26 A ugust 2017 MA i n Media a nd Communication S tudies Volume 8, I ssue 11 Kadam Kadam Badhaye J a! Sruthi R flash mob was done where volunteers (Source: S ruthi R ) “There is no such thing as ‘away’. When we appealed to the attracted Christites that it is throw anything away, it must go the responsibility of every Christite to this campaign had worked so that it’ll be somewhere.” - Annie L eonard. dispose the waste properly, so that it’ll be useful for the next semester. Slogans were A theme based stall “Kadam” was put up in easier later to generate the paper waste written on 500 paper cups and distributed to front of the Central Block from 21st to 26th needed by t he P arivarthana u nit. the different food outlets around the campus of this month. The stall had a variety of The biggest success was the “invisible every morning to r each out to t he students. products made by 15 women as a part of theatre performance” where student “We hope to continue ‘Kadam’. This is the Parivarthana unit, from the paper waste volunteers gathered in various cafeterias bigger than the last time and we hope that generated by Christ University. A stall is put and had a scripted-improto argument and we have a bigger event next time.” Anirban up every month for a week, by the fight where a person put a wrong waste in said. “ Since the inception of Prayatna, volunteers from the Centre for Social Action waste segregation has been the primary (CSA) and the revenue collected is given to the wrong dustbin and everyone concerns. The improvement can be seen these 15 women as their w ages. started arguing. “The entire Gourment through naked eyes” said Umang, volunteer “Kadam” was a waste segregation got involved and it was very at Prayatna. He was the one who who acted campaign organised by CSA’s Prayatna interesting to see that every Christite as the person who put the waste in the wing, which started three years ago, works was aware that it’s important to wrong bin. “I was about to get killed at the for environmental well being and segregate their waste because they invisible theatre performance. But it was awareness. This campaign is done every were raising their voice against the very much convincing to see and they semester so that every Christites is person who did not segregate it.” says (Christites) were so much interested into it.” sensitised about the segregation of waste, Anirban, volunteer a t P rayatna ( CSA). He has a message for all of us, “What we segregation at source and the importance of A concept video was also made which do is called primary segregation and proper disposal o f w aste. could be seen screened at the various because of this, the lives of these women This s emester, a lot of d ifferent techniques auditorium before every event. Some are getting better. So, we should ensure to were used t o s pread awareness. On 2 3rd, a of the Christites were randomly segregate it properly, so the end product selected and interviewed to know how can be made properly and these women are (Source: C SA, C hrist U niversity) much they knew about waste able t o d o t heir w ork p roperly.” segregation, a nd t o know h ow much 1
C OMMIX Media Through A ges fun and also they got an opportunity to opportunity to show their dance skills. The evaluate t heir general k nowledge. fest was a success and everyone who Abirami K urup & H armeet participated or were a part of it thoroughly Another category of events, came under enjoyed the event. Commraids is a one-day fest organised by literature, namely 'telegraph writing' and the Department of Media Studies for the 'tag-team creative writing'. Telegraph writing students of CEP every year. This fest was included giving the participants situations to an act to welcome their juniors who have express themselves in the least number of just b egun a n ew j ourney. words, o n the other hand t ag-team creative Commraids 2017 was held at Campus View on Saturday, August 19, 2017 and the chief guest for the event was Mr. Satish Perumal, one of the best host comics in the country who has been a part of many big events such as the Bangalore Comedy Fest and Social Media Week. The theme for Commraids 2017 was Media through the ages, 20t h and 21st century with the events Media, A rt, Stage a nd L iterature. The Media events included 'Not all Smooth (Source: S amarth G anguly) Sail', which was a very interesting marketing event. The participants had to market their writing was very fascinating as the products in a strategy recognised by the participants had to continue writing the story society. 'Mute & Mono' as the name where the previous member left off. The suggests was a captivating event wherein students could not use dialogues but only other riveting events included were Photo music t o m ake their movie. Re-enactment, Comic Strip Design and Album Art Design. Stage events consisted \"Aircrash\" was another event filled with of the Dance battle and the Quiz where the scandals and controversies where students students had a lot of fun and got an battled against each other and had loads of 2
COMMIX Just G ot T rolled? may not be required. Without the shock and true. Many trolls may turn out to be attention of others, trolls quickly get bored offensive and it may hurt sentiments, but the Feba S ebastian and move on to the next platform to begin online world has its own securities where Long back was time when Troll was a baiting o ther unsuspecting victims. you can report such offensive comments. mythical creature than a any posts on social One facet of social media that’s given space The dangers of becoming the target of an media regarding any topic. The trolls have for trolls to thrive is the “online disinhibition internet troll are worrying. Besides the been taking the platform of communication effect.” This is the idea that one can remain uncomfortable aspects one might shake off, in a very different manner. The trolls have anonymous online and so not experience internet trolls spread spurious accusations, turned out to be something to show any of the negative social impacts that ruin reputations, and have even caused discourse and resentment in the public similar face-to-face encounters elicit. cases of suicide. It’s important to which may bring about a disturbance in the Though psychologists have done a good job understand the phenomenon of trolling and society. The same way trolls also have an at explaining the forces which gave birth to those who perpetrate it, as some