Author: Jude

Hi! My name is Jude- i'm a exchange student from Dallas Texas studying here at Westminster. I am excited to be apart of this blog and class!
4 Comments on Through the Lens of Desire: The Male Gaze in Mean Girls
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Through the Lens of Desire: The Male Gaze in Mean Girls

In Laura Mulvey’s male gaze theory, she argues that mainstream cinema and other visual media often represent…

1 Comment on Decoding Modern Family: How Stuart Hall’s Theory Intersects with the Sitcom’s Messaging
Posted in 3. ‘Manufacturing Consent’ Or ‘Ideas of encoding and decoding’

Decoding Modern Family: How Stuart Hall’s Theory Intersects with the Sitcom’s Messaging

 “Modern Family,” a popular television sitcom that ran between 2009 through 2020, presents an excellent case study…

5 Comments on Keeping up the Medium: the Medium Theory through the lens of the Kardashians.
Posted in 2. ‘Medium theory’ Or ‘Construction of Identity in a digital world’

Keeping up the Medium: the Medium Theory through the lens of the Kardashians.

In our ever-evolving world, where we’re constantly transitioning from medium to medium from screens to pages, from…

1 Comment on The Two Step Flow Theory and Influencers: How Perceived Trustworthiness Impacts Brand and Media Perception.
Posted in 1. ‘Two Step Flow theory’ Or ‘Culture Industry’

The Two Step Flow Theory and Influencers: How Perceived Trustworthiness Impacts Brand and Media Perception.

The Two-Step Flow Theory of communication, introduced by Paul Lazarsfeld, Bernard Berelson, and Hazel Gaudet in their…

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Introduction: Jude Wheatley

Hi Y’all! My name is Jude and I’m a 20 year old student from Columbia, Missouri studying…