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  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 wanted to remove control from the hands of the wealthy and powerful and place it back in the hands of the people that deserve it. She did it for necessity and artistic control. 2) Why did Taylor Swift choose to make the short film 'All Too Well'?  Swift  has consciously chosen to push her professional creative  boundaries for the sake of her art and her storytelling. 3) What other examples are provided in the article of Taylor Swift using media to construct her own image?  This idea of image control remained at the fore with Swift’s next album, Reputation in 2017. Here, she divorces herself from her former personas entirely with both her musical styles and her look: around this time, she donned darker clothing and black eye shadow, which, p

1)  - News stories centred on dark individuals.  2. - News, Don, Way of life, Excitement, Conclusion, Confidence.   - They offer a wide extend of distinctive areas viewers may be inquisitive about.   3) - See at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Choose two stories and clarify why they might offer to the Voice's target group of onlookers.   - "Chris Kaba's Family pledge to battle on after officer compensated of his kill" - this might offer to the Voice readers since they are a dark group of onlookers and since its isn't unprecedented for dark individuals to have bad form with the police they might need to see the result of this specific story to see how it plays out.   - "Charlton Athletic to have their Ruddy, White and Dark Day with pride" - this might request to the Voice perusers since Dark individuals have continuously confronted disparity and segregation so this occasion would offer assistance halt that so they might need to know more almost th

  Paul Gilroy - blog tasks Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open  Factsheet 170: Gilroy – Ethnicity and Postcolonial Theory . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or you can  access it online here  using your Greenford Google login. Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Racial identities are caused by historical conflicts that have brought different groups into opposition. That is not to say that there were no human differences before historical conflict between different groups; different human groups existed but their differences were not defined by ‘race’ lines.  2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Racism is not caused by the clash of two or more races – racism is not a natural phenomenon. Instead, Gilroy states that racial difference and racial identities are the product o

  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: Q3 shows the beginning of a solid answer but overall, we need to use this as an important lesson in the level we need to reach by the end of the year. EBI: Q1+2 both show up a lack of knowledge/ revision of the radio topic and CSP's/ ideally, we should be picking up 10+ marks here so revise these topics/csp's. In Q3 you MUST cover both csp's. Was it a timing issue or knowledge/revision? LR-see blog 2) Focusing on the BBC  Newsbeat  question, write three ways it helps to fulfil the BBC's mission statement that you  didn't  include in your original assessment answer. Use the mark scheme for ideas. Newsbeat informs Radio 1 listeners about the news – important events going on in the UK and around the world including breaking news and developing stories. The news topics in a Newsbeat bulletin tend to offer entertainment to listeners. Although

  1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? The internet is a great place for education as we are now able to access many different resources online. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? Negatives - The net is open to innovation which means it’s almost impossible to stop spam , abuse or the trading of child abuse images. Positives - We are able to connect with other people and the internet provides us with a lot of information. 3) What does ‘open technology’ refer to? Do you agree with the idea of ‘open technology’? There are very few restrictions on the internet.  4) Bill Thompson outlines some of the challenges and questions for the future of the internet. What are they? Openness carries a price. They’re are largely unanticipated consequences. 5) Where do you stand on the use and regulation of the internet? Should there be more control or more openness

1) How has YouTube "democratised media creativity"? Content is  published first and then filtered or  judged later by audiences. So, success is measured by the number of views  and the reaction of the ‘fans’ rather  than the judgement and financial  power of an industry editor/producer. 2) How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  We could argue  that YouTube influencers encourage  the spread of US cultural references, language and attitudes. This form of  globalisation implies a dominance of  Western cultural attitudes. 3) How do influencers reinforce capitalist ideologies?  The recommendation  algorithms on YouTube act as bread  crumb trails to videos that promote  extreme ideologies. T his raises  the question of age suitability and  availability to younger audiences. 4) How can YouTube and social media celebrity content be read as postmodern, an example of hyperreality?  5) What are the arguments for and