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Clay Shirky: End of audience blog tasks

  Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 55 has an overview of technology journalist Bill Thompson’s conference presentation on ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ It’s an excellent summary of the internet’s brief history and its impact on society. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM55 and scroll to page 13 to read the article ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ Answer the following questions: 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson?   Spotify or Snapchat – but is also makes it   next to impossible to stop spam, abuse or the   trading of images of child abuse. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet?  Extremists and radicals   can use the network to try to influence people  to join their cause, and fraud, scams, rip-offs   and malicious software are everywhere. 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘op
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Collective identity and representing ourselves: blog tasks

  Task 1: Media Magazine article Read the Media Magazine article on collective identity:  Self-image and the Media  (MM41 - page 6). Our  Media Magazine archive is here . Complete the following tasks on your blog: 1) Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?' How the media can portray people and how from one photo many things can be deconstructed.   2) List   three   brands you are happy to be associated with and explain how they reflect your sense of identity. Nike: Promotion of fitness and bettering your well being with leisure clothing and shoes that are designed to feel good.  Pure gym: Helps people fight mental problems while becoming a better version of themselves  3) Do you agree with the view that modern media is all about 'style over substance'? What does this expression mean?  Yes, this is because they  only care about how things are perceived and what things can become miscommunication .  4) Explain B
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The Gentlewoman: Language and Representation blog tasks

  Gentlewoman front cover  1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience? subverts typical lifestyle and fashion magazines 2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? lower case, sans serif   typography 3) Write an analysis of the central image. IMAGE FEELS LIKE A FRAMED PROTRAIT WITH AN ARTISTIC DESGIN. TIGHLY FRAMED. LOW ANGLE CLOSE UPS OF SCARLET JOHNSON. 4)  What representations of gender and celebrity can be found on this front cover? THE LOW ANGLE SHOWS THAT SJ IS LOOKING DOWN AT THE CAMERA CREATING A EMPOWERMENT REPRESENTATION. 5) What gender and representation theories can we apply to this cover of the Gentlewoman?  Feature: Modern Punches 1) How does the feature on Ramla Ali use narrative to engage the audience? Apply narrative theories here. THROUHG CHARACTER PROPS( HERO AND VILLAN) HERO: RAMLA ALI VILLAN: BULLY 2) What representations can you find in this feature - both interview and image? FEMALES CAN DO ANYTHING SUBVERTING ST
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Magazine practical task research

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 This is the magazine I chose to go with                              my magazine: The main headline should be something to attract the customers. Therefore i have decided to go with a slogan that never misses. 'Celebrating 10 years of the award winning jeep' 'best midlife crisis 'dream car'
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Introduction to Feminism

  Everyday Sexism Watch the Everyday Sexism TED talk from Laura Bates (linked above) and answer the following questions: 1) Why did Laura Bates start the Everyday Sexism project?   After experiencing sexual harassment herself, Laura realised that women everywhere face normalised sexual harassment. In an effort to raise awareness this behaviour, Laura launched a project where women can share their experiences of sexual harassment. 2) How does the Everyday Sexism project link to the concept of post-feminism? Is feminism still required in western societies?  Yes because they  still are oppressed. 3) Why was new technology essential to the success of the Everyday Sexism project? You can voice your opinions  on the internet 24/7. 4) Will there be a point in the future when the Everyday Sexism project is not required? What is  YOUR  view on the future of feminism? I think that in the future  it would be better and they would not need Everyday Sexism because many people now know about and enc
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Representation: blog tasks

Read the Media Magazine feature 'Representation old and new'. This is in MM51 on page 6 - go to  our Media Magazine archive  to find the article. Complete the following tasks: 1) Why is representation an important concept in Media Studies?   The word representation itself holds  a clue to its importance. When we see a person, place, object or idea being represented in a media text, it has in some way been mediated by the very act of representation. 2) How does the example of Kate Middleton show the way different meanings can be created in the media?   They took 2 pictures where no one was drinking except for her and they used this to label her with a drinking problem. 3) Summarise the section 'The how, who and why of media representation' in 50 words. When analysing representations, it  is always essential to question who is creating them, and why. All media products have a specific function which will impact on the representations they construct. Producers will conside
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Advertising: Postcolonialism blog tasks

  Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postcolonialism and Paul Gilroy’ in MM75  (p28). You'll   find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions on your blog: 1) Look at the first page. What is colonialism - also known as  cultural imperialism?   From the 16th  century onwards, European countries  effectively got into a race to see how  many undiscovered lands they could  conquer first, and by ‘undiscovered’ I  mean, ‘countries where the indigenous  population didn’t have good enough  weapons to fight back’. 2) Now look at the second page. What is postcolonialism?  The process of decolonisation  gathered speed in the 20th Century  and with it, many of the attitudes associated with colonialism began to  be challenged. 3) How does Paul Gilroy suggest postcolonialism influences British culture? Postcolonial melancholia-sadness about losing the power and the empire. 4) What is 'othering'? view or treat (a
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