Emily Smith BA (Hons) Professional Practice, Arts and Creative Industries Blog

My topic of research is focussed on body image and social media. I found this so interesting and wanted to share it on my blog.... Loose Women Body Stories Campaign  I am posting this blog in module 3, however I wrote this during my hotel quarantine after coming home from red list Brasil on the 17th of May 2021. Since choosing my topic of ‘How does social media effect a professional dancers body image”, with such a relevant, poignant subject in the 21st century with the boom and obsession with social media I am regularly seeing articles and information all the time about social media, editing photos and body image. Which is highlighting how big of an issue in the 21st century this is becoming!   The campaign poster shows all the loose women looking happy and confident in their natural bodies in various swimming costumes and bikinis, showing diversity and inclusion. Its what I would describe a ‘real’ looking photo.   Plymouth Live, 2021. Loose Women Body Stories Campaign ....

I just finished my first module 3 tutorial with my supervisor.  Things are starting to feel very real and time is starting to pass  quicker  than I could have imagined! Firstly we discussed that I want to change my data collection method slightly to face-to-face interviews, due to the change of my circumstances to me now living onboard a cruise ship and the lack of stable internet which comes with it!  I don’t think it would be wise for me to schedule interviews on zoom and then have a faulty connection and waste my participants time. Also now I have colleagues onboard with me that fit my research criteria, therefore I now wish to interview them. I will have to write about these changes in my final write up. I also asked about the literature review and it was said that it should be in more depth than the module 2 literature review by going in deeper with a few select texts that are relevant to our research. It was also stated that we might end up doing further resear...

6th Setpember 2021 (12pm) Zoom Welcome Meeting 1 Today I participated in my first group Zoom of module 3. It was a good feeling to be back and to see some familiar faces and also welcome the new module 1’s to the course. Surprisingly my wifi held up and I was able to clearly hear the discussion! So yey!  Helen gave us a reminder tour of the uni hub and we had a meet and greet with some of the uni staff and course students. One reflection that I did make was how comfortable I felt in the zoom and I remembered how confused and uncomfortable I felt this time last year as a module 1 and how far I have come since then! So any module 1 students reading this… I promise it gets much easier and will eventually all make sense! Helen discussed the 3 pillars of support from the course  Course Handbook Module Handbooks Supervisor  Helen described the supervisor role as a 'critical friend'. Something I didn’t make the most of in module 1 was my supervisions with Helen, but in modul...

WELCOME BACK!  WELCOME TO MODULE 3! My life has changed considerably since module 1 and 2 and I am back to somewhat normality and am currently working as a Dance Captain on Royal Caribbeans Freedom of the Sea’s again! I love my job but it comes with some added stresses so I am going to have to be extremely organised with my time and how I am handling my work / uni / downtime balance! But don’t get me wrong I am absolute ecstatic to be back on the stage performing! But this will be a challenge so lets go! To any module 1s and a reminder to other modules I am part of the student voice programme with Chloe (mod 3) and Logan (mod 2) so please contact us if you have anything that you wish us to voice :) I did a blog at the end of module 2 with some hints and tips for module 2s just starting out if anyone wants to check it out …. Module 3 does feel quite intimidating. I must admit I have tried to read the handbook multiple times over the summer to try and prepare myself for what is to co...