Tahni Beattie
By: Tahni Beattie In the lecture we learned about the way new mediums revitalise storytelling. As we’ve selected Vice / Broadly as our publication, I’ve been watching the way they tell their stories. One that I really like is this short video about finding the perfect power suit. It’s great how something ordinary –how clothes …
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By: Tahni Beattie Flew argues that Web 2.0 is largely credited with reducing the barriers of entry to audiences participating in the creation of media, when considered in comparison to previous forms of mass media, e.g. 'prosumers,' 'produsers.' Click image to begin slideshow: Active audience theories by Hall, suggest that audiences do not passively consume …
By: Tahni Beattie Vice's Media Kit is an impressive document. Their audience is predominantly female with ages ranging from 18-34. And after reading Holland & Tiggeman's review of social media sites and their impact on body image we felt that it is crucial to deliver our audience positive feminist role models, such as Frances Cannon, …
By: Tahni Beattie This week's lecture - especially the part about ad hoc publics / hashtag publics - was particularly relevant to our feature. It led us to create ... ... as the basis of our feature. McLean & Maalsen argue that hashtag campaigns have the ability to reignite feminist debates and often lead to …
By: Tahni Beattie Our group identified that our common interests are: feminism and social media. Initially we thought of producing a web feature teaching people 'How to become a feminist influencer' but realised that this topic was too broad. Then Polina said she had a friend who publishes feminist art on Instagram: And Nisha was …
Feature 1 September, 2011 By Bianca Nogrady In Western industrialized countries our diets revolve around meat. But rumours abound that being vegetarian is better for the environment. Could there be some truth to it? We investigate the evidence. Death row inmates in the United States put a lot of thought into their final meal …
