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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

  • Over the course of this semester, our team has been working on ‘Perfectly Imperfect Co’. The first product line consisted of makeup bags with inspirational quotes that encouraged body positivity. After the launch of these products, I discovered that our audience was using our bags in a different way than we anticipated. This led us…


  • Over the past few weeks, our group has been working on our project ‘Perfectly Imperfect Co’. Perfectly Imperfect Co designs makeup pouches that encourage body positivity. As a group, we chose this idea because we all have an interest in beauty products and have a collective mindset that all bodies are beautiful bodies. Our aim is…


  • Like most others born in generation Z, I gain most of my news from new media, specifically social media, such as Facebook. This is because it is the source that is most accessible to me and therefore the source I utilise the most. I also find other sources of news to be depressing, whereas social…


  • Image of Schlitz Advertisement (Tom, 2014) Image via BoredPanda For my complex image I chose an old advertisement that many people may have heard of. This particular advertisement was created for an audience in the 1950’s. The sign is an image of a poster which includes a woman holding a pan with burnt food and…


  • My idea for a rapid prototype was to use the digital embroidery machine to embroider cute environmental images with encouraging quotes to promote being eco-conscious. I loved this idea as I think embroidery is beautiful and I also believe that looking after our planet is very important, so I decided to combine them. By utilising…