Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on June 8, 2015
Although I’m always willing to try new things, I’ll admit that I am a little bit rigid when it comes to my eating habits, so last week I thought I would try something new – Turkish food. It seems after the stress of finishing a degree had slowly dispersed, I began to reward myself (like […]
Posted in Leisure | Tagged cuisine, culture, Food, Leicester, media and communications, University of Leicester
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on May 24, 2015
Under the new conservative government, David Cameron is introducing a counter-terrorism bill which is set to include plans for ‘extremism disruption orders designed to restrict those trying to radicalise young people’ – Wintour, 2015. What this means is that any behaviour that is considered to be deemed as including ‘a risk of public disorder, a […]
Posted in News | Tagged extreme behaviour, extremist views, freedom of speech, media and communications, news, press, the counter-terrorism bill, the media
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on April 16, 2015
After gallivanting between France and Holland and being caught up on uni work for once, I decided to take a trip home (my second home with my sister down south) for a couple of weeks – plus I was getting kind of homesick, I’m not ashamed to admit. It’s strange, for the first time in […]
Posted in Dissertation, Exams | Tagged easter break, home, juggling university work, life, life lessons, media and communications, organisation, revision, studying, visiting home
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on January 28, 2015
Seeing as semester 2 has just begun, I thought it may be insightful to discuss some of my third year modules and explain what they’re all about for those of you that are interested. One of my module options is entitled ‘Music as Communication’ and I’m intrigued to see how this one goes as I […]
Posted in Studying | Tagged Communications, education, knowledge, Media, media and communications, media students, modules, music as communication, musical therapy, Student Blogs, University of Leicester
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on December 2, 2014
One of my media modules this semester is Media and the Body. This has definitely been the most relevant and critical to society today and I would thoroughly recommend it. The subject of body image tends to crop up on a regular basis as you can imagine in the module. In Western society, implicit and […]
Posted in Health, News | Tagged barbie doll, body, body image, children, health, healthy, media and communications, natural, pressure, realistic, the media, the media and society
Posted by Nia in Media and Communication on November 25, 2014
Being at university, I’m at a point in my life where unfortunately most of my decisions tend to provide a parallel with my intellect (or lack of). Little instances provide us with an inkling of other peoples’ ranges of intellect also (what they read, what they speak about, what they eat). In my opinion this can be […]
Posted in Friends | Tagged class, cultural capital, intelligence, judgement, media and communications, skills, taste
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