Media Blog 1

Teen Vogue: Industry and social media blog tasks Create a new blog post called 'Teen Vogue Industry and social media' and work through the following tasks to complete the final aspects of your Teen Vogue case study: 1)What other magazines do they publish and how much money did they make last year? Magazines other than Teen Vogue include:  Allure, Architectural Digest, Ars Technica, Backchannel, Bon Appétit, Brides, Condé Nast Traveler, Epicurious, Glamour, Golf Digest, GQ, Pitchfork, Self, The New  Yorker, VanityFair, Vogue, W and Wired. 2) What are Teen Vogue’s main sources of income? Teen Vogue's main sources of income include: Selling advertising space online Selling their readers' data to other companies for sponsored content or to attract 'advertorial' Through YouTube with their videos (digital convergence) 3) How are traditionally print-based products like Teen Vogue diversifying to create new income streams? They create online platforms. Exa...

Teen Vogue: Audience and Representation blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Teen Vogue Audience and Representation' and work through the following tasks to complete the audience and representation aspects of your Teen Vogue case study: Audience 1) Analyse the  Conde Nast media pack for Teen Vogue . What is the Teen Vogue mission statement and what does this tell us about the target audience and audience pleasures? --> "Their mission statement is to educate, enlighten and empower their audience." There target audience is mostly young people. For example 63% are from generation Z/ millennial. They reach up to 18.5m people internationally. The audience pleasure that can be applied is Blumler and Katz uses and gratifications theory. For example surveillance because Teen vogue provides information about everything they represent and hold value too. 2) What is the target audience for Teen Vogue? Use the media pack to pick out key aspects of the audience demogr...

Yarde Lands Spot On The Big Stage http://www.voice-online.co.uk/article/yarde-lands-spot-big-stage Summarise  the story in your own words: is this is an example of hard news  or  soft news? --> This story is about a boxer named Yarde who had made it to a special boxing event. This is a huge event because it launches your career as a boxer. Further more, Yarde making it into this event means that he will be fighting someone and taking part of a boxing match. This is an example of soft news because it's sports. Sports is seen as a form of entertainment. Explain how or why this story  appeals to an audience  (use media terminology and theory here). --> The audience appeal that can be applied to this story is Blumler and Katz uses and gratification theory. Surveillance is one of them because it provides information about the boxing matches and secret events. You could also say personal identity because it can inspire people to wo...

8 Best Makeup Organisers and Storage Systems https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/makeup-storage-ideas Summarise  the story in your own words: is this is an example of hard news  or  soft news? --> This article is about how to organise your make up when you buy new one. This story helps young guys and women who wear make up to make sure they do not lose their make up and make sure there best make up is able to be found on the days they need to look extra nice. This is an example of soft news because it is a source of entertainment. Explain how or why this story  appeals to an audience  (use media terminology and theory here). --> The audience appeal that can be applied is Surveillance from Blumler and Katz uses and gratifications theory. This is because it provides information about how to keep your make up organised. Comment  on the story: to what extent does it reflect the values and ideologies of the website? Is th...

Dramatic moment 'moped gang rammed a stolen car into luxury jewellery store Boodles before stabbing the brave builder who tried to stop them with samurai swords and slashing his knees with an axe' https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6405611/Moped-gang-rammed-stolen-car-Boodles-stabbing-man-tried-stop-them.html Summarise  the story in your own words: is this is an example of hard news  or  soft news? --> This story is about a Range Rover that crashed into a jeweler shop so that a gang can rob it. One person who was passing by tried stopping it and got stabbed by one of the gang members. Furthermore, all five men that robbed the store have been caught on camera and we're arrested. This is an example of Hard news because it is very serious and  it not entertainment. The news value that could be connected to this could be continuity as this is an ongoing thing in the Uk Explain how or why this story  appeals to an audience...

Your learner response is as follows: Create a new blog post on your Media 1 Exam blog called ' Newspapers assessment learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 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: Good clear writing, focus well on the question. EBI: You need a better understanding of statutory regulation. 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify  three  potential points that you could have made in your Question 3 answer - the i newspaper standing for "quality, clarity and independence". Successful in its own terms- provides a print product that has  succeeded in the digital age since it start and launched in 2010. It now remains profitable and is owned by Johnston press. All Stories are generally presented with balance. For example, in the one of the articles it  states There's a May and ' The Salzbury...

Now Remainers are threatening to beat Theresa May, over secret economic reports https://inews.co.uk/news/brexit/now-remainers-are-threatening-to-beat-theresa-may-over-secret-economic-reports/ Summarise  the story in your own words: is this is an example of  hard news  or  soft news? --> This story is about Brexit and how the people who voted to remain in the EU have not received one bit of information about whats going to happen when we leave the EU in next in March 2019. This is an example of hard news because it has to do with current affairs. The new values that can be connected to this continuity because it is an ongoing story. Explain how or why this story  appeals to an audience  (use media terminology and theory here). -->  The audience pleasures shown in this article in surveillance from Blumer and Katz uses and gratifications theory. This is because this article provides a lot of information on the ongoing neg...

Teen Vogue: background reading Read this  Guardian feature from 2017 on Teen Vogue  and answer the following questions. 1) What was the article that announced Teen Vogue as a more serious, political website – with 1.3m hits and counting? 25-year-old Lauren Duca, a Teen Vogue contributing editor and award-winning writer for the likes of Vice and the New Yorker published an excellent piece regarding Donald Trump gaslighting America. She wrote  “To gaslight is to psychologically manipulate a person to the point where they question their own sanity, and that’s precisely what Trump is doing to this country,”  She also gave readers excellent advice, stating  “Refuse to accept information simply because it is fed to you, and don’t be afraid to ask questions.”  39-year-old meditation coach, Charlie Knoles, stated:  “I now go to Teen Vogue for serious journalism.”  after this incredible breakthrough. 2) When was the original Teen Vogue magazin...