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Post colonialism
#blacklivesmatter Uk media fails to cover deaths of black people dying in police custody. Sheku Bayoh died after being detained by police in may 2015 and Sarah Reed died in prison in Jan 2016. Both were not covered by the media. a City University London survey which revealed that British journalism is 94% white
White washing
Scarlett Johanasson playing Asain character in ‘Ghost in the Shell’
Feminism
Coachella 9 years in a row have not had a female headliner
Cillit bang advert banned in Spain due to 32 actresses advertising cleaning products. ASA claims its due to target market.
Body shape
Barbies new body to include curvy tall petite shapes. 92% of American females have owned a Barbie. Change has come about due to social influence and a drop in sales of 20% since 2016
Protein world (2015) campaign ‘are you beach body ready?’ created social media storm with 71000 signatures for it to be taken down. Protest campaign for example dove real beauty 114 million YouTube hits
Connecting the world
Soldier watches baby’s birth on FaceTime after flight delay- BBC News
One American soldier was trying to travel home on Saturday to Brandon, Mississippi after his wife went into labour, but a delayed flight thwarted his journey.
A fellow traveller photographed the expectant dad anxiously watching his phone.
After the story was shared more than 120,000 times on Facebook and Twitter, other army families have been posting their memories and stories about dads missing the birth of a child because of their job commitments.
One twitter user posted a tweet saying she’s grateful for Facetime as “The age of electronics has given us instantaneous access to our loved ones” she then went onto to say her husband was informed of her child’s birth by snail mail which took 5 weeks to reach him abroad
THEORY- ‘global village’ Marshall Mcluhan
