50 NDM Stories Index/Categories

1. 10/09/14 'Could Ali Baba be bigger than Amazon?'

2.10/09/14 'EU tells Google to do more to settle search row with rivals'

3.10/09/14'Microsoft wants Minecraft for Windows Phone'

4. 17/09/14 'How video games like Destiny are making a huge profit'

5. 24/09/14'Royal baby story helps Press Association profits rise to £9.8m'

6. 01/10/14 'Fox News presenters mock female pilot who took part in campaign against Isis'

7. 08/10/14'News of the World’s Ian Edmondson pleads guilty'

8.15/10/14 'British police’s use of Ripa powers to snoop on journalists to be reined in'

9. 22/10/14 'Twitter teams up with SoundCloud and iTunes to play audio within tweets'

10. 29/10/14 Untangling the web: privacy

11. 05/11/14 UK joins world's fastest mobile internet club with next generation 4G+ rollout

12. 05/11/14 High sales. Big profits. Rising user numbers. So why the turmoil at the Telegraph?

13. 12/11/14 Channel 4 to launch eBay-style market for advertisers on cloud TV service

14. 12/11/14 How social networking is changing journalism

15. 19/11/14  Local papers cautious as BBC courts them with free content

16. 19/11/14 Let’s get over the whole 'newspapers are dying' thing

17. 26/11/14 BBC undermining local newspapers, says Theresa May

18. 26/11/14 Facebook hosted Lee Rigby death chat ahead of soldier's murder

19. 03/12/14 Sun+ signs up 225,000 paying subscribers

20. 03/12/14 Osborne: Autumn Statement cuts warnings 'hyperbolic'

21. 10/12/14 Is a profit worth the price of the Times’s paywall?

22. 10/12/14  BBC director lashes out at "lazy" journalism after Christmas schedules criticised

23. 17/12/14 Turkish journalism arrests spark angry media divide

24. 17/12/14  Instagram now has 300m users sharing 70m photos and videos a day

25. 07/01/15 New York Times to set up digital hub in London

26. 07/01/15 Amazon to offer Washington Post app for free to Fire tablet owners

27.14/01/15 BuzzFeed launches its own 'public chat' channel in messaging app Viber 

28. 14/01/15 Charlie Hebdo print run raised to 5m as copies in France sell out

29. 21/01/15 Charlie Hebdo launches app version featuring prophet Muhammed cover

30. 21/01/15 End of topless women on the Sun’s Page 3 welcomed by MPs

31. 04/02/15 Journalists back in the firing line as digital media struggles to protect its own

32. 04/02/15 Top Gear, BBC4 and the watershed: what we learned from Tony Hall

33. 11/02/15 A millennial's verdict on Snapchat Discover

34. 11/02/15 Twitter CEO: We suck at dealing with trolls and abuse

35. 18/02/15 Spanish politicians try to woo voters over WhatsApp

36.18/02/15 Embrace social media stars, they can work wonders for your brand

37. 25/02/15 Jersey Evening Post's new-look website to go behind metered paywall

38. 25/02/15 Nigel Farage urges UK broadcasters to press ahead with television debates

39.  04/03/15 The Sun suffers big sales fall without Page 3 - but don't rush to conclusions

40.  04/03/15 Daily Mail in New York disputes journalist's ripping-off-the-web claims

41.  04/03/15 Pittsburgh mall shooting suspect identified from Instagram post

42. 04/03/15 Google to launch YouTube subscription service without ads 

43. 11/03/15 Twitter's new bid to end online abuse could endanger dissidents

44. 18/03/15  Twitter 'could be vital tool in general election'

45. 18/03/15  Twitter Latest To Face Sex Discrimination Lawsuit

46. 25/03/15  Apple reveals the secret fitness lab it has been using for TWO YEARS to develop its health tracking watch

47. 25/03/15  Woman killed herself after being doorstepped over McCann trolling 

48. 01/04/15 Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire has just seen its profits halved

49. 01/04/15 Tweets versus Wall Street: analysts fear for Twitter in the battle for advertising

