James Astle

James Astle
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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.

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Articles by James Astle

Parallels of 1984 to Today

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Andrew West   Q: George Orwell’s novel 1984 describes a dystopian future in which the government controls its citizens through the use of constant surveillance. What parallels can be drawn from…

Effect of Social Media on the Umbrella Movement

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Wong Wing Man   Would the Umbrella Movement have occurred if social media platforms did not exist? Introduction In response to the NPCSC decision regarding the Chief Executive electoral reform o…

Influences on TV Idents

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Kira Richards   Television idents are an important feature of television channels, they are created toentice, remind and provoke a sense offamiliarity for the audience, this is done by making the …

Does the Media Frame Social Reality?

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Critically assess the proposition that the media ‘frames’ social reality. Introduction Roughly developing processes in modern society touch all aspects of life. In the end, it highlights the impo…

Reinforcement of Stereotypes in Television and Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Since the invention of television, racial, culture and ethnic stereotypes have been used to explain unknown cultures and ethnicities to those consuming content from this medium. Stereotypes on televi…

Role of Social Media in Egyptian Revolution

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Andi Maloku [“The Role and Impact of Social Media as a Tool for Mobilization during the Egyptian Revolution of 2011”] Table of Contents (Jump to) Introduction Literature Review …

Coverage of Child Rights Issues in Pakistani Print Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Chapter 2 Literature Review A literature review is an evaluative report of information found in the literature related to the selected area of study. It is a process of reading, analyzing, evaluating…

Privacy Issues in Electronic Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

The beginning of the 21st century was dominated by extraordinary development of electronic media. Electronic Media encompasses all aspects of digital video production for traditional broadcast and ca…

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

The Millennium Development Goals (MDG’s)   This lesson deals with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). MDGs are derived from earlier development targets. The MDG’s originated from the United…

The Use of the ‘Mise-en-Scene’ in TV Shows and Movies

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

This essay is going to identify how the use of mise-en-scene in these two television programs have affected the production values and semiology of recent television series, compared to the five noughties movies. The mise-en-scene has been a huge part of film and television throughout the last century and it has vastly improved during the last fifteen years….

Analysis of News Reports

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

INTISAR SAIF SALIM AL HASHMI   Hard News – Court Drops Murder Charges against Mubarak STAGE ONE Introduction Hard news is a term often used by media practitioner or journalists to refer to the f…

Photojournalism Analysis of Hong Kong Protest

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Mohammad Aqdas Qasem   Photojournalism and Organizational Analysis of Hong Kong Protest Photojournalism is an ideology that many journalists now use to manipulate pictures to tell a story in a spe…

Reporter’s Privilege Examples

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Rahim Aziz Sajwani Fahad Faruqui   In United States of America the reporter’s privilege is provided to protect reporter from being compelled to testify the information provided by the source or …

Chinese Media Power and Control

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

SHI SHANGYUN Abstract Taking Chinese media power and control as the research objective and project title. This research paper analyzes the Chinese media status quo in modernization society and the …

Proposal for Reality Show

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Melody gear Logline: Thirty simple Australians battle for a chance to get a recording deal with one of the world’s leading music production houses, Sony music. Pitch: Genre: reality Target audien…

BBC Adaptation to Convergence

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Examine and evaluate how one media organisation has adapted to convergence: BBC. Across the media, many media organizations have responded and adapted to convergence through welcoming multi-media pla…

Future of Bangladeshi Print Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Future of Bangladeshi Print Media: Strategy of Survival of Two Highest circulated print Media in Bangladesh Aritra Ankan Mitra   Introduction This paper tries to find out the challenges and the s…

Media Ethics for Online and Social Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

ETHICS for ethical media practices in the context of Online and Social Media   Introduction The Online and Social Media constitute the major component of the life of people in terms of news, infor…

Presence of Women on Social Media

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Women Empowerment and presence of women in Social media Women empowerment has emerged out as one of the most popular topic discussed worldwide. After the start of women’s movement, the question of…

Why Has Reality TV Become Popular?

Essay. Published: 12 October 2017

Reality TV is a phenomenon that has now been the norm for a number of years. What is the reason reality TV has become so popular and what are the negative effects on young audiences? Discuss the diff…