Below are my answers to the Top 10 Interview Questions is relation to Wall Street Journal Internship. What are your weaknesses? I believe my weakness is that I sometimes lack confidence when pitching my own ideas during group discussions. However, I have recently been working on and improving my confidence skills and I have noticed […]
Read moreThe readings for this week all show a different perspective on the topic of subcultures and fandoms. Henry Jenkins described subcultures as a way that people express their own identities in his piece ‘Textual Poachers’. This links with Kabas’ point that ‘subcultures create meaningful identities by means of their consumption rituals’. For me, subcultures are […]
Read moreThat was it. The last day college is officially over. No more exams, no more classes, no more pacing aimlessly down numerous hallways every day. As I sit at the bar staring existentially into my third Martini, the realisation of having to settle for a 9-5 job with no relation to my dreams starts to […]
Read moreLink to Drew Tewksbury’s portfolio https://www.drewtewksbury.com Whilst looking at many different online portfolios for inspiration for the direction to put my own portfolio in, as well as for this week’s task, there was one portfolio that stood out to me the most. The portfolio that stood out for me was by multimedia producer, Drew Tewksbury. […]
Read moreOur task for today was to talk about a subculture that we approve of and one that we do not approve of. Personally, I don’t feel as though I think negatively of any subcultures as I believe that being a part of a subculture is a large defining point of who somebody is and that […]
Read moreThrough reading and watching Stuart Hall’s pieces for this week’s task, I picked out a few points that I thought were interesting. One point that Stuart Hall made in his interview on Policing the Crisis was ‘what happens to a society when it starts to disintegrate [..] are senses of threat [begin to appear]’. Hearing […]
Read moreCurrently, I am a second year student at Coventry University studying Media and Communications. After coming from an engineering background prior to university, I chose to study this course to gain an insight into different parts of the media industry and to learn about a broad scope of techniques used. During my first year at […]
Read moreSocial Media – Chrissie Savvas I watched a presentation given by Chrissie Savvas from Birmingham Live about Social Media which was given as part of the Careers in the Media guest speaker series. In her presentation, Chrissie Savvas spoke about the different groups and brands there are as a part of Birmingham Live. Her presentation […]
Read moreAfter Graduating from Coventry University, I plan to further my education in the field of journalism to aid in achieving my goal of becoming an international political journalist. During my time at university, I have learnt about different platforms and how they are used to engage with people. I will also learn how journalism and […]
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