50. 15/04/15 The philosophy of privacy: why surveillance reduces us to objects

 51. 15/04/15 Daily Telegraph backs Tories with email to marketing database


Categories

-Technology 51. 15/04/15 Daily Telegraph backs Tories with email to marketing database

50. 15/04/15 The philosophy of privacy: why surveillance reduces us to objects46. 25/03/15  Apple reveals the secret fitness lab it has been using for TWO YEARS to develop its health tracking watch14. 12/11/14 How social networking is changing journalism
3.10/09/14'Microsoft wants Minecraft for Windows Phone'
4. 17/09/14 'How video games like Destiny are making a huge profit'
1. 10/09/14 'Could Ali Baba be bigger than Amazon?'
2.10/09/14 'EU tells Google to do more to settle search row with rivals'



-Journalism
50. 15/04/15 The philosophy of privacy: why surveillance reduces us to objects
48. 01/04/15 Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire has just seen its profits halved
39.  04/03/15 The Sun suffers big sales fall without Page 3 - but don't rush to conclusions
40.  04/03/15 Daily Mail in New York disputes journalist's ripping-off-the-web claims
37. 25/02/15 Jersey Evening Post's new-look website to go behind metered paywall
28. 14/01/15 Charlie Hebdo print run raised to 5m as copies in France sell out
29. 21/01/15 Charlie Hebdo launches app version featuring prophet Muhammed cover
30. 21/01/15 End of topless women on the Sun’s Page 3 welcomed by MPs
31. 04/02/15 Journalists back in the firing line as digital media struggles to protect its own
25. 07/01/15 New York Times to set up digital hub in London
26. 07/01/15 Amazon to offer Washington Post app for free to Fire tablet owners
20. 03/12/14 Osborne: Autumn Statement cuts warnings 'hyperbolic'
21. 10/12/14 Is a profit worth the price of the Times’s paywall?
22. 10/12/14  BBC director lashes out at "lazy" journalism after Christmas schedules criticised
23. 17/12/14 Turkish journalism arrests spark angry media divide

19. 03/12/14 Sun+ signs up 225,000 paying subscribers14. 12/11/14 How social networking is changing journalism
15. 19/11/14  Local papers cautious as BBC courts them with free content
16. 19/11/14 Let’s get over the whole 'newspapers are dying' thing
17. 26/11/14 BBC undermining local newspapers, says Theresa May12. 05/11/14 High sales. Big profits. Rising user numbers. So why the turmoil at the Telegraph?
10. 29/10/14 Untangling the web: privacy

6. 01/10/14 'Fox News presenters mock female pilot who took part in campaign against Isis'

7. 08/10/14'News of the World’s Ian Edmondson pleads guilty'
8.15/10/14 'British police’s use of Ripa powers to snoop on journalists to be reined in'5. 24/09/14'Royal baby story helps Press Association profits rise to £9.8m'

-Social Media 
 47. 25/03/15 Woman killed herself after being doorstepped over McCann trolling 
43. 11/03/15 Twitter's new bid to end online abuse could endanger dissidents
44. 18/03/15  Twitter 'could be vital tool in general election'
45. 18/03/15  Twitter Latest To Face Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
41.  04/03/15 Pittsburgh mall shooting suspect identified from Instagram post
42. 04/03/15 Google to launch YouTube subscription service without ads 36.18/02/15 Embrace social media stars, they can work wonders for your brand
33. 11/02/15 A millennial's verdict on Snapchat Discover
34. 11/02/15 Twitter CEO: We suck at dealing with trolls and abuse29. 21/01/15 Charlie Hebdo launches app version featuring prophet Muhammed cover
27.14/01/15 BuzzFeed launches its own 'public chat' channel in messaging app Viber 
24. 17/12/14  Instagram now has 300m users sharing 70m photos and videos a day
18. 26/11/14 Facebook hosted Lee Rigby death chat ahead of soldier's murder14. 12/11/14 How social networking is changing journalism
9. 22/10/14 'Twitter teams up with SoundCloud and iTunes to play audio within tweets'




