Media Made Me

This week we explore the stats of increased media consumption, managing news intake, discuss the effect of influencers and the influencer the industry, the characters keeping us company and cast a Cluedo film.

This week we delve into the toxic, escapist and confusing world of relationships portrayed by the media. We discuss our favourites from Sleepless in Seattle to Avatar and discuss why this is such a universal topic. We also have our most competitive Dream Casting yet.

What are your favourite friendships and how do you think the media portrays this often overlooked relationship? Amelia and Natasha take a look before casting one of the greatest Disney films of all time, The Emperor's New Groove. Note: our Taylor Swift chat happened pre folklore's surprise release!

This week we look at the role advertising has in our everyday lives. We explore which kind of advertising works and discuss peak advertising. This week's dream casting is Down With Love.

This week we look at the media that's shaped our perceptions of success, who we think is successful and how the media can convey different types of success.

This week Amelia and Natasha look at the intense and ostracising world of fan culture. They discuss which fandoms they belong to and if they had fans what they would be called.

In an age of influencers and social media sitting alongside screen and print Amelia and Natasha look at which media influences their style. And given this week's topic Dream Casting is for The Devil Wears Prada.

This week we look at family; which TV and movie families represent ours, which ones we'd like to be a part of and why this idea of family is so popular in media. And on the theme of family, our dream casting this week is all about Zorro.

Two sisters look at the media that has shaped them, their thoughts, their experiences and expectations throughout their lives.