I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the 50 year old BBC show Doctor Who, but I have watched every single episode and special since it’s revival in 2005. The Doctor himself has been played by a slew of different actors and has always had a (usually female) companion by his side. […]
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how our means of communicating with one another are changing drastically. And what sort of consequences come from this transitionary phase of communication? What immediately comes to mind is the movie Catfish, and the subsequent MTV reality show of the same name. For those of you not familiar with […]
It’s that time of the semester! Time to buckle down, put the nose to the grindstone, and all the other awful sounding cliches that indicate the next month of my life will be miserable. With impending final papers, presentations, and projects I’ve been doing a bit of light reading for one of these papers I […]
Last week I was subjected to the nearly two and a half hour torture that was the movie Spring Breakers. But even though the movie was an excruciating ordeal, I did love seeing the previews. One of the previews that caught my eye was for a movie coming out this year called The Bling Ring, […]
Although this topic has been extensively covered in the media recently, I feel intensely aware of the Steubenville rape case that has been a hot topic on the news. Whether it’s because I am a student at St. Edward’s, and our school likes to think that they are teaching us to become aware of and […]
As an Austinite, it seems as though all I’ve been hearing about lately is SXSW. Typically, that means I will stay as far away from the city as possible, sticking to the outskirts and not even attempting to attend any shows or events. However, for the brave souls willing to fight the crowds, I thought […]
A reoccurring theme that I have noticed in many of my classmates’ presentations, posts, and papers is celebrity fan culture and how fan and celebrity “relationships” are heightened through the use of social media. Before the age of social media, fans interacted with their favorite celebs via one-way media such as magazines, television, or personal […]
In honor of the 85th Annual Academy Awards tonight I am blogging about the Oscars! I’ve always watched the Red Carpet Live and the subsequent extravagant awards show. However, this year I am following the entire show like I’ve never followed before. In the lead up to the actual Academy Awards, I’ve been following the […]
Lately, social media and its benefits and costs have been on my mind. This most likely has something to do with the fact that I am a communication major and right now, social media is THE big thing in the realm of communication. However, it seems more at the forefront of my mind than […]
Something that I’ve been really interested in lately is why social media has such a large part in our lives, especially in those lives of people from my generation: the Millenials. We have things like Facebook Addiction Disorder, which is a recognized problem with those who can not stay off of Facebook. They constantly […]