-Democracy 
 51. 15/04/15 Daily Telegraph backs Tories with email to marketing database38. 25/02/15 Nigel Farage urges UK broadcasters to press ahead with television debates
35. 18/02/15 Spanish politicians try to woo voters over WhatsApp

-UGC

-Other32. 04/02/15 Top Gear, BBC4 and the watershed: what we learned from Tony Hall
13. 12/11/14 Channel 4 to launch eBay-style market for advertisers on cloud TV service

11. 05/11/14 UK joins world's fastest mobile internet club with next generation 4G+ rollout

NDM Story #50 - 15/04/15

Daily Telegraph backs Tories with email to marketing database

The Telegraph has taken its support for the Conservatives a step further by using its marketing database and new and digital platforms, i.e. email to urge people to vote Conservative in what the newspaper’s editor Chris Evans describes as an “unprecedented step”. This shows that whereas on Twitter there is a lot of ranting about the public voting labour, The Telegraph being a left wing decides to find innovative and new digital ways to appeal to the audience via email, as opposed to just traditional print media.

Some recipients turned to Twitter to express their surprise, saying they had only signed up to the newspaper’s technology and finance emails. Others complained they had not handed over their email address to receive political messages from the newspaper.

-The telegraph offered in this email a 45-day free digital subscription, covering the election period.

- sent on the 7th /May 2015 - election day

-It concludes: “The Daily Telegraph urges its readers to vote Conservative.”

NDM Story #50 - 15/04/15

The philosophy of privacy: why surveillance reduces us to objects

This article is about privacy being violated due to the media and the internet. Although the internet has become a platform to gain equality and rights/freedom globally, by fourth-wave feminists for example - people have been treated like objects as they are spied on.

The article by Michael P. Lynch  (director of the Humanities Institute, and professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut. ) claims:

''By invading our privacy without our knowledge, governments are making certain invisible decisions for the population. That is different to restricting autonomy by asking people to all go through a scanner at the airport. That is power visible to all, applied to all.''

NDM Story #49 - 01/04/15

Tweets versus Wall Street: analysts fear for Twitter in the battle for advertising

In this news story is about Twitter which is a beloved of news organisations, celebrities, Islamist propagandists and trolls. Twitter has a problem: it isn’t growing its user base quickly enough and it isn’t making enough money from those it does have to satisfy Wall Street.

The growth in the number of “monthly active users” who sign in at least once a month – up 18% year-on-year to 302 million – didn't seem fast enough. And revenues, at $436m for the quarter, up 74% year-on-year, haven’t risen as fast as analysts expected.

This shows that the competitive nature of new and digital media mean that a single institution isn't able to receive all the users, but since users have a choice of what to use and have alternatives such as Facebook, they can use that instead. 

NDM Story #48 - 01/04/15

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire has just seen its profits halved

This story is about Rupert Murdoch's profit declines.

The company saw profits more than halve as advertising revenues continued to decline and the strong dollar took its toll.
Net income attributable to shareholders dropped by 52 per cent to $23m (£15m).
Total earnings across the group before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation fell by seven per cent to $175m. These figures included a charge of $15m relating to the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World.

MEST3 Independent case study: New and Digital Media

Case study research tasks

The basics

Your chosen industry: Social media/Internet 
Your chosen case study (i.e. text/institution etc.): Everyday sexism
Have you received approval for this case study from your teacher? Yes/No


Audience

1) How has new and digital media changed the audience experience in your chosen industry?
- The internet and social media allow forums, blogs, tweets and many other methods for people to discuss issues, not just those down the road - but also those miles away, and across the globe. The internet has changed experiences as a variety of views are available, making the world seem to be pulled closer and seem like a 'global village' (Marshall McLuhan).

2) Has new and digital media changed the way the audience consume your chosen product?
-New and digital media has impacted everyday sexism greatly, as Laura Bates managed to get a lot of attention using a Ted X talk and other social media pages such as sharing experiences by re tweeting sexist experiences.

