The ‘Ordinary’ Instagram Celebrity

Celebrity product endorsement is a marketing technique that we are all familiar with. It has used over and over again and works because advertises lead us, the consumers, to believe that we can be just like our favourite celebrities if we use and consume the same…

Boy&Girl: a review

Presented by Brisbane’s Oscar Theatre Company, Boy&Girl offers a debaucherous, gender-bending cabaret performance that has audiences uncomfortably realising how pervasive sexism still is in the 21st century.

My Digital Shadow

Using technology does not come any easier to me than it does to most of the world. I still struggle with the easiest of tasks such as using dvd players or streaming videos online. Still, if I wanted to I could find out everything I need to know about you in a matter of minutes by tracing your…

Happiness at our Fingertips? — The Social Impacts of Virtual Hookup

Just as our society continues to evolve with the changes in technology, so do the mediums for ‘online dating’ and ‘online socialising’.Forums for meeting new people existed way back in the 1700’s. Those who were…

Myth Busting Infotainment for the Sake of My Credibility

I’m here to admit Pedestrian TV is one of my primary sources of news. I’m a final year media and communications student and one of my primary sources of news is from a website presenting news in a “not so newsy” manner. Is admitting…

MELBOURNE STORM…THE BRAND!

In the 2004 second State of Origin game a young curly haired Queensland winger scored an amazing try from a one of a kind ‘chip and chase’. This try racked up the points for Queensland to win the game and the try scorer, Billy Slater, justifiably received man of the match. Ever…

Derivative work: For Fun, For Satire, For Imagination

When you watch a movie or a book, is the ending or pairing same or similar to your expectation? Sometimes it is, however, sometimes it isn’t. People, especially fans may be disappointed with it because of the unexpected ending. Due to…

I guess I’m the person the news warned you about.

Thoughts like, “What is this cruel, scary world we live in?” are likely to creep into our minds after watching the grim six o’clock news. Numerous studies have shown this is a common reaction. An article published in the ‘Journal of…

Wes Anderson brings all the boys (and girls, Mums, Dads and oldies alike) to the yard.

I work part-time at a popular Brisbane cinema. Palace Barracks Cinema, to be specific. If you haven’t experienced Palace Barracks Cinemas, you’ve surely heard of it. It’s Brisbane…

Follow for a Follow, Like for a Like; Dollar for a Follow, Dollar for a Like.

There was this girl I knew and she treasured her Instagram account so much. Not only was her online life non-representative of her real one, but she had also somehow accumulated an extra 300…

The $300,000 Woman: Money Well Spent?

I am not a fan of reality television. There, I said it.

And before you scroll past my blog, no, this is not an article that sees me get on my high horse rambling how such television programs are dumbing down society, or about how these…