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Whats In Your Closet!

Our new podcast is finally released!! We hope all listeners enjoy our first episode. The links below will take you to the podcast and the instagram.  Unfortunately, I was not able to upload the podcast to my personal Spotify for Podcasters account. Instead, I put in the link to the official Whats in Your Closet account. Enjoy! Podcast: click here! Instagram: click here!

New IG account Blog and the importance of using Instagram for digital storytelling

  Goals of Instagram and Social Media using Posts, Reels, and Stories Samuel Williams Instagram has become one of the most popular social media platforms in the world since its release. With its ability to expand to a very large audience around the world, it had allowed millions to receive information about sources they would have never heard of. With social media and especially instagram on the rise, using instagram as a platform of marketing is one of the most important ways of spreading word. The goal of our instagram storytelling is to get our message across about whatever opinion we have on whatever subject. In the case of my small insta account, it is about music and controversy. In my recent instagram post, reel, and story, I focused on the controversies around Kanye West, or Ye, and why his image has received lots of controversy over the past few years. With Instagram and the use of hashtags, one can use their social media to express their opinions and views to an audience ...

Academic Blog About Shakespeare

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  Image Credit: American Players Theatre The Mysteries of Williams Shakespeare Samuel Williams William Shakespeare has become known as one of the greatest writers in human history. His writing, his style, and his iconic works have established themselves as some of the greatest written pieces in history. Today, I will be diving into and analyzing Shakespeare's impact and the legacy he leaves for scholars and researchers alike using the ProQuest database and an academic journal called Who Was the Real William Shakespeare? Reviews of 'Shakespeare Without a Life,' 'Stalking Shakespeare,' 'What Was Shakespeare Really Like?' and 'Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies'.   The study above does a breakdown on how making books about Shakespeare have no real end. Stated by the author, Willard Spiegelman, “In particular, a set of questions about the writer—concerning identity, authorship, legitimacy—has vexed readers for centuries”.What is stated here is...

Podcast about copyright

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 Link to podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/dashboard/home Link to article about a topic from the podcast: https://www.cbr.com/family-guy-story-behind-star-wars-episodes/ Link to photo:https://www.cbr.com/family-guy-story-behind-star-wars-episodes/

This Past Weekend Controversy Podcast

The term "woke" has been one of the most controversial terms in recent years as well as the 21st century as a whole. The entire idea of being politically correct has left many people both questioning and judging with many different remarks. With this whole rise of being woke, many have done the opposite of being politically correct and have had a strong passions for the more irreverent style of comedy that is the opposite of politically correct. One podcast that has taken more to this angle is the This Past Weekend podcast with stand up comedian, Theo Von. This podcast had sparked lots of controversy over the past few years for its politically irreverent jokes and remarks, strong bias, and many examples of mis/disinformation.  Interestingly enough, many of the bias remarks, faulty information, and problems with the media in this podcast have come from controversial stars that have been featured on the podcast. Some examples of controversial figures that have been on the podca...

Comparison of two different news stories

When it comes to any story about a massive headline in the field of marine biology, I am always interested or intrigued by the breaking headlines. Just recently, there was a news headline that came out about a discovery in Virginia Beach that has scientists in the field of marine biology questioning and thinking. On March 11th, 2023, two very large dead humpback whales washed ashore on the oceanfront. What has had the community of marine biologists questioning was the cause of death. While there were many news outlets that did stories about this shocking discovery, two of the main ones that did major headlines on this topic were 13newsnow and pilotonline. While both news outlets were talking about the same story, the wording to the story was different and they way they described the situation was also different. Both had different approaches to the whole situation and studying the differences was very interesting to take notes on. The first news source that posted an article about the ...

Interactive News Release

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 Headline: Former Student From Loreto Grammar School Is Making Massive Motion Across The Fashion World The teenager, Alice McGrath, at only 19 years of age is making impacts across the world of fashion. Coming from Omagh, County Tyrone, the young superstar is making headlines. The way she is making headlines is through her unique and original fashion designs and her following of fashion on tik tok. Because she started modeling with different agencies back in 2021, her new and unique fashion choices have taken the world by storm. Just recently, at fashion week in Paris, her new style has had audiences amazed that the 19 year old model has been able to make such beautiful and original designs. She has been signed to modeling studios in Paris, Milan, London, and as of recent, Barcelona. Her style, described as "ultra-elite", has gained global attention because of originality and social media. Most of her interviews with the press have been through The Irish Times , and during th...