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Netflix has been growing through the millions over the past ten years. People are loving the platform and the choice it gives them when watching TV. Because of Netflix people have started to binge watch. This means people can watch whatever TV show they want to watch when, and wherever they’d like to watch it.…

Since the establishment of MTV in the 1980s until today, music videos have been influential because of their ability to mirror societal and cultural pulses and trends. Railton and Watson (2011) ‘consider the relationship between music video and cultural identity not simply as a straight unbroken line – as a litany of imposed subjectivities –…

If Netflix revolutionized our consumption of television in the past decade, with streaming services dominating the way we consume media, binge-watching has become the new regular. What began as a method to catch a few episodes at a time soon became a culture and a global phenomenon that fundamentally changed the way television is produced…

Netflix has been growing through the millions over the past ten years. People are loving the platform and the choice it gives them when watching TV. Because of Netflix people have started to binge watch. This means people can watch whatever TV show they want to watch when, and wherever they’d like to watch it.…

From “Some Like it Hot” to “Euphoria,” gender flux and representation on film In a time of so much change around film and television, representation has been a central focus in debates about visibility, authenticity, and accountability. This evolution is especially noticeable in the modern days of “Trans TV” – an ever evolving medium according…

The Substance by Coralie Fargeat is a graphic examination of bodily horror that explores society’s compulsive obsession with youth and beauty, releasing these fears in a graphic, over-the-top story. The movie questions patriarchal beauty standards and their severe psychological effects, with Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in the forefront. The Substance, which had its Cannes…

A negative connotation to ‘power’ Netflix has revolutionised how TV and shows are watched nowadays. Once, people loved going to the cinema, or, renting out films they wanted to watch, or even, loved waiting for their favourite show to start on TV. Everything was slower, and it was a bit of a struggle to watch…

How much have music videos evolved? Music videos have been a part of the music industry for a very long period of time now, and it needs to be said how much they have evolved. Dating back to when MTV initially began displaying music videos on national television, the ever-growing nature of the technicality of…

Strong graphics, the sound of simple eating (ASMR), and viewers’ questions about the host’s ability to eat that much make mukbang videos on YouTube a particularly unique category that draws viewers from all over the world. We discovered that Mukbang videos on YouTube are not just about the creator’s eating experience, but also about the…