Media Blog 1 - Mr Halsey Amari

1) What was the 2015 Oscar controversy involving Zendaya?  Happened to appear on the red carpet in a white silk gown, with her hair in dreadlocks. “That hair is swallowing her. I feel like she smells like patchouli oil.” 2) How did Zendaya control the narrative of that controversy? “There is already harsh criticism of African American hair in society without the help of ignorant people who choose to judge others based on the curl of their hair,” she wrote in an Instagram post the next day. “My wearing my hair in locs on an Oscar red carpet was to showcase them in a positive light, to remind people of color that our hair is good enough. To me locs are a symbol of beauty and strength, almost like a lion’s mane.” 3) What examples are provided of Zendaya using her celebrity to raise issues of race and social justice? Embedded in her response were all the elements of savvy celebrity-image wrangling that she’s since developed into a fundamental part of her public persona. That’s why, to full

  1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? He  realised that we had access to a way to talk to hundreds of thousands of other computer users around the world. That’s possible because the internet lets any two connected computers exchange data 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? It but is also makes it  next to impossible to stop spam, abuse or the  trading of images of child abuse. 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’? Digital information is very hard to control in  an open world, because it arrives in a form that  allows it to be manipulated by its recipient.  When you listen to the radio or record a TV  programme, all you can easily do with the result  is listen or watch again. 4) Bill Thompson outlines some of the challenges and questions for the future of the internet. What are they? He says  In s

  1) Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 72 has a feature linking YouTube influencers to A Level media theories. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM72 and scroll to page 60 to read the article ‘The theory of everything - using YouTubers to understand media theory’. Answer the following questions: 1) How has YouTube "democratised media creativity"? 2) How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  3) How do influencers reinforce capitalist ideologies?  4) How can YouTube and social media celebrity content be read as postmodern, an example of hyperreality?  5) What are the arguments for and against regulating online content such as YouTube? 6) How can Hesmondhalgh and Curran & Seaton's ideas be linked to online media debates?  7) How can Gauntlett's ideas around identity and audience be applied to YouTube and influencer content? 8) What is  YOUR  opinion on celebrity influencers? Are they

 1 ) Type up your feedback in   full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). EBI: Revise semiotics, myth, ideology and more. For Q2 you dont make a single reference a specific aspect of the CSP pages from the magazines. Lack of focus on the question, media producers responding to changing context. I dont mention Will Welsh or Penny Martin. 2) Focusing on the unseen question 1, pick out   three  bullet points on the anticipated content and link each point to the three aspects of the question - denotation, connotation, myth.  connotation: enigma codes in regards to the layout of the unseen question denotation: would be the way costume is used and this relates to CLAMPS. myth: the typical american fighting lifestyle. 3) Look at the anticipated content for the 25-mark Magazines question. Pick out   three  points on GQ and   three  on The Gentlewoman that you think are particularly interesting for this question on social and cultural contexts

  1) Writer's Edit journal article 1) What is the definition of an independent print magazine? This special feature will concentrate on a rising segment of independent publishing that may surprise you: print magazines. Independent print magazines are defined as "published without the financial support of a large corporation or institution in which the makers control publication and distribution.  2) What does Hamilton (2013) suggest about independent magazines in the digital age? According to Hamilton, changing from print to digital media was a difficulty for independent magazines. This included developing digital versions of their magazines and maybe using digital subscription methods. 3) Why does the article suggest that independent magazines might be succeeding while global magazine publishers such as Bauer are struggling? Likewise, independent magazines struggle to reach widespread distribution in newsagencies and other typical magazine retailers. Brimble’s realisation tha