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My Digital Artefact Pitch!

Woohoo! Making media!! I have a confession; I chose digital and social media as my major and dropped out after the tutorial because I got nervous about doing a digital artefact… and look at me now, making media is compulsory for BCM :)))) I have decided to film short videos of me singing songs thatContinueContinue reading “My Digital Artefact Pitch!”

PRIVACY – BCM113 ethical explainer

This ethical explainer is going to cover the issue of privacy, and specifically journalists who do not respect the privacy of others, and create news stories with only the intention to produce ‘good news’ and to benefit themselves and their career, without the thought of other people’s privacy and reputation. It will discuss the ethicsContinueContinue reading “PRIVACY – BCM113 ethical explainer”

media industries and ownership – week 4

I’m going to be honest here. The only place I really ever access news and current events is Facebook. What can I say, I do spend a lot of my time mindlessly scrolling through social media, and one day I thought why not learn at least something whilst doing it! So I followed the DailyContinueContinue reading “media industries and ownership – week 4”

representation and interpretation – week 3

Crazy old aunts deserve to die. What? This image represents somebody’s ‘crazy old aunt’, wearing copious amounts of blue eyeshadow, a fur coat and flashy jewellery, while holding a glass of what seems to be liquor and striking a tough looking pose. At face value, this advertisement seems pretty harsh, why would anyone deserve toContinueContinue reading “representation and interpretation – week 3”

media audiences – week 2

Describe a time where you were part of an audience? – The most recent time I was part of an audience was when I attended a Thirsty Merc concert a couple of weeks ago. It was at ‘Beaches’ bar in Thirroul so it was very small and intimate, and my boyfriend and I were rightContinueContinue reading “media audiences – week 2”

bit of an introduction

Hello and welcome to my brand new blog!! I’m Elly, and I am in my first year at the University of Wollongong studying a double degree of Communications and Media and Journalism, majoring in marketing communication and advertising. Since the very first time ‘careers’ started to be spoken of in High school, I haveContinueContinue reading “bit of an introduction”