Unraveling the Threads: Manufacturing Consent in the Media
Introduction According to Ayolov (2023), in today’s information-saturated world, “Manufacturing Consent” by Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky has…
Manufacturing consent
Social media is like the ‘Truman Show’ Social media now seems to create a fake world in…
Hello World – Introducing Me
Hi guys, my name is Isaac Boakye. I was born and brought up in London, both my…
Encoding and Decoding – Reception Theory!
Stuart Hall was a British cultural theorist with Jamaican lineage, he is deemed by many as one…
What you see is what I want you to see
‘Manufacturing Consent’ is a concept jointly proposed by American scholars Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman. It…
Confidently shout about freedom of speech – but are they?
The idea of the propaganda model proposed in this book is still very relevant in today’s society….
The Propaganda Model in manufacturing consent and its “filters”.
Manufacturing consent is the process by which power aligns the consciousness of the masses with the dominant…
The encoding and decoding model
Stuart Hall was a sociologist and theorist who co-founded the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the…
Decoding in communications
Decoding is the process of converting a message from its original format into a format that is…
Medium Theory: Constructing Identity in the Digital Fast Lane of Formula One
In the complex world of the pinnacle of motorsport, Formula One, where the paths of speed, precision…
Construction of identity in a digital world
The construction of identity in the digital world is a complex process with many determinants. Here are…
Self introduce
Hello everyone! My name is Yunqi Lou(Theresa), I’m 20 years old and I come from China. My…
I sent a text, but should have called.
Sometimes we get so lost in our lives that we forget to talk to our loved ones….
Construction of self in actors- how do they know who they are?
The way that a person comes across will be interpreted differently by different people. This is because…
“Is liking really important?”
Goffman argued that we display a series of masks to others in acting roles, controlling and staging…
Are you facing self-amputation in digital age?
The medium theory was put forward by Marshall McLuhan from his book《Understanding Media》in 1964. Herbert Marshall McLuhan…
The key to trust in the digital world: digital identity
Digital identity is the key to unlocking the door of trust in the digital world. We cannot…
Keys to trust in the digital world: identity
In Bruce Schneier’s book he describes the phenomenon that people want to benefit from betraying the group…
Who am I, What am I, Why am I?
Featured image. “I am a series of moods and sensations. I play a thousand roles”, says Anais…
From Cookbook to Screen: Understanding ‘The Medium is the Message'”
Medium theory is an analytical framework that studies how specific communication tools and methods influence the particular…
The Medium and it’s Manipulation of the Message.
Media is ever present in our modern society, whether it be News, Television, Radio or Social Media….
Cosplayers: character identity construction in virtual worlds
When I was in junior high school, I was particularly fond of watching anime, and whenever I…
Are you the person you are in a digital world?-Construction of Identity in a digital world
If I ask you if are you the same person as you are on the Internet, it’s…
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…
