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Communication and Media (UOW)

About Me :)

My name is Maya Anne Cassar and I am 21 years old. I am currently studying a Bachelor of Communication and Media at UOW. This site is designated to my various subjects within this degree so I can post blogs and digital artefact updates. I am very excited about what this course has to offer and look forward to learning new things and improving my skills over the years.

Recent Blogs

  • From Contemporary to Historical: The Evolution of Our Cancel Culture Project Over the course of this semester, we formed into groups to create a project with a purpose. For the final iteration of the Cancel Culture digital artefact, I chose to collaborate with my original team, while also working individually. This report will discuss the…


  • Featured image of tarot cards (HelloGlow.co n.d.) via Pinterest Summary of Tarot Card Reading: Digital Artefact For my autoethnographic study I chose a particular niche that is constantly showing up on my TikTok ‘for you page’. This niche is tarot card readings. But first, what is Autoethnography? Autoethnography is a qualitative research method that lets…


  • Featured image of tarot cards (Kate Tong n.d.) via Pinterest Cards and Clicks: Unveiling the Reality of Crafting and Sharing Tarot Content in the Digital Age Social media serves as an effective medium enabling communication between users and creators. Creators can utilise the information produced and gathered on social media to identify their target audience…


  • Shuffling the deck: Adapting content within the tarot card niche By comparing and contrasting other creators’ content within this media niche on both Instagram and TikTok, I noticed that their content styles followed a similar narrative. Majority of the content follows a tarot reading about a theme in someone’s life such as their friendships, romantic…


  • Exploring the cards and the culture Throughout this study I have been conducting ethnographic research on two social media platforms: Instagram and TikTok. These platforms were chosen due to their popularity from content creators and consumers within the tarot reading niche. The aim of my research is to uncover the community’s understanding and perspectives within…