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Media Framing: Who Decides What We See and How We See It

December 4, 2011 Leave a comment

In the 21st century, the media has come to play huge part in how we view the world and events which take place all around it. From student riots in Dublin to union strikes in France, from the Occupy Wall Street movement to the Arab Spring, the world has indeed shrunk thanks to the ubiquity of the media and its various machinations. We now have have almost instantaneous information about almost every conceivable event from all around the globe at any time of the day or night. Twenty-four news is now the norm and we are fed information that we sometimes don’t want to know or even care about. The news we receive though, is not neutral. It is always, without fail, framed in a certain manner, either to push a particular viewpoint or agenda, or simply lacking in any viewpoint at all. The media tell us how to view certain events, personalities and everything in-between but conversely, they also at times encourage no opinions to be formed about what is taking place. The role of the media is not to inform, but to control. As Pierre Bourdieu notes, the role of the media is to produce their own view of society which they themselves then report on, thus reinforcing their initial view or to put it more simply, they describe a particular reality and then report on it; a positive feedback loop of sorts.The world is what they decide it to be. This is why the understanding of the concept of framing is of vital importance. If you understand framing, you understand not only how the media works, but how the world at large is sometimes, and rather simply, a construction of the media and its owners.

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Corporate Crime: A History, and the Importance of its Study

April 3, 2011 1 comment

The study of white-collar crime and in particular, corporate crime, is of huge relevance to the study of deviance and criminology in general. It is an area which has been somewhat overlooked since the inception of criminology as a discipline and this is a gaping blind spot and in turn is a rather huge detriment to anyone who wishes to study the area.

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Interview for Of Cork’s

February 27, 2011 Leave a comment

Below is a short interview, regarding this website, that I did for ofcorks.com. It covers some of the basic reasons for me setting up this site and also some of my own academic endeavours in recent times. I also mention some of my hobbies along with giving some advice to others who are considering setting up their own blog or website.

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The Future of Music

August 23, 2010 1 comment

(Originally Published on Corkstudentnews.com in August 2010)

I love music. During any of my waking hours it can be safely assumed that I am listening to music. It could be while walking into town, on the bus, working on my computer or simply kicking back and relaxing; something which I am quite good at I might add. I grew up as a part of a very musical family where there was always an instrument or two lying around. Granted I didn’t learn to appreciate this until I was a little older, I do not doubt the fact that without such a childhood, I wouldn’t have become so enthralled by music as a teenager. There was a problem though.

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Don’t Ask Me To “Support The Scene”

August 20, 2010 Leave a comment

The above is a term which tends to get thrown around quite often in the Irish metal scene. It’s a rather simple and understandable statement seeing as we are relatively isolated from the rest of Europe. But does it really hold any weight in 21st century Ireland? Up until relatively recently, bands were reluctant to play over here due to the costs of playing on a small island somewhat off the beaten track from mainland Europe. This has changed in recent years however as more and more bands decided to include Ireland in their “European Tour”. While this was going on, the Irish underground was still ticking away week after week regardless of whether or not some international band decided to visit these shores.

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