research entertainment phase where films the troll, they don’t really know who these suggests it may be more pervasive and sequences, pictures of people are used for people a re and what d rives t hem. cause longer lasting damage than traditional conveying m essage It is fairly easy to understand that the troll is antisocial b ehaviors. There are many things that one person the person with the problem, but that should keep in mind while doesn’t mean it’s easy to let vicious using social media. The social media is filled with pages and comments roll off if your “Teflon” layer isn’t (Source: M ental H ealth 4 M uslims) posts which convey a lot of thick enough. Even journalists, politicians information. We should be wise and movie stars who have had years in the Surprisingly, little research has gone into enough to know and believe media spotlight where troll-attacks are the phenomenon. Trolling and cyberbullying which is fake and which is true. everyday events sometimes feel the sting of are Many trolls may turn out to be a p articularly nasty interaction. somewhat related. Trolls glorify in their own offensive and it may hurt the So take time for self-care and reach out in worldview. As such, they bait others of sentiments, but, the online ways that the troll cannot influence the different bends on social media in order to world has its own securities people who love and support you. People mock and abuse them. They're motivated by where you can report such who will tell you – repeatedly if needed – a need for attention, by boredom, by a flash offensive comments. that the comments aren’t true, that you’re of excitement due to causing others pain, or The dangers of becoming the wonderful and that the troll is just a troll, not by e xacting r evenge. target of an internet troll are a reflection of you. So take time for self-care and reach out in worrying. Besides the Images and posts which convey a lot of ways that the troll cannot influence the uncomfortable aspects one information. We should be wise enough to people who love and support you. People might shake off, internet trolls know and take in which is fake and which is who will tell you – repeatedly if needed – spread spurious accusations, that the comments aren’t true, that you’re ruin reputations, and have even caused cases of suicide. It’s important to understand the phenomenon of trolling and those who perpetrate it, as some research suggests it may be more pervasive and cause longer lasting damage than t raditional antisocial b ehaviors. Surprisingly, little research has gone into the phenomenon. Trolling and cyberbullying are somewhat related. Trolls glorify in their own worldview. As such, they bait others of different bends on social media in order to mock and abuse them. They're motivated by a need for attention, by boredom, by a flash of excitement due to causing others pain, or by exacting r evenge. With trolling, the attack must captivate an audience, whereas with cyber bullying it 3
COMMIX wonderful and that the troll is just a troll, not theme of Psychology and Community where students presented a a reflection o f y ou. theatrical enactment. It w as the S ilhouette The food stalls had a startling turn out with an immense crowd lining H armeet up to buy their favourite Keventers milkshake and the ice cream Silhouette 2017, an Inter-collegiate Fest from 21-24 August organised by the Psychology Association at Christ University, lovers were excited for variety of different flavours to relish. Smash, Bengaluru was a fusion of colours, music, dance and excitement. Being an amalgamation of captivating and ecstatic games, it created an eccentric Virtual Reality Room which provided students with the immense excitement among t he students. virtual gaming experience captivated their attention and gave them The events included quiz, workshops, psych hunt prelims, debates and exhibitions. A great number of innovative, skilful and exuberant the t ime o f their l ife. bunch of people from different colleges participated. Following t his, U pstage was a theatre e vent revolving a round the Face painting and Shutter Down, a photography competition being the highlights of the fest, added to the vigour and made it a great success. (Source: P sycology A ssociation, Christ U niversity) Project p lanning m ade easier! K arishma Mr. Ahmed initiated his dream project and set-up Kaleidoscope in 2008, which is a business consulting, performance enhancement Centre for Academic and Professional Support (CAPS) conducted a and coaching firm that works closely with businesses and workshop on project planning. individuals, delivering solutions and it helps them grow, generate revenue, r educe c osts, increase p rofitability and i mprove R OI. CAPS Hut for Augmented Learning (CHAL) organized ‘Town Hall II’ - ‘The Art of Project Planning’ on August 24 2017. This workshop Today, he also plays the role of a performance coach for leading was conducted in order to provide the students of the university with national and international level sports persons and coaches. India’s an in-depth knowledge on how to set project goals before starting first certification program on PCMM for sports, students, trainers off a project. It also helped the students gain insight on identifying and c orporate was a lso l aunched through K aleidoscope i n 2017. deliverables, creating s chedules and s upporting plans. Many students registered and turned up for this workshop. All the The facilitator for the event was Mr. Afeef Ahmed, the CEO and students who were a p art o f the w orkshop f elt enlightened Lead Coach at Kaleidoscope Consulting. He has worked with leading IT, ITeS and Advertising firms at senior management roles, “Project planning is necessary as it helps a student to look at where across Asia and North America. He has worked primarily on the he or she stands, where he or she wants to go and how will he or lines of human empowerment, sales, operations, project she get there” says Shayna a final student from the department of management, s etting up P roject M anagement O ffices and Sociology. “This assessment process will help a learner set up projects s uccessfully” s he a dds. innovation c onsulting. Did You K now? You c an't h um w hile h olding y our n ose. Humans s hare 50% of t heir D NA with bananas. Carrots were originally purple. If you put your finger in your ear and scratch, it sounds just like Pac-Man 4
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