3) Has the size of the audience changed as a result of new and digital media?
-Yes it has, as many women probably wouldn't be as confident to talk about such issues if they didn't know how many other people are posting they probably would feel reluctant to join. Laura Bates being the opinion leader (2 step flow model) had bought much more courage to females to share their experiences and prove that sexism does still exist and it is a valid problem that females 'have to' put up with and the society see as casual.

4) What are the positive changes new and digital media have brought to the audience of your case study? (E.g. greater choice, easier access etc.)
-New and digital media has allowed the audiences and those who share their stories to be anonymous, and see an up to date running number of experiences posted on the website, they also have a greater choice, as they can buy the book of Everyday Sexism, if they'd rather have that than read the experiences posted online.

5) What are the negative changes new and digital media have had on your chosen audience? (E.g. quality of product etc.)
-Some people may choose to write negative comments in the experience sections and say these females are over-exaggerating and make parodies out of serious problems.




6) What about audience pleasures - have these changed as a result of new and digital media?

7) What is the target audience for your chosen case study? Write a demographic/psychographic profile.
Females, in the B-D socio-class. 


Institution

1) How has new and digital media had an impact on ownership or control in your chosen industry?
User generated content has become a huge part of the internet, meaning internet users, i.e. us are able to share our ideologies where ever we want to for example commenting on news articles on BBC.
The industry of social media in specific has allowed us as an audience to have quite a bit of control as well as arguable ownership; because one can now post updates to friends on Facebook; or join in trends with Twitter Hastags or post up vlogs/videos on YouTube. Although this is more ownership and control then the audience once had, this still is moderated, and anything seen as ‘’inappropriate’’ would be deleted.

2) What impact has new and digital media had on ownership in your chosen case study?
New and digital media has made it much easier for females to share their views online, and realise and share their experiences on what they go through everyday i.e. sexism comments, being objectified and in other words: inequality. New Digital media has provided them with a platform to express their views and feelings, thus demonstrate the fourth wave of feminism.

3) How has new and digital media changed the way institutions produce texts?
As opposed to the traditional


4) How has new and digital media changed the way institutions distribute their product?
Billboards and TV advertising, are the traditional methods of distribution. Organisations such as Everyday Sexism have done more and promoted by Laura Bates going on the TedX talk, as well as their official website, and Social Media Page and other events such as the Hay Festival and at the South Bank Centre during the women of the world festival. All videos are posted on Youtube, as well as online news sites such as the Guardian, allowing a younger audience as well as an educated audience to be more aware about this campaign.  She also came on several TV interviews that were shown live – such as the BBC Breakfast Show last year.

5) How might new and digital media threaten your chosen industry?
Although women are able to anonymously share experiences, trollers and misogynists, what we would call ‘anti-feminist’ can also access the website and leave disturbing, disrespectful and foolish comments – therefore this can be a threat.


6) How has new and digital media changed the way your chosen industry is regulated?
Audience can now also ‘remove’ and ‘report’ comments as opposed to just the actual elite i.e. people in control doing this.


UGC

1)What examples of user-generated content can you find in your case study?
Females from all over the world have

2) How has UGC changed things for audiences or institutions in your chosen case study?
UGC has allowed the audience to have more opportunities and methods  of getting their views across and being recognised, as audiences can express themselves and influence others (2 step flow model) to feel a certain way, for example anti-feminists creating Twitter page Menist Twitter to mock Feminism.
However, UGC means it is much more difficult for organisations to control and maintain what is being posted on social media, for example what is trending on Twitter.

Marxism, Pluralism and Hegemony

1) What would be a Marxist perspective of the impact of new and digital media on your chosen case study/industry?
Although audiences are given the power to use and create media texts, and post experiences such as on the Everyday Sexism website; this media is still regulated; and the organisations review this and remove content if it is not meeting ‘standards’ and these are set by the elite, in order to maintain hegemonic control.

2) How would a pluralist view the impact of new and digital media in your chosen case study/industry?
A pluralist would say that new and digital media gives audience a platform to express themselves better; and post whatever they want – i.e. user generated content – therefore audience have power because what they initially post is their choice.

