Akoth Alice Fall 2021-Advance Media Studies

  Akoth Alice 1120191001 Advanced Media   Kimo-kawaii Catharsis: millennials, depression, and the empty healing of Sanrio's Gudetama The argument is very convincing because it explains the social and cultural impact of Gudetama that has been ignored or downplayed by society. Gudetama portrays a clear picture of the experiences that young Japanese go through in the work environment. The pressure associated with work. They do not enjoy the experience, but they must continue working, otherwise, they will be seen as lazy. But the experience is having a negative impact on their social life and mental health. So, in Gudetama the young millennials find a healing or soothing experience similar to theirs that is described as Kimo-kawaii (gross cute), so they feel they are not in this experience alone. Gudetama also reflects the extent to which mental health is not taken seriously in Japanese society. Even if someone is having depression or any mental health problems, they do not

 Akoth Alice 1120191001 Advanced Media Studies 15 th October 2021 The Daily Monitor News Paper. The Daily Monitor newspaper is a privately owned newspaper under the Nation Media Group, NMG based in Nairobi Kenya founded by His Highness the Aga Khan IV. The Daily Monitor was founded in 1992 as The Monitor and was in June 2005 renamed The Daily Monitor. The private ownership of the newspaper to a great extent guarantees a high degree of independence in its operations, business, and reporting, it hires independently-minded journalists and reporters to ensure independent reporting. The newspaper is regulated by the government through the Press and Journalists Act passed in 1995. It is in charge of licensing journalists, addressing issues arising against the media, taking disciplinary action against journalists. It is also in charge of licensing journalists, addressing issues arising against the media, taking disciplinary action against journalists among other roles concerning

   Akoth Alice 1120191001 Advanced Media Studies   Record and report your daily media intake for a few days My media consumption in three days period Primary media Live Facebook and YouTube news broadcasts and interviews (NTV-Uganda, and Individual YouTube Channels) - 6 hours   Online news articles (BBC, Kyodo News, and Daily Monitor(Uganda)- a few minutes, just to check out what is making news.   Secondary Music and online radio  (On YouTube and MCFradio)- 4hours Tertiary Music, YouTube, Facebook WhatsApp, Line- 6 plus hours   What kind of consumer is your media making you? A multiple consumer of media, using social media, while listening to music on youtube. Heavily reliant on online sources for information because I find most of the news items on social media and online sources. 

 My name Akoth Alice, a third-year student at the ILA, my concentration is culture. I like listening to music, visiting tourist sites, watching comedy and west African webisodes during my free time.