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The Manipulative Effect of Framed Political News

News media’s frame on political issues is more problematic than useful because it manipulates public opinion on important societal issues.

Analysing Digital Culture 101: Media and Democracy

Since the majority of people rely on social media to get informed, it is important to understand the influence they have on democracy.

Analysing Digital Culture 101: The Impact of New Media

The Analysing Digital Culture series explores the key approaches to the analysis of media and reflects on their cultural significance

Fatphobia in Media and Entertainment

Social media and body representation are not a perfect match, far from it. As Farrell (2011) points out, social media and their design as...

The Footprints and Risks of Digital Media and Communication Technology

In recent years, digital media and networks have become an integral part of everyone's everyday lives and have influenced how people...

Investigative Journalism is Not Dead Yet

Journalism is one of the pillars of democracy. Indeed, some of the main tasks of journalists are to ask uncomfortable questions, to hold...

Social Media Bubbles, Our Virtual Comfort Zone

Media bubbles, or social media bubbles, are defined as an environment in which one's exposure to news, entertainment, social media, etc.,...

Media and Poverty: How those struggling the most are hurt

Media has become an essential tool to bridge the gap in knowledge between an individual’s lived experiences and the wider world around...

Animal-Derived Clothing: the Gap in Research on Leather

Ethical issues among the leather-clothing industry are numerous, yet there is a large gap in academic research on its media representations.

The CNN Effect

The enormous influence of the media on the policy-making process introduced a new concept: the CNN effect.

Transgender Representations 101: “The Transgender Tipping Point”

As shown in the previous article (here) about New Queer Cinema, transgender representation at the down of the 21st century was not...