Media 1 Ms Fowler

1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? Feminism is defined as the movement which aims for women to be treated equal to men socially, economically and politically and patriarchy is define as the male dominance in society 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’? Due to the lack of representation within the feminist movement, Bell Hooks wrote her 1984 novel, many of which were ignored outside the main aims of feminism. She also argued that gender-only equality can not be achieved and that there are many other factors to be considered in order to make feminism more inclusive. 3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus for a lot of bell hooks’s work? Sex, Class, Race and intersectionality. 4) What is intersectionality and what does hooks argue regarding this? Intersectionality is the word used to describe aspects of social identities and relate...

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). www: some interesting arguments for Q2 and a good sense of the values/ideologies communicated. ebi: You appear to contradict yourself in your conclusion. Introduce other theory: Shirky, Gilroy. 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify  five  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) Negotiated readings could include embracing a hot family picture – plus a speaker's possible utility – despite concerns about how the system uses information and the growing power of companies like Google and Amazon.  Using colour, reinforced by the device's neutral grey, creates a warm feeling  Google was an unthreatening, safe and natural part of family life in the middle class. Th...

Part 1: Medium article - Is Female Representation in Video Games Finally Changing? Read  this Medium feature on whether female representation in videogames is finally changing . Answer the following questions: 1) How have women traditionally been represented in videogames? Women are represented in videogames as  Hetero normativity which is the belief that the norm or standard sexual orientation is heterosexuality .  2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? 42% 3) What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Tomb Raider Horizon: Zero Dawn Uncharted: The Lost Legacy  The Last of Us  Dragon Age: Inquisition  The Walking Dead series 4) Do you agree with the idea that audiences reject media products if they feel they are misrepresented within them? Females are portrayed in video games as sex objects and that males are highly objectivised. Furthermore, Mulvey's the...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4) Baseline Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study 8) OSP: The Voice and Teen Vogue news articles (minimum 4 from each) https://mediavaagesan.blogspot.com/2019/11/osp-teen-vogue-and-voice-in-focus.html  https://mediavaagesan.blogspot.com/2019/10/osp-teen-vogue-voice-month-in-focus_24.html https://mediavaagesan.blogspot.com/2019/10/simone-biles-is-now-most-decorated.html https://mediavaagesan.blogspot.com/2019/10/osp-teen-vogue-voice-month-in-focus.html

The Voice: case study blog tasks Language and textual analysis Homepage Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The placement of the logo 'The Voice' - upper left of the page The main navigation - News, Sport, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Faith, Opinions, Video, Publications, More - it gives the audience to move around on the website Uses serif font - shows simplicity  2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? Teen vogue is more modernised with little advertisement and portrays more of celebrity faces that a well known  3) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of the Voice? It has a wide variety  4) Look at the news stories on The Voice homepage. Choose  three  stories and discuss how they have presented the news from an angle or perspective that ...