Media
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Why “Alternative Media” is Destroying Our Nation
Donald Trump’s victory in the recent US Presidential Elections took everyone by surprise, but the aftermath has revealed a deeply divided and bitter nation. Reuben Wang gives his take on the rise of ethnic nationalism and how it has been exacerbated by the bifurcated media.
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Make Me an Insta-lebrity!
“In the end, what does Instagram offer us?” Alex Chan introduces some of the deliberations that behind the phenomenon of striving towards insta-lebrity.
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The Politics of Social Media
In today’s increasingly high-tech world, social media is seen as a must for politicians to utilise if they want to gain support. Isaac Neo explores why this is so and how social media can be used by politicians.
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Big Data
Companies have been pouring in big amounts of money into this recent buzzword known as big data. Big data, as the term suggests is big, it is huge, and we find out how, much like a college student struggling with deadlines, systems make sense of all of it. Jensen Goh tells us more.
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Tomomi has Gained a Level! ATK +50
Wondered what some of our Tembusians were up to during the summer break? This week, Tomomi Hikawa shares with us her experience as an intern in a game developer’s world.
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Mortality in Photography: Examining the Death of Susan Sontag
The winner of the best essay prize in Tembusu College for AY14/15 is a carefully researched piece by Mary Ann Lim on the photography work of Annie Leibovitz for the Junior Seminar GEM1902T “Art and Social Change”.