Category Archives: BCM110

Isolated motivation New South Wales’ longest and most gruelling lockdown began at the end of June this year, pressing pause on normal life and stripping residents of their everyday freedoms, dining out, playing sport, going to gyms and travelling, just to name a few. Motivation levels are at an all time low for many Australians.ContinueContinue reading “JOURNALISM PROJECT 2021”

When I first learnt of the concept of ‘the sight of suffering’, the first thing that came to mind was the glorification of poverty seen on social media, people who go on a holiday to a country that sits well below the poverty line, stay in resorts and visit a school or village for oneContinueContinue reading “Pictures of Poverty”

Ever since I first downloaded Instagram in 2013, I have found it fascinating to watch other people’s lives. I loved watching Youtube videos, seeing what people did in a day, where they lived, who they hung out with, what they ate. I have spent most of my teenage years following influencers, and over the pastContinueContinue reading “Planning my approach”

After spending a couple of weeks paying close attention to the content that I engage with and that others engage with, I have decided to slightly change my media niche to healthy lifestyle posting instead of just food, as I found that more often than not, the influencers I follow that post food content thatContinueContinue reading “My Field site”

Hey! I’m Elly and for BCM241 this semester I have decided that my media niche will be surrounding food blogging and posting on Instagram. I really enjoy food content and food photography, and work 2 jobs in the hospitality industry so am surrounded with good looking food every day. I have found that most ofContinueContinue reading “What I Eat in a Day – My media niche”

Throughout the process of conducting my research, I enjoyed conducting primary research and found that it was interesting to learn the habits of my BCM212 peers, and how they differ from me. There is something fascinating about hearing what people eat for breakfast! I conducted a survey, and though I only recieved 24 responses, IContinueContinue reading “BCM212 REFLECTION”

In BCM212 this semester, we are investigating the student experience at university. For my research project I have decided that I want to research the habits of university students when it comes to health and fitness, and whether this relates to their academic performance. This idea sparked from personal experience, as I noticed that whenContinueContinue reading “BCM212 – RESEARCH PROPOSAL”

Shameless Media is an organisation that was founded by Melbourne journalists Michelle Andrews and Zara Mcdonald. The Shameless podcast features two episodes a week, a wrap up of the week in pop culture and celebrity news on Mondays, and an ‘In Conversation’ episode on Thursdays, in which Zara and Michelle have a chat to celebrities,ContinueContinue reading “The pop culture podcast for smart women who love dumb stuff”

The process of making requires us to rethink and create new ideas after the original prototype of our Digital Artefact is presented. I have built on the ideas I first initiated in my pitch video, got rid of some or realised they were not going to work for me, and also just tried to stayContinueContinue reading “Module 3 – MAKING”