3) Are there any examples of hegemony in your chosen industry or case study?



Globalisation

1) How has globalisation impacted on your chosen industry or case study?
Audiences from all over the world and all ages have made up the 100,000 expreience, and are a worldwide movement for gender equality.

2) In your opinion, has globalisation had a positive or negative impact on your chosen industry and case study? Why?
Globalisation has had a very posititve impact on the internet – because people are able to get world news and views much better, allowing them to know the world better, as if they are part of a ‘global village’. In addition, globalistation specifically for my case stude (Everyday Sexism) has been highly beneficial as it has enabled over 100,000 stories to be collected, and different views on sexism to be shared- for example sexism in work place for working women, or sexism in school/college and uni for students as well as sexism for a normal female as she walks down the road.

3) Can you find examples of cultural imperialism in your case study or industry? (The 'Americanisation' of the world)
Laura Bates is British – therefore there is not much Americanisation in my case study in specific. However, the internet industry is full of cultural imperialism as acronyms and words used are mainly from the American culture.


Social media

1) How has your industry or case study used social media to promote its products?
Twitter/Youtube/Facebook

2) Provide examples of how your case study has used social media and explain the impact this would have on audiences.

3) Is social media an opportunity or a threat to your industry and case study?

Statistics

1) What statistics can you find to illustrate the impact new and digital media has had on your industry or case study? For example, in news, the UK newspaper industry sold more than 12m copies a day in 2001 but in 2014 it was below 7m.
- Laura Bates has now published a book featuring 60,000 women's experiences of sexism.

- The third anniversary of the campaign was in April 2015

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2) What impact have the statistics you have found had on institutions in your chosen industry?

3) What has the impact been for audiences?


Theories

1) What media theories can you apply to your chosen industry and case study? Select THREE media theories and explain how they are relevant to your case study. Note: these can be ANY of the theories we have learned over the whole of Year 12 and 13.

Issues/debates

1) What media issues and debates can you apply to your chosen industry and case study? Select THREE media issues/debates and explain how they are relevant to your case study.


Wider examples and secondary texts

1) What other texts or institutions are also relevant to your case study? What would be good secondary texts or examples to use to support the findings of your independent case study?
Taylor Swift & Beyonce supporting Feminism


Ignite presentation

When you have completed your independent case study research, prepare a 20-slide, 5 minute Ignite presentation on your chosen industry and case study. You will present this in class after Easter to widen our overall knowledge of the impact of new and digital media on a variety of industries, examples and texts. Remember the Ignite rules:

• 20 slides
• 15-second auto-advance
• No more than 20 words on each slide

Due: after Easter

NDM Story #47 - 25/03/15

Woman killed herself after being doorstepped over McCann trolling




This article is about a women who was found dead in a hotel room due to sour tweets she received.

• On 30 September she was approached by Brunt and a cameraman outside her village home in Burton Overy, Leicestershire, after the journalist was given a dossier containing details of people allegedly posting abusive tweets about Kate and Gerry McCann, whose daughter Madeleine disappeared in Portugal in 2007. Leyland had posted or reposted more than 400 tweets about the McCanns, the inquest heard. 
• Sky broadcast footage of Leyland, but did not name her or give details of where she lived, the inquest heard.
• A Sky News spokesman said: “Brenda Leyland’s tragic death highlights the unforeseeable human impact that the stories we pursue can have, and Sky News would like to extend its sincere condolences to her family.” 

This shows the power of social media, this women was attacked verbally for expressing her opinions on the McCann family.

NDM Story #46 - 25/03/15

Apple reveals the secret fitness lab it has been using for TWO YEARS to develop its health tracking watch
Apple have revealed that they have been using people to test out the product that they were going to be releasing to the public. They have been found that they have had people testing their health and using the new apple watch that will be released soon to the public in England. They have been using these people for 2 years just testing it out to see whether it works good and was accurate with peoples health.
Lab has been running in this unmarked building for two years
Apple employees wear special masks and equipment to monitor breathing
Were not told what they were testing - and used covered Apple Watches
Fitness app was installed by Apple as part of this week's iOS 8.2 update
I believe that there is nothing wrong with testing out products as long as the peoples who they have chosen to do it agrees to the terms and conditions. They must also be treated fairly and not overworked.

