Media exam Khaterah

Narrative Go to our Media Magazine archive (issue MM79) and read the feature All Too Well on Taylor Swift and how she controls her own narrative. Answer the following questions:  1) Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her earlier albums?  She re-recorded to give her full ownership of the records and nullify Braun’s involvement. 2) Why did Taylor Swift choose to make the short film 'All Too Well'?  This short film was to show how she has broken free of control by others and created an image of the greatest artists of all times. ‘All Too Well,’ a song that aches from  heartbreak and longing as Taylor wanted to push her creativity. 3) What other examples are provided in the article of Taylor Swift using media to construct her own image?  It writes how she  has gone to such lengths to take back her masters, to remove control from the hands of the wealthy and powerful. The key idea is that she is using her music to control her persona and construct her image. Taylor Swift textual analy

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"? They have gotten ordinary users uploading their own content, so now they have become the producers. 2) How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  This platforms influence the spread of US culture references, language and attitudes. 3) How do influencers reinforce capitalist ideologies?  Content creators promote materialism and consumerisms through sponsorships. This is a sort of entertainment done more explicitly nowadays. 4) How can YouTube and social media celebrity content be read as postmodern, an example of hyperreality?  It can be read as postmoder

Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 55 has an overview of technology journalist Bill Thompson’s conference presentation on ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ It’s an excellent summary of the internet’s brief history and its impact on society. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM55 and scroll to page 13 to read the article ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ Answer the following questions: 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? He could be able to: -Email and exchange files with people at other universities -Access to talk to others with computers -Network becomes invisible as connection becomes seamless -connects people for information, campaigning, gaming, education, meeting friends and money. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? A lot of bullying and abuse takes place especially pornography and even illegal images o child a

1)   Magazines: Front cover practical task 2)  Magazines: GQ - Language and Representation 3)  Magazines: GQ - Audience & Industry 4)  Magazines: Front cover practical task LR 5)  Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Language and Representations 6)  Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries 7)  Magazines: Industries - the appeal of print and independent magazines

  1) Writer's Edit journal article Read this excellent  Writer's Edit academic journal article on the independent magazine industry  and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of an independent print magazine? It is a magazine 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? He suggests that magazines are quietly thriving even as the global newspaper and book industries falter. 3) Why does the article suggest that independent magazines might be succeeding while global magazine publishers such as Bauer are struggling? Big companies like Bauer media and News Limited that produce magazines are struggling to keep they're readers from going online instead of print. 4) What does the article suggest about how independent publishers use digital media to target their niche audiences? Its says ho

1) Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to  our Media Magazine archive  and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?  The gentle women love the world modern making there magazine revolve around this ides. Whereas the traditional women's magazine have oozed glossy glamour titles and  the layout, the colours, the photograph and the typefaces are bright are noticeable. 2) What representations are offered in the Gentlewoman?   It presents a spectrum of womanhood pleasing a wide range of viewers whilst playing with  ideas of gender performativity and stereotypes, 3) List the key statistics in the article on the average reader of the magazine.  85% of Gentlewomen readers are women with its largest readership bracket of 61% ages 28 to 46. 48% of its readers are  are in the A or B categories of  the NRS social gra