Life is a Trigger

Why are we as a society finding new ways to silence the discussion of uncomfortable topics? We have become a generation that is oversensitive and too afraid to discuss topics such as sexual assault and rape without said trigger warnings. This brings me to my research question; Are trigger warnings used on social media making...

Online Interactions on Hinge.

During my semester of BCM241, I have been learning about ethnography and the study of people. Being newly single, I wanted to dive into a realm of something that I could participate in and also find interesting. I have always found online dating to be interesting and how certain interactions you have with someone on...

What’s a Horse’s Favourite TV Soap Opera? Neighbours…

Television has always played a large role in my life growing up. For as long as I can remember my family always made sure we had the biggest and best TV money could buy, along with a Foxtel box which basically changed the way I watched television. When I was young, I spent a lot...

The Antisocial Social Club

Antisocial, what is even the meaning of antisocial, anyways? I don't smoke and neither do my friends, however, on a night out, I see people sneak away to the smoking area and I always think, that is so antisocial. What makes something antisocial though? These groups of smokers all interact with each other in this...

Ethnography to Cinematography

The scent of popcorn resonates with me, popcorn for me is the heart of watching a movie. Whenever I see a movie, I always book my seats online and make sure I am not sitting near large groups of people, COUPLES! and most importantly somewhat in the middle. The next point of call is arriving...

Introducing BCM241 – Media Ethnographies

I never thought that I would fall into this category until one day I did. Instagram took away the ability for users to see how many likes other users receive on their content, if you had asked me before Instagram took this away I would have told it wouldn't bother me. Well as the old...

BCM212: Reflection

Over the past two months, I have been gathering information to answer my research project question, What do Students do for Exercise, Why and How often? Initially I started off by researching as much as I could on the topic, so I could understand all of the angles, it became relatively obvious that there was...

UPDATE: BCM212

This is an update on an ongoing research project: 'What do students do for exercise, why and how often?' Read my original proposal here.  Exercise is extremely important among students as it helps with cognitive stimulation and increases focus. The aim of my project is to understand why students choose to put exercise on the...

BCM212: Research Proposal – To Run Or Not To Run

The Article 'The Benefits of Exercise for Students' asked me this question. "What do lecture halls, tutorials, computer desks, food courts, and libraries have in common?" and all I could think of was that this is where university students spend most of their time. Which then got me thinking, so now I am going to...

For The Love of Nollywood

In this day and age of globalisation, Nollywood and Korean cinema have become increasingly predominant both locally and in Western nations. The Okome reading discusses the local audience and the way it consumes Nollywood. Nollywood refers to the culture of Nigerian cinema, and is described as being ‘technologically-savvy’ and ‘still largely a curiosity’. Nollywood is an example...

International Students

At some point in our lives we all find the urge to travel, so when the opportunity of studying abroad is available, why wouldn't we take advantage of it? This is something that is done by thousands of students across the globe, they travel to Australia in order to undertake their university studies. Though, with...

Utopian or Dystopian

Globalisation is referred to as the emergence of other, (generally Western) norms and influences into non-Western societies and cultures. The effects of globalisation can be found in anyone’s day-to-day life, as it has spread so broadly over the centuries and in many different forms. Without realising, your everyday activities may be a result of the...