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In this essay we would discuss the physiology and mechanism of pain and highlight the differences of chronic and acute pain as well as the underlying neurological pathways responsible for producing a sensation of pain. In this context we differentiate Nociception or general physiological bodily pain and the wider definition of general pain that can involve emotional and psychological dimensions. (more…)

Combined with semiotic signification, the images of contemporary mass media, in the form of advertising, cinema, television and print media form a nexus of meaning with the viewer at the centre. As suggested by Stuart and Elizabeth Ewen in Channels of Desire: Mass Images and the Shaping of American Consciousness (1982), such images become both reflective and creative, at once providing a mirror on and a foundation for the simulacra of modernity such as lifestyle and consumer aspirations. (more…)