Jan 24, 2019Telling It Through The Lens: Multimodality in Storytelling.Smile, you’re on camera! With contemporary society forever being inundated with technology and social media, does it come with any surprise that interactive journalism has seen a sharp increase in the number of publications being produced? …Digital Storytelling3 min readDigital Storytelling3 min read
Jan 23, 2019Depression In The Media: Is Stigma Still Relevant In A Mentally Ill World?With 1 in 6 people in England suffering a mental health concern, is negative stereotyping in the media considered irresponsible in contemporary society? “Mental illness is not a personal failure. In fact, if there is failure, it is to be found in the way we have responded to people with…Depression5 min readDepression5 min read
Jan 18, 2019Microblogging: Say ‘Hello’ To The Future!“Welcome to Twitter. What’s happening?” Fun Fact: In 1999, there were 23 active blogs. Today, there are now over 1.5 billion blog accounts, with WordPress accounting for an astonishing 60 million of these. Emerging in the late 1990s (specifically that of 1999), blogging has become a true phenomenon, granting users…Social Media5 min readSocial Media5 min read
Dec 20, 2018Islam Vs. The Media: A Battle For The Truth.“Respect and honour all human beings irrespective of their religion, colour, race, sex, language, status, property, birth, profession/job and so on…” [17:70] Islam- The religion of peace, humanity and equality. Or, according to many news platforms (such as, The Daily Mail and The Sun), the religion of: war, hatred and…Islamophobia4 min readIslamophobia4 min read
Dec 7, 2018Welcome To My Blog: A Quick IntroductionNews and Journalism, Assignment 2: Social Media Engagement. Hello, everyone and welcome to my Medium page. My name is Bethany Stacey, a third-year BA (Hons) English Student, studying at Bournemouth University (Bournemouth, U.K.) The purpose of this blog (apart from being my university assignment!) …Journalism1 min readJournalism1 min read
Dec 7, 2018The Importance of Journalism: Is Reporting A Dying Form?Is the pivotal role of journalism being laid to rest in an increasingly complex society? Caught in a world that is forever inundated with stories of; gossip, scandal, lifestyle (often seen as soft news) politics, war and international affairs (the juxtaposition equalling hard news), the tool of journalism and its…Journalism3 min readJournalism3 min read
Nov 30, 2018Media Law: Are Journalists Too Regulated?Is it time that media regulations should be re-evaluated? Guidelines and Laws: Elements that all journalists should abide by when producing publications, with clear consideration to the legality and ethicality propositions that may be present. These guidelines, set out from the very beginning, provide light to what can and cannot…Journalism4 min readJournalism4 min read
