Media Blog 1

1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 37/84 --Grade D --> Go over TV; Capital and Deutschland 83  --> Do not be to explicit in your writing and over exggerate. Rephrase your writing to make it less bias; EG MTV not racist but instead it only liked to play a certain type of genre whe it came to there music. --> Go over Music videos and throughly learn the context and theorist linked so that my writing has more substance. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this exam  carefully, paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Identify ONE point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 additional point/theory: --> One point I have added is Propp Character roles and personal believe that I have gone into detail in that paragraph. I talked about the villain and hero and how it is represented in the Figure presented to us. ...

1) Men's Health - Audience 2) Men's Health - booklet blog summary 3) Men's Health - Representation journal article and questions 4) Magazine production task - learner response 5) Men's Health - Industries and the impact of digital media 6) Oh Comely - Audience 7) Oh Comely - Close-textual analysis 8) Oh Comely - Representation 9) Oh Comely - Industry case study 10) End of Year 1 exam - learner response

Iceberg Press Visit the Iceberg Press website - particularly the Who Are We page and the Why Are We Here page. Read the content and then answer the following questions: 1) Why did the people behind Iceberg Press set it up? -->To bring the spirit of print and vibrant content to wider audiences 2) What is the Iceberg Press mission statement? (It's on the Why Are We Here page and is a series of statements). It's all about the audience Chase the work, not the money Compromise isn't our friend We will always make time for ideas We are stronger when we work with others We want good people to work in a good place Every year we will help a cause that matters We believe in a thing called Print. 3) What are the two magazines that Iceberg Press publishes? -->The Simple Things and Oh Comely 4) What similarities do you notice between The Simple Things magazine and Oh Comely? -->Both magazines have very minimalist designs. 5) What differences can you find...

Work through the following questions on representation and  Oh Comely : 1) How do representations in  Oh Comely  challenge stereotypes?  --> It challenges stereotypes mainly that are aimed at women. They challenge the stereotype that claim that women are meant to stay are home. David Gauntlett can be used in this case because you could say that now that times have change and people are evolving. Girl power is seem as very important. 2) What representations of race, ethnicity and nationality can be found in the 'Speaking Out' feature? --> There are many different representations of race and ethnicity. Women that are usually under-represented are featured in the magazine.  For example, the young Somali girl who is promoting FGM. This can be seen as different because she is going against her societies belief and standing up for what is right. 3) What representation of women and femininity can be found in  Oh Comely ? --> Van Zoonen  is...