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Jenni Young

News is bad for you - and giving up reading it will make you happier - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...news-is-bad-rolf-dobelli

Mass communication Part 2 News Journalism

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    News is bad for your health. It leads to fear and aggression, and hinders your creativity and ability to think deeply. The solution? Stop consuming it altogether
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Rolf Dobelli's ideas about not needing news are dangerous - 0 views

www.theguardian.com/...f-dobelli-ideas-news-dangerous

Mass communication Part 2 News Journalism Opinion

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    You don't need to cut yourself off from the world in order to flourish, as Rolf Dobelli claims - it's all about healthy moderation
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The naked truth: Hollywood still treats its women as second class citizens - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...women-inequality-film-industry

Mass communication Part 2 Film Hollywood Gender Stereotypes

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    Research shows female stars are paid less, have fewer lines and spend more time with their clothes off than men
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Doctor Who, in an Exciting Adventure with the Lexicographers - 0 views

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/...doctor-who

Language Part 1 Mass communication Part 2 Vocabulary Dr Who TV

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    Do you know which four words from Doctor Who have their own entry or sense in the OED?
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8 words you need to know to survive The Hunger Games - 0 views

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/...8-words-hunger-games

Language Mass communication Part 2 Vocabulary Film Hunger Games

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    From reaping to sponsor, take a look at the essential vocabulary you need to know in order to survive the Games. May the odds be ever in your favour!
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May the odds be ever in your favour: the language of The Hunger Games - 0 views

blog.oxforddictionaries.com/...e-language-of-the-hunger-games

Language Vocabulary Hunger Games Blog

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    A look at the language that brings the world of Suzanne Collins's trilogy to life (Oxford Dictionaries blog)
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Letting a Word Fade Away - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...letting-a-word-fade-away.html

Language Part 1 Taboo Race Letter to the editor

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    Letter to the editor in response to an article: "In Defense of a Loaded Word," by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Axe Shower Gel Ads Tell Men to Appease Women, Get Laid - 0 views

www.huffingtonpost.com/...irl-sporty-girl_b_1370698.html

Mass communication Part 2 Advertising Gender Stereotypes WT2

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    Axe shower gel ads play on stereotypes of women
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Ditch French and German lessons for Mandarin, says David Cameron - 0 views

www.independent.co.uk/...-draws-to-a-close-8983758.html

Language Part 1 Global languages Chinese

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    British Prime Minister David Cameron has thrown his weight behind efforts to prioritise the teaching of Mandarin in UK schools.
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A Text Message Designed To Stop Texting And Driving - 0 views

www.fastcodesign.com/...ed-to-stop-texting-and-driving

Mass communication Part 2 PSA Texting

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    A new PSA by Textswreck aims to stop texting and driving with a text - full of tiny cartoon cars, puppies, fire and ghosts.
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Do you speak American? - 1 views

www.pbs.org/transcripts

Language Part 1 Identity USA Varieties of English Text types Transcripts

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    Why is the English spoken by Maine lobstermen so different from thatscene from the broadcast spoken by cowboys in Texas? Does Spanish pose a threat to English as the dominant language in America? (PBS transcripts)
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Linguists explain how to tell statements from questions in Valley Girl talk - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...3-95c2-13623eb2b0e1_story.html

Language Part 1 Identity Varieties of English Idiolect USA

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    Amanda Ritchart is a native speaker of Southern Californian English, the dialect also known as "Valley Girl talk" - you know, the one that's like totally full of the word "like."
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Do We All Speak Like Valley Girls? Uptalk in Southern Californian English - 0 views

www.acoustics.org/...4pSCa2-Ritchart.html

Language Part 1 Identity Varieties of English Idiolect USA

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    Academic paper analysing the Southern Californian dialect
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Pantene commercial - gender labels - 0 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Gender Stereotypes Advertising Written Tasks

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    Pantene commercial looks at the different ways men and women are viewed and labelled
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The Three Wise Women - 1 views

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Language Gender Stereotypes WT2

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    Photo posted on Country Crafters Facebook page on 3 December
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Anti-racist is a code word for anti-White - 1 views

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Mass communication Part 2 Propaganda Racism WT2

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    Video message about the racism and 'genocide' against the white race
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Mandela in verse: Myself I Stood in the Storm - 0 views

www.newyorker.com/...self-i-stood-in-the-storm.html

Literature The Island Fugard Mandela

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    Ayana Mathis on Mandela's heroism and legacy: "Some other language is needed to describe him, a hyper-language with which to eulogize him-in short, a poem."
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    Ayana Mathis on Mandela's heroism and legacy: "Some other language is needed to describe him, a hyper-language with which to eulogize him-in short, a poem."
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Lyrics for Poor Unfortunate Souls (from The Little Mermaid) - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Gender Women Talk Men Talk WT2 Mass communication Disney Little Mermaid

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    Ursula's song, 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' from The Little Mermaid - where Ariel gives up her voice: "The men up there don't like a lot of blabber / They think a girl who gossips is a bore!"
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Poor Unfortunate Souls - from The Little Mermaid - 0 views

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Language Part 1 Gender Women Talk Men Talk WT2 Mass communication Disney Little Mermaid

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    Youtube of Ursula's song 'Poor Unfortunate Souls' - Ariel gives up her voice
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