary Documentary” by Jane Chapman, that has led me to investigate the way documentarians try and stay...

Hate speech is that communication which berates any person or a group based on discrimination against that person or group. It carries no meaning other than the expression of hatred for a group, especially in circumstances in which the communication is likely to provoke violence...

There are a number of potential mechanisms through which Internet use positively affects economic outcomes. Access to the Internet increases information flow which reduces distances between people, firms and nations which in turn reduces transactions and transportation costs. Technological progress depends on the exchange of...

Introduction Looking at Thanos in a deeper sense will help us comprehend his reason for eliminating half the universe. Aside from this, we get to analyze his behavior during the course of the movie. Many factors contribute to the development of intelligent beings, such as...

Gender Inequality Women have been stereotyped in America for centuries. A woman was, and still is, seen as simply an accessory to a man. Throughout history, we can see that women are portrayed as homemakers, not as successful entrepreneurs of part of the elite class(GSDRC...

Image enhancing is commonplace in the 21st century, as competition has increased significantly in many areas of life, such as the job market. Children and adults alike are constantly exposed to images, depicting unrealistic body types in advertisements, cinema, magazines and other types of media....

Once, as an assignment for one of my classes, I was watching documentary called “Miss Representation” by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The main idea of the movie was to illustrate how media misrepresent women in a position of power in America. The phrase that caught my...

Media Media is a function that has its foundation in communication, it spreads information to many people, to aid the spread of information and public education. Media that reaches a large audience of people addresses a mass audience with niche needs. According to Wikipedia, Media...

People can communicate in all different ways, like writing, speech, music, technology, etc. As humans, we have come a long way from having none of the resources in technology we have to what we have now and more. Technology and the field of mass communications...

Philippine news media is a powerful tool that is used by different organizations to connect, inform, and influence its subscribed audiences. Although this has plenty of potential for its users, it is often used to convey biased information to persuade its audiences to a stance....

Introduction The key story I have chosen to follow is what happened recently in Orlando with the mass shooting. A gunman named Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at a crowded gay nightclub called Pulse in Orlando, Florida on June 12th 2016 making...

Introduction Communications technology is expanding through the entire global community (Dyson 2). Children everywhere are being born into a world of images and messages, which are largely separated from their home, school and spiritual lives (Dyson 2). In society today storytellers are seldom parents, grandparents,...

Of the many influences how we view men and women and the limited perceptions they themselves hold, media, in particular advertisements are the most pervasive and powerful, largely being uncritical and stereotypical in nature which are created by the continued gendered exposure of the consumers...