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This Episode of Bluey is Called… Domestic Realism in Children’s Television: Didacticism Through Play
The Australian children’s television show ‘Bluey’ is one of the most culturally significant animations of the 21st century. Produced by Ludo Studios for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), it has transcended domestic success to international acclaim. Officially described as “ABC’s most successful series ever,” ‘Bluey’ has accumulated over 170 million plays on ABC iView (Transparency…
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The ‘Heart Watch’ App, Platformisation & SDG 9 – A Contextual Statement
The ‘Heart Watch’ app is an innovative health technology breakthrough built exclusively for the Apple Watch, designed to detect early signs of heart attacks through continuous biometric monitoring. In this powerful video advertisement, viewers are confronted with short disturbing, hard-to-digest statistics about the frequency and fatality of cardiac arrests, forcing them to reflect on the…
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Have Thoughts on Campus Dining at UOW – Take This Survey or have an Interview!
Do you eat at the UOW food courts or cafes? I want to hear from you! I’m conducting a short survey to better understand how students experience campus dining spaces, from food quality and affordability to comfort, convenience, and social connection. Your feedback will help shape recommendations to improve these spaces for all students. 👉…
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‘Heart Watch’ – 500 Word Summary:
The purpose of our pitch is to introduce ‘Heart Watch’, a revolutionary technological innovation in cardiovascular health that offers early detection and prevention of heart attacks. ‘Heart Watch’, is an application that will be built directly into existing Apple Watch technology. ‘Heart Watch’ eliminates the need for users to purchase an entirely separate ECG device…
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Monsters & Normality: Abuse, and Invisibility in “The Invisible Man”
In Leigh Whannell’s ‘The Invisible Man’ (2020), the relationship of the text’s monster (Adrian Griffin) to normality exists as a highly unsettling metaphor for the abusive, controlling and coercive behaviour of some men in the real world. Within the film, Adrian is not constructed to be a supernatural creature, nor is he defined by the…
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Are students satisfied with campus food courts and cafes?
This project explores student experiences with campus food courts and cafes at the University of Wollongong (UOW), focusing on satisfaction across four key areas: (1) enjoyment, (2) convenience, (3) sociability, and (4) comfort. The project aims to reveal whether these communal dining spaces effectively support students’ academic and social lives by offering welcoming, functional, and…
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Australian’s Frozen Pizza Market
Introduction – This report will feature an in-depth analysis of the Australian frozen pizza industry, displaying the many current trends and future projections within the market. Current trends suggest that due to the rise of health consciousness in Australia, negative perceptions regarding the minimal health and nutrition factors of frozen pizza products have highly affected…
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How Does Mansfield Encourage A Sense of Isolation In Miss Brill (1920)?
Described as a “liminar” by biographer Sarah Ailwood, it is this personal aspect of the Katherine Mansfield context that shapes her approaches to the construction of Miss Brill (1920) On arriving in London “at the age of nineteen determined to make a career for herself as a writer” (Ailwood 2005, p.257) the liminality of Mansfield’s…
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Fake News & The Pandemic: Using Conspiracy to Capitalise On COVID-19 Hysteria
Fake news is defined as information fabricated to mimic or represent media content in an inaccurate or incorrect manner, and indeed is an occurrence within the contemporary cyber realm that challenges ethical expectations when creating and consuming online content. Fake news in most instances “pretends to be real in its presentation” (Nyilasy, 2019), however, the…
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Sensorial & Immersive Techniques in Non-Conventional Documentary
In presenting a compelling and aesthetically innovative sensorial portrait of the fishing industry, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan (2012), can thus be described as an “experimental documentary” (Unger 2017) made evident by its rejection of the “many tired conventions of contemporary documentary cinema.” (Pavsek, 2015) In disconnecting with the necessity to present a compelling…
Nicholas Steven 