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Other Issues in Media and Society

 Greeting everyone!

My blog about the misleading statistics in the media was presenting one of the current issues in the media related to misuse of statistics in the media and fake news. However, there are a lot of issues that exist in the media, and they variously affect people. That is why it is important to learn about them, and understand the ways of how they do affect us. Luckily, my classmates have created interesting, thoughtful, insightful, and important analysis of these problems, and I recommend all of you to visit their blogs and read about these issues. 


Artem Ageenko - " Social Media Impact on the Workplace "

 The blog made by Artem Ageenko presents the modern issue of social media involvement and impact on the workplace. In his blog, he describes the various events with subsequent discussions about the relevance of that issue from the employers & employees perspectives. Also, he discusses the benefits of social media in terms of communication between the employees of the firms and researchers, and job performance. So, I suggest that this blog would be interesting for whose who use social media in their academical and professional work. 

The link: https://mediaandwork.blogspot.com/


Liliya Sabitova - " Impact of Tik Tok on society "

The TikTok has been one of the most emerging social media platforms in the last 3 years, and it has already created the questions and concerns about its influence on society. The blog by Liliya Sabitova describes the positive and negative impact of TikTok on society. It describes the recent events that occured about the TikTok, its impact on people and talks about banning the TikTok. Additionally, it describes how the content recommendations are made by the algorithms and some content's influence on people with psychological disorders. As most of us are TikTok users (probably), I suggest everyone to read this blog  for understanding of TikTok's impact on us. 

The link:https://generationoftiktok.blogspot.com/


Evgeniia Solomkina - " FOMO: Our Strongest Enemy "

The fear of missing out, or FOMO, is one of the syndromes that emerges by being exposed to the media content. The blog made by Evgeniia Solomkina describes that issue, explains its symptoms, how to identify the syndrome and the ways of preventing it. Also, it describes the increase of FOMO syndrome during the pandemic, and the Black Friday that affects the people to buy goods using words that trigger FOMO. I suggest reading this article because it describes an important topic which emerge now a lot. 

The link:https://weallaremissingout.blogspot.com/



Nikolai Meissnest - " Violence in Drill Rap Music "

The drill genre in music became one of the most emerging and popular genres in the music, however, the content of drill in most of cases promotes violence, and that becomes the concern that described in the blog by Nikolay Meissnest. He describes various criminal events that were made by drill rappers, and problems with understanding the lyrics and slang of drill songs among the policemen. If you are in love with the music and drill genre, I recommend you to read that blog. 

The link:https://drillviolence.blogspot.com/


Aneta Skapikova - " Fake News in the Media "

The problem of fake news and its impact on the media is partially reflected with my topic of misleading statistics. The blog made by Aneta Skapikova presents the topic of fake news in media, with description of events such as spread of them by social media and influencers of the social media. Additionally, Aneta describes the ways of how to not being tackled by the fake news, and the ways for government to combat the fake news. I suggest that this blog would be important to understand the emerging issue of fake news, and the ways of tackling it. 

The link:https://fakenewsinthemedia.blogspot.com/


I hope that you will find this blogs interested and educational for you!









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