media

Purpose: The Main Tool of Manipulation

Receiving compliments is a good feeling known to each of us. It makes us feel worthy, providing us with a tangible experience with the abstract question of why we live. The more the compliment is directed towards what we personally think we are good at or want to be good at, the more satisfaction we...

Emotions in Politics

Political science is a beautiful field of science. Although it does not always receive recognition from the broader public for being a highly complex and essential discipline, political science can be seen as the crossroads of many academic streams. While maths, biology, physics, sociology, economics, anthropology and many other scientific realms are viewed within their...

Knowledge and Race

Why does the media use language to side with Israel in the currently re-intensifying conflict with Palestine? Why was the media so invested in the Ukraine conflict and completely ignored the Russian side of the story in its narrative? Why is the white world quick to label acts of violence of non-white people as terrorist...

Politics Through Language

Among the very few beautiful sides of us humans, language may be the shiniest one. Words, regardless of spoken or written, are of so immeasurable importance to us as conscious creatures that they are our most important reproductive tool – without them, we would just grow in numbers. Language is colourful. It can warm our...

The Demise of Social Identities in the Age of Corporatocracies and New Media

To what extent are our personalities and lifestyles original and authentic in the age of corporatocracy, in which the new media ecosystem constitutes the very back-bone of it? The term ‘new media’ initially emerged to capture a sense that quite rapidly from the late 1980s on the media and world of communications began to look...

Freedom of Expression: Right or Duty?

Although it seems to be a matter of contemporary importance, in particular, freedom of expression has always been a point of great interest. As a social species, much of our identity is based on our individual feelings, thoughts and opinions. They reflect our personal history and our individual set of norms and values. This, in...