The Journey of Life

"Life is a journey, not a race"

Ideology and Discourse

Discourse and ideology talk of the correlations between power and knowledge. They are used to understand how knowledge is used in order to control others.
These terms are very often used in discussion, but what exactly do they mean?

Disability

 Defined by its discourse, disability holds a specific place within the media. The way in which it is talked about and portrayed creates a borderline separating people with impairments from people considered healthy or ‘normal’. Especially motion pictures influence society. Through entertainment they shape attitudes and define what is socially accepted.

Dying Media

I have heard that the books are a dying medium. So is the radio, newspapers, analog photography, etc. Some of them are already hanging on by a thread, like the gramophone or the videotape. Everything seems to be shifting to digital. But is that such a bad thing?
I believe that as long as we remember the past media and appreciate them, there is nothing wrong with making life easier through the new ones.

Loneliness

Being alone doesn't have to be sad and depressing. It can be treated as an extra space for you to get to know yourself and to think of anything that you feel needs a closer analysis.

FOMO

FOMO is the slang abbreviation of the Fear Of Missing Out. How many times have you caught yourself throwing aside whatever you have been doing and rushing to meet your friends who just started having fun without you? Because how could you miss out on such an opportunity of... well, endless possibilities!

Narcisism

With the arrival of the social media, there came the selfie. But what is the reasoning behind taking a selfie? Is it reasonable that people sometimes feel that at a certain moment the world should know what they look like? And is it okay to feel good about yourself without necessarily being narcissistic?

Gender Inequality

Throughout centuries women have been denied the same rights as men. In modern times their position in society seems to have shifted: they can pursue their own career, engage in politics and have gained independence. However, even though women appear to be equal to men, they are not presented as such by the media. Perhaps the best, and most drastic, examples are provided by the music industry, where women are often objectified, presented as inferior to men and reduced to their sexuality.

The Public Self

Nowadays we live in an information age, where almost everybody is able to express their opinions, beliefs and attitudes and target mass audiences. Most of the people have an ‘online-Self’ on various Internet portals, which they use to communicate with other ‘online-people’. But do the social media really help in self-development and the interaction with other people? Is the ‘online-Self’ congruent with the real Self?