Media 1 Ms Fowler

Paul Gilroy - blog task Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open  Factsheet 170: Gilroy – Ethnicity and Postcolonial Theory . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroys believes that racial identity is constructed because of history e.g. slavery 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Gilroy suggests that racism is not caused by race but racism causes race and that racial identity are caused by conflicts in history which therefore bought different groups into opposing other groups. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? It is the line of thinking that sees people as part of different ethnic groups, with ethnicity on the basis of distinction between individuals. He is opposed to racial absolutism because it cou

Mayor Invests £4m to embedded more youth workers in hospitals £4 million being funded to youth working teams to be placed in Emergency hospitals in areas with high levels of violence Newham General Hospital in Plaistow, Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, Croydon University Hospital, University Hospital Lewisham and Whittington Hospital, covering Islington and Haringey Increases specialists. Whereby last year more than 1000 young people were identified as in need of a specialist youth support . Aiding them to move away from violence and assisting with education. Out of the young people 52 were under 18 which shows the success of this approach The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan: ''it is a tragedy that our city is being robbed of young people with so much potential and it is vital we do all we can to help them move away from a life of violence......' Helps young people turn their backs of violence as they are working closely with the NHS. Why it appeals to audien

Industry: Condé Nast 1) Research Teen Vogue publisher Condé Nast. What other magazines do they publish and how much money did they make last year? GQ Allure The New Yorker Wired Vogue 2) What are Teen Vogue’s main sources of income? YouTube  and adverts 3) How are traditionally print-based products like Teen Vogue diversifying to create new income streams? Print based magazines are diversifying to create new revenue streams by creating YouTube channels and hosting events such as the annual Teen Vogue Summit which bring a lot of money.   4) Why is sponsored content and ‘advertorial’ particularly important in media linked to the fashion industry? 'Advertorials ' (editorial / advertising) are especially important as these targeted ads are a big way to sell fashion items and appeal to a fashion audience. 5) Do you view Teen Vogue’s content as a form of public service media or is Condé Nast simply interested in clicks and profit? Contents produced by teen vogue both

1) Type up your feedba ck in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential) www: attempts to incorporate and apply theory throughout ebi: lacks specific examples/details     : Needs more understanding of the text (csp) and theory (q2) 2) Focusing on the BBC  Life Hacks  question, write three ways it helps to fulfil the BBC's mission statement that you  didn't  include in your original assessment answer. Use the mark scheme for ideas. BBC's mission statement is to inform, educate and entertain. BBC tries to inform the audience by talking about gender   BBC tries to educate the audience by talking about topics which will benefit and advise the audience to do BBC tries to entertain the audience by allowing other voices to be heard creating personal relationship between the audience and the writer. 3) Question two asked you how  useful  media effects theories are in understanding the audience response to  War of the W

Simone Biles Is Now the Most-Decorated Gymnast in World Championships History ·          As noted by CNN, Simone made history on October 13 at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Germany where she earned her 25th career world medal, thanks to a dazzling performance on the balance beam. The five-time Olympic medalist has several gymnastics moves named after her — including moves never before attempted in competition — and now, she officially has the most world medals of all time. Ahead of the championships, Simone expressed some jitters in an interview with USA Today, recalling a mistake she made on the beam during the 2016 Olympics in Rio, which continues to haunt her today. “My main goal is to go out there and compete beam with confidence, and hopefully do well in that event because I know how strong I am.” It’s clear that her positive self-talk paid off. “I was like, 'I guess I’m just never going to do well on beam again,’" she recalled, adding tha

OSP: Teen Vogue & The Voice month in focus One of the key aspects for your Media Paper 2 essay on Teen Vogue and The Voice will be a range of relevant and interesting articles from these websites. We recommend putting this homework into your  timetable  so you have a regular slot you complete it every week - as we'll be doing this again later in the year for the newspapers topic. The details: for the next month, you must find a weekly news story from Teen Vogue and The Voice and read, summarise and comment on them on your blog (A*-B candidates will do more). Teen Vogue The Voice You'll also find stories related to the media linked from our Twitter account,  @blogmacguffin  ( access it online here  if you don't have the Twitter app) so make sure you're following that too. Most importantly, you need to do the following on your blog for each story... Provide the  title  and  weblink ; Include a relevant  image , graphic or screenshot; Summarise  the story in