Author: Xinran

3 Comments on I feel really uncomfortable when I watch some advertising!
Posted in 4. ‘Media Discourse’ Or ‘The male gaze’

I feel really uncomfortable when I watch some advertising!

What is Male Gaze? Male gaze is a way of portraying and looking at women that empowers…

4 Comments on How do you talk to your friends and understand what they are saying?
Posted in 3. ‘Manufacturing Consent’ Or ‘Ideas of encoding and decoding’

How do you talk to your friends and understand what they are saying?

Stuart Hall Stuart Hall, a renowned cultural theorist, popularised the ideas of encoding and decoding to better…

2 Comments on All the world’s a stage: Identity Construction in a Virtual World
Posted in 2. ‘Medium theory’ Or ‘Construction of Identity in a digital world’

All the world’s a stage: Identity Construction in a Virtual World

In the era of digital dominance, our lives have become increasingly entangled with the digital realm. Technology has ushered…

3 Comments on Have you ever realised we are surrounded by the Two Step Flow Theory?
Posted in 1. ‘Two Step Flow theory’ Or ‘Culture Industry’

Have you ever realised we are surrounded by the Two Step Flow Theory?

We are continuously assaulted with information from many media sources in contemporary linked society. We are exposed…

Posted in Hello World

self-introduction

My name is Xinran Wang, and I’ve been studying in the UK for 6 years since I…