NDM Story #45 - 18/03/15

Twitter Latest To Face Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
This article is about a woman Tina Huang who was a twitter engineer and had worked with twitter for a long time. She has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for being biased and not giving woman the promotions but only the men. She had missed out on many promotions which she finds unfair and believes that Twitter are in favour for men and only the men. Which is why most of the men at her workplace are all in high places and keep moving up, whilst the woman always stay where they are and due to this she has filed a lawsuit and is suing he ex employer.

• Twitter being biased 
• Promotions only to men
• Filed lawsuit against ex employer 

I believe that Twitter is not biased, i believe that its a case of men doing a better job than woman and woman believing that they're being biased, if they did their job to an outstanding level maybe they'd be promoted.

NDM Story #44 - 18/03/15

Twitter 'could be vital tool in general election'
Research from social media platform says 45% of users aged 18-34 became interested in a cause they learned about through the site


Twitter could be an important tool for political parties to persuade young voters ahead of the general election, research from the social media site suggests. Of the Twitter users aged 18 to 34 surveyed, 45% said they had become interested in or joined a political or social cause that they learned about through the site, and 37% said they used the site to actively look for information about politics or the UK general election.
One in three 18- to 34-year-old users had changed their vote from one party to another, 47% had reconsidered their views on a specific issue based on what they’d seen on the site, and 20% said they were still undecided about how they planned to vote.

This shows that new and digital media in the future can prove to be something that is beneficial not only for tasks such as shopping and ordering take-aways and online petitions, but take part in the actual electoral/voting process and that to in the comfort of their own homes, saving the government a lot of money on having to set up events and venues! 

NDM Story #43 - 11/03/15

Twitter's new bid to end online abuse could endanger dissidents 

Twitter is making people register their numbers on twitter through their phones so they can keep track of the abusers but this may be a bad idea.

• started forcing users of the Tor anonymity network – along with serial trolls – to register their phone numbers, in order to stop abuse.
• Users given short-term suspensions for abuse will be required to register their phone number with Twitter, a step that is currently optional, so the company can track trolls and block them from creating multiple accounts.
• The clampdown may stop causal abusers, but those that have gone to the trouble of using Tor to set up accounts and protect their identity to troll and abuse users are unlikely to be deterred by a phone number requirement.
• But in other countries, such workarounds may be less available. In Turkey, all mobile phones have to be registered, including those bought outside of the country. A passport is required to obtain a sim card and phone number, which makes any phone number that could be subpoenaed from Twitter by the government a risk of exposing identity

This may be a good idea to track the abusers, it would also decrease the amount of trolls online.

NDM Story #42 - 11/03/15

Google to launch YouTube subscription service without ads 

This article is about Google getting rid of advertisements on YouTube videos as a way of fine tuning it to consumer satisfaction, this is because they are rival to other sites such as Netflix. 

• subscription offering was important to YouTube because some viewers did not wish to sit through advertisements.
• The move would allow YouTube to compete with companies such as Netflix and represent a significant change for the site, whose free ad-supported videos attract more than one billion users a month.
• YouTube has been exploring a paid, advert-free version of its service for some time, launching a pilot program in 2013 that allowed individual content providers to charge consumers a subscription fee to access a particular video channel.
• Launched last year, Google Preferred packages together the most popular YouTube channels and sells ads across them up front, in the same way that traditional TV ads are sold.

YouTube are trying to keep their consumers as there are other rivals out there and they want to stay in the game so are getting rid of things people do not like such as advertisements.

Collective identity and the media

Self-image and the Media (MM41 - page 6).
Our Media Magazine archive is here.

1) Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?'
The first section is about creating an identity for yourself and ideas about self image there is a certain way we want ourself to be seen.
The second section is about how identities were set to an individual according to many different things e.g class or race
The third part is about the need of having needs and meeting our desires, advertising has helped people to know what they want.
The fourth part is about a rise of an individual. which is about how a person start to become unique
The fifth part is about branding and lifestyle which is about the way people buy items to what match their identities.
The last part is about as individuals we make our own choices and are in control of our public imagine.


2) List five brands you are happy to be associated with and explain how they reflect your sense of identity.
Nike - Very comfortable shoes, and high quality clothing. I have been wearing this brand for a long time, as well as those around me, so it holds a strong sense of identity with me.
Apple - The company have been providing me with good service, and technology leading to me staying with them for many years, simple and pretty and I cant stay without, highly associated with me.
Audi - This is a brand I want to be associated with, as I like their cars and hope to own an audi when I am older. 
The Body Shop - I would prefer this brand over others as it is not only a good one for myself, but is against animal testing, thus I am a loyal customer and more than happy to see self identity with it.
Swarwoski - Their jewellery is really elegant, and I wear a necklace from there everyday, and it's really satisfying and looks good, thus reflects my sense of identity.


3) Do you agree with the view that modern media is all about 'style over substance'? What does this expression mean?
I do agree to some extent that the media is style over substance as the most popular things in media are to do with style, fashion and fame.


4) Explain Baudrillard's theory of 'media saturation' in one paragraph. You may need to research it online to find out more.
Media saturation is defined as media that is around use every for example radio, tv, online etc. To a large extent I believe that we do live in a media saturated world where every is very dependant on the the use of media for example we rely on the news to inform use and social media where we can access breaking news.

5) Is your presence on social media an accurate reflection of who you are? Have you ever added or removed a picture from a social media site purely because of what it says about the type of person you are?
Yes fairly, I pose mainly with family members in pictures I post, showing I am family oriented. I do post what's on my mind, or re-tweet on Twitter what I find entertaining or can relate to. I have removed a picture from social media of me and someone who I used to be friends with, so I'm no longer associated with them, not even on social media!!!


6) What is your opinion on 'data mining'? Are you happy for companies to sell you products based on your social media presence and on-line search terms? Is this an invasion of privacy?

- I think that data mining is beneficial to an extent however companies may step out of boundaries, and the government may not be able to create set boundaries, which makes some cases be invasion of privacy, leading to it being seen as illegal.

Post-Colonialism: Destiny Ekaragha/Media Mag

Post-colonialism

1) Read the excellent article exploring the different representations of black people in British film and TV from Media Magazine 42 (MM42 from our Media Magazine archive - page 51)

2) List FIVE films, FIVE TV programmes and FIVE online-only productions that are discussed in the article.

Films:
Bullet Boy
AnuvaHood
Shank

Slumdog millionaire
Ill Manors

TV programme
55 degrees north
Luther
The Kumars at 42
Goodness gracious me
Citizen Khan

Online only:
Brother with no game
Venus vs Mars
The Ryan sisters
All about the McKenzies
Meet the adebanjos


3) Watch Destiny Ekaragha's clips above (more of her work is available on her website, including the short film The Park). To what extent can we apply Alvarado's and Fanon's theories to these films? Do they reinforce or subvert typical black stereotypes in British film and TV? Refer to specific scenes and events in the clips in answering this question and aim for at least 350 words.

We can apply Alvarado’s and Fanon’s theories to these films to some extent, as they have a links to both reinforce and subvert typical black stereotypes in British film and TV. 

In the short film, Tight Jeans, the exotic representation, as in the middle of the film, the three black youths are talking about the “size of their d****” and how they have “f***** everyone, to populate the world” to subvert Alvarado’s theory, the dangerous representation is challenged because the youths are simply sitting down, and not causing any trouble i.e. being anti-social. However this can be seen differently as they were swearing, and using foul language, thus may come across intimidating to some. Alvarado’s theory, the racial representation of being humorous, where they are making fun out of each other, in particular when the boy sat in the middle is questioned of knowing what a white man’s penis size is. With Fanon’s theory, there is evidence for infantilized, essentialized and in some sense primitivized. They were infantilized as they were arguing at the start like little children. In terms of being, essentialized they challenged as they had stood their own out with individual characters rather than being clunked as one group.

