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Finally, I designed a cover for the podcast, posted it on SoundCloud, and wrote a report. Assignment 4 is complete!

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I began to do something for my second episode. Regarding the second episode, I hope he will analyze and explain in greater depth how to overcome social anxiety disorder, because in the first episode, only three minutes were devoted to explaining how to overcome it, which is very important!

I wrote an outline for the second episode of the podcast, as follows:

[0:00-2:30] Immersive Opening

Introduces the theme of confronting negative self-talk behind social anxiety.

[2:30-5:30] Unpacking the Roots

Explains how social anxiety stems from fear of judgment and societal pressures, especially among teens.

[5:30-9:00] Guided Reflection

Encourages listeners to identify and trace the origins of their self-critical thoughts.

[9:00-13:00] Long-Term Strategies

Offers three methods to build confidence: celebrating strengths, embracing imperfection, and creating a mental safe space.

[13:00-15:30] Action Challenge

Proposes daily practices like self-affirmations and journaling to foster bravery.

[15:30-17:30] Open Ending

Concludes by empowering listeners as authors of their own stories, embracing progress over perfection.

Then, I recorded and edited the second episode of the podcast.

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The professor gave me some feedback on my first podcast in the studio, so I revised it and re-recorded it. I added more content to make it more detailed and adjusted the length of the music in the middle to make it more reasonable and comfortable to listen to.

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During the poster iteration process, I discovered that two of the posters I had previously created used visual pressure to represent social anxiety. This was repetitive and did not effectively convey the pain of social anxiety, so I wanted to find other factors that social anxiety sufferers fear, which would be more in line with my theme and purpose. So I brainstormed agian.

Finally, I chose the most obvious and widely known point: fear of socializing. I am reluctant to interact with others in social settings, so I adjusted one of the posters.

In addition, I also tried to modify the layout of the other two, but this did not seem to work, so in the end I decided to keep the original layout.

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I edited the recording to remove some gaps, noise, adjusted the volume and added music, here is the music I used：

dream food by Snoozy Beats https://soundcloud.com/snoozybeats Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported — CC BY 3.0 Free Download / Stream: https://www.audiolibrary.com.co/snoozybeats/dream-food Music promoted by Audio Library https://youtu.be/IvN_FEhwoXQ

This is the music I found on audiolibrary, it's very soothing and calming, and it fits my theme and goal of helping to soothe the audience.

The link to the final product is below

https://waikatouniversitynz-my.sharepoint.com/personal/rodrigo_hill_waikato_ac_nz/_layouts/15/stream.aspx?id=%2Fpersonal%2Frodrigo%5Fhill%5Fwaikato%5Fac%5Fnz%2FDocuments%2FAssessment%203%20hand%20in%5F2025%2FZhiheng%20Ying%2FPodcast%2EWAV&referrer=StreamWebApp%2EWeb&referrerScenario=AddressBarCopied%2Eview%2E50a1279b%2D48d2%2D4af5%2D8d19%2D640cc10e3905

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hen I started recording the podcast, which is a one-man podcast, and I wanted it to be structured as follows:

0:00 - 1:00 Music + Opening

Briefly and clearly introduce some symptoms of

social anxiety

1:00 - 2:00 What is the social anxiety

More specifically on social anxiety

2:00 - 3:30 Real Story

More resonant, more reliable, more inspiring to

the audience

3:30 - 6:00 What actually helps

Some ways that can help overcome social anxiety

6:00 -8:00 Quick savers

Methods in emergency situations

8:00 -9:00 Getting support

If need others’ help

9:00 -10:00 Closing

Summary and reassure again

Then I wrote the script and started recording！

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By choosing different illustrations, colors, and photoshop effects, I ended up with these three posters, which are more in line with my ideas

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In my previous research, I found that the eye is a powerful symbol for representing the act of gazing. With that in mind, I wanted to create a poster that directs all visual attention toward one individual, symbolizing their inner thoughts. So I looked for silhouettes and illustrations on Pinterest to support this idea.

Additionally, I’m planning to design a data visualization poster that conveys specific information about people with social anxiety disorder, and these illustrations will be useful for that purpose as well. I also started sketching some concepts based on the eye motif.

For the final poster, I hope to achieve the same strong visual impact as the first one, but with a different concept. That led me to the idea of a person inside a box—representing isolation and self-deception, which are key traits often associated with social anxiety.

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Media outputs

1.Poster

It will express the psychological state of people with social phobia,so that people can understand their inner struggles and be more tolerant of this group.

2.podcast

I will interview several of my target audience,students aged 12-23,who have experienced social phobia or know someone who has it.I hope that by interviewing them,the audience will have a better understanding of this condition and be able to overcome it or help others overcome it.

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Case study

This video briefly introduces social phobia and its symptoms, and proposes six ways to help people overcome social anxiety.the author uses a cute stthe author uses a cute style of painting to convey information, which is a good way to attract the audience's attention and help them understand. At the same time, the expressions of the cartoon characters in this video are very vivid, which can well match the psychology of people with social anxiety when they are in a social state.

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This poster is mainly red,with characters opening their mouths,showing nervous and even painful expressions,and multiple eyes staring at people, creating a sense of oppression and a tenseatmosphere of being watched.The title "ALL EYES ON ME" reinforces the fear of being watched by everyone,directly capturing the corefeeling of social anxiet——the fear of being judged or noticed by others.

The podcast is aimed at people who are experiencing social anxiety.It invites leading clinicians and researchers to share their insights through interviews,focusing on the challenges of social phobia, treatments, and how to achieve lasting change.It covers multiple levels from personal experiences to professional advice to help audience overcome social anxiety.

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Research 2

During my research, I found that adolescents are the main victims of social phobia. Both of these papers used experimental data to prove that adolescents are the main victims of social phobia.

At the same time, this article also points out that social phobia is a major cause of depression in adolescents.

Perhaps I can set my target population to adolescents. In addition to being the biggest victims, they are also the ones who spend the most time with their peers. This group is also prone to lack of knowledge about this type of disease.

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I realized I didn't bring up my topic within my last post, I thought I should state here that I chose social phobia as my topic, I wanted to output something that would allow people to be more aware of this group, here's some of the research I've done that I think will help me create this

This article has a very detailed description of social phobia and also summarizes many points that will help me to determine the direction of my research

This article introduces social phobia while presenting some symptoms of fixed groups such as CHILDREN. also he has two videos that are good examples of this

This article also has a detailed description with videos, as well as some literature and references to social anxiety in the general population

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Mind Map

My mind map is centered around Social Anxiety, covering psychological effects, social performance, physical reactions, social and life impacts, and coping styles. Categorizing the various aspects of social anxiety has helped me to better understand its impact and think about possible ways to express it.

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Brainstorm for MEDIA220

Determining an appropriate theme seemed to be the hardest part for me, and I told myself not to rush to dismiss any ideas, but to list as many potential themes as possible. I listed a total of ten themes, from which I intend to pick later：

1.Mental Health Awareness Among Students 2.The Stigma of Mental Illness 3.Cyberbullying and Online Harassment 4.The Impact of Social Media on Body Image 5.Homelessness in Urban Areas 6.The Impact of Gentrification on Local Communities 7.Racial Profiling and Police Brutality 8.The Rise of Fast Fashion and Its Environmental Impact 9.The Effects of Single-Use Plastics on Marine Life 10.The Role of Art in Social Activism