Media Dissertation - Body Modification

"Body modification of one sort or another has always been practiced new technologies have opened up the possibility for radical change. This has meant that we can now change fundamental aspects of our bodies most obviously our biological sex, but also racial characteristics, signs of ageing and apparent physical imperfections.

Basically will be looking at what it means to want to radically alter the body to believe indeed that we have the 'wrong body'"

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Media Dissertation - PR Practitioners Media

The findings of the triangulated research undertaken for this paper concur with the opinions found in the literature review. They also confirm the initial hypothesis suggested: new media has the potential to help PR practitioners achieve their aims and objectives, provided that they rise to the challenge and avoid the pitfalls associated with its use. There are numerous new media tools out there. Despite that variety, however, blogs appear to be the medium that is currently playing the most prominent role in the PR industry. This is almost certainly due to the many benefits that can be derived from blogging, which explains its rapid growth. An overriding benefit is free sharing of knowledge: PROs are able to build direct relationships with ‘fans’ rather than work through mainstream media bottlenecks.

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Media Dissertation - TV Addiction Watching

“We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me, in preference to the person I am now” (thinkexist, 2006). This quote by George Seehan tells us that in order to overcome an addiction we must want to change ourselves first.It is hard for many people to admit that they have an addiction and need help. Overcoming any addiction can be a difficult process, but if you put your mind to it, anything is possible.

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Media Dissertation - Media Cultural Imperialism

Evaluate the claims made by authors arguing that media ownership and concentration lead to cultural imperialism with specific reference to a media text(s) of your choice. Do you agree? Media concentration and its impact on the effective citizen cultural participation has always been an important matter in both our past and modern society. Many authors argue that media ownership and concentration leads to cultural imperialism. To evaluate these claims we first need to define, with reference to several media texts, what the common terms of cultural imperialism, and media ownership and concentration generally refer to.

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