James is a scholar and writer that specialises in a variety of topics. He is a subject matter expert in areas like politics and international relations, and also offers insights into education, art, media and literature.
The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is the consolidated union formed in 2012, when the Screen Actors Guild and the Television and Radio Artists…
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The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about one of its prisoners, Andy Dufresene and his experiences at the prison (Darabont, Marvin, Robbins, Freeman, Gunton, Sadler, & B…
Through art, whether it be paintings, music, or movies, is a way to portray the socio-economic struggles of the society is facing. The life and experiences of the characters in Charlie Chap…
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Ethnicity representation is an important yet controversial issue in the United States. For many years, the images of people from ethnicities other than white have …
When one raises the question ‘What does classic mean?’ or ‘What belongs in the canon?’, many debates are sparked. Twelve Years a Slave should be read by all, young people included simply …
The Role of Disguise
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Disguise refers to anything changing or concealing the appearance of a person or thing including the physical appearance to hide secret identit…
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Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to business actors King Poe, Jr and Elizabeth Poe in Boston, MA. He became an orphan at the age of three after his dad des…
Renowned Gender theorist Judith Butler argues that most people tend to ‘[act] in some way and that [this] is crucial to the gender [they] [have].’[1] In other words, Butler claims that both m…
Recognition is a poem written by the contemporary poet Kate Clanchy, who is a Scottish teacher and poet, and who has been awarded with several prizes, among them; the Scottish Arts Council Book A…
“charm’d drinkes and amorous potions”
Romeo and Juliet and Comus make ubiquitous reference to potions, and inherently magical objects, both imprisoning, soporific, poisonous, and c…
Studies of media clearly indicate that the media as we know it today largely came into prominence at a point in time when the political ideas of democracy and participation were becoming a politi…
Samantha woke up in a cold sweat the morning of her first day of high school, she was horrified. Her best friend, Alexis, had slept over the night before. “What’s wrong?” Alexis groaned, ha…
Does media constrain or enable social movements and protest actions?
A social movement is an informal grouping of individuals who strive towards a common goal, either to create or …
First published in July 1890, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ was featured in Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine[1]– an American periodical which provided writers, more well-established than Wild…
Pique
“Sylvia Plath’s final work Daddy and other Poems also styled Ariel, was done a disservice in its original exclusion of “The Rabbit Catcher,” “The Other,” and “The Cou…
Germany Year Zero
Germany Year Zero was made in 1947 by Rossellini and was the third film of his War Trilogy. It takes place two years after World War II ended with Hitler’s defeat and…
ESPN is a well-known sports channel that is considered to be the worldwide leader in sports. ESPN was founded in 1979 by Bill and Scott Rasmussen and was formerly known as the Entertainment and S…
The media represents the multitude of means of communication, such as newspapers, radio, movies, internet, and video games, that has the purpose to inform the audience about all kinds of news, fr…
This dissertation is interested in the ways that discourse is able to create and maintain dominant knowledge about the social world. The focus will be on how selected newspapers in the UK have us…
Sense and Sensibility is a novel by Jane Austen published in 1811 and focuses on telling a story of two young girls, Elinor and Marianne, Dashwood sisters, as they come of age. It is an incredibl…
