Monday, 9 September 2013

Summer 2013 Media Analysis: Other News/Media Stories

  • "Royal Baby Mania": The Royal Baby was born in the summer of 2013, and it went viral. The media have been working really hard over this time, especially since their wedding, to represent Kate and Will as a normal couple. Hashtags such as #RoyalBabyNames were trending around the birth of the future King, which shows how modernised the monarchy have become, and links to the changing representation of the Royal Family. All of this links to Barthes theory of creating the princess myth.
  • Miley Cyrus Social Phenomenom: "Twerking" has become a social phenomeonon, and went viral via social networking.

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