Year 12 Week 9

May 16, 20232 min read

Week 9 - Media ‘Truths’

Often in the media, certain ideas are repeated and reinforced so frequently that we forget they are merely just someone’s ideas at all...

May 15, 20233 min read

Media Diary week 9- How the facts and the fiction of UK immigration

There are a variety of reasons why immigration has been a significant concern for the U.K media. For instance, one of the primary...

May 11, 20231 min read

Week 9 Media Diaries

Today, we are constantly exposed to anti immigration campaigns through all forms of media.

May 4, 20232 min read

Week 9: Video Games Causing Violence?

Remember how, in the wake of yet more awful shootings in the US this month, Fox News decided to blame video games rather than, you know,...

May 1, 20232 min read

Media Diaries Week 9: Beauty Standards

There are many truths that we are told throughout our lives, whether it be by friends and family or strictly through the media this is...

May 1, 20232 min read

Myth Busting : Video games causing violence?

Since the decade of video nasties and blocky 8 bit computers producing titles like The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on the Atari 2600 (1983);...

May 26, 20212 min read

Media Diaries Week 9

In today’s society, the media play a big (if not biggest) role in how individuals build up their own views on migrants through their...

Feb 6, 20192 min read

Women's Body Standards

Ever since we were young we have been tricked into believing certain myths or 'truths' that are reinforced by the media. One of the...

Feb 6, 20193 min read

Damaging Beauty Standards For BOTH Men & Women

Myths are told to us through many different mediums and institutions through our lives. From our parents, to schools to social media, we...

Feb 6, 20193 min read

The Truth About Body Image

From a young age we are told myths- from the small ones such as Santa Clause, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny, to the more harmful...