The “Gone too far” trailer, the pitied representation of black people is evident, when the Nigerian man is presented as typically outcast, emphasised by his costume, for example the sandals and socks. The representation of being exotic is also embodied in the Nigerian brother as he is arrives in the UK straight from Nigeria. The dangerous representation is subverted by the fact that there are no stereotypical representations of a black youth being violent, anti-social or a threat. The humorous representation of black people is evident as the Nigerian brother is entertaining, especially in the sense where he is singing in the chicken shop about being Nigerian. In terms of Fanon’s theory, the character of the Nigerian has been primitivized as he is unknown to the British lifestyle and norms; this is evident from the trailer when he attempts to flirt with women but is shot down. The representation is also infantilized as the Nigerian brother is seen as a child who has just entered the world and is discovering new things.

Identities And The Media: Index

1. Reading the riots
2. Post-colonialism: Destiny Ekaragwa film analysis
3. Post-colonialism: Theories  -- 9 Clips
4. Feminism: post-feminism article and No more page 3 
5. Feminism: waves and feminism/online activation
6.Collective identity & the media

Identities and the media: feminism online

Waves of feminism
First wave: early 20th century, suffragette movement (right to vote).
Second wave: 1960s – 1990s, reproductive rights (pill), abortion, equal pay.
Third wave: 1990s – present, empowerment, reclaiming of femininity (high heels, sexuality etc. See Angela McRobbie's work on women's magazines).
Fourth wave? 2010 – ongoing, use of new technology (e.g. Twitter) for activism.

Fourth wave?
Many commentators argue that the internet itself has enabled a shift from ‘third-wave’ to ‘fourth-wave’ feminism. What is certain is that the internet has created a ‘call-out’ culture, in which sexism or misogyny can be ‘called out’ and challenged.

This culture is indicative of the continuing influence of the third wave, with its focus on challenging sexism and misogyny in advertising, film, television and the media.

Key quote: “power users of social media”

The internet has facilitated the creation of a global community of feminists who use the internet both for discussion and activism.

According to #FemFuture: Online Feminism, a report recently published by Columbia University’s Barnard Center for Research on Women, females aged between 18 and 29 are the ‘power users of social networking’.

(Source: http://www.psa.ac.uk/insight-plus/feminism-fourth-wave)

Critics of online feminism

Critics of online feminist movements suggest that petitions and pressure from Twitter campaigns is simply a witch-hunt orchestrated by privileged middle-class white women.

They ask: are ‘trolls’ the danger they are portrayed to be?

Research task

1) Ched Evans: petition to prevent convicted rapist playing

In this story, Ched Evans is a footballer convicted of rape, who has faced criticism from fans and women's groups alike over his potential return to the sport.

The initial incident or situation that sparked this petition was the fact that Ched Evans was convicted of rape and he tried to return to professional not really realising what he has actually done and how it can send a bad image towards fans as at that professional level you are seen as a role model, which has led to the petition by Jean Hatchet.

In my opinion I believe to a certain extent that this campaign is both valid and a witch hunt asChed Evans has served a 2 and a half year sentence half of the original 5 year sentence and has to live with the fact that even though he was released on 17 October 2014, although he remains on the Violent and Sex Offender Register indefinitely, which will haunt him. The point about how his offence can send a bad image towards fans of a younger age as he may been seen as a role model makes sense but he isn’t allowed to technically go back to work which isn’t really fair to be honest. It wont be seen acceptable in the media and society, for a convicted rapist to be a role model for thousands of fans. 

2) Caroline Criado-Perez: female presence on banknotes

Caroline Criado-Perez is suggesting that 'Twitter has enabled people to behave in a way they wouldn't face to face'. Caroline Criado-Perez the feminist campaigner had won her battle with the Bank of England to reinstate a woman on the back of an English banknote.Criado-Perez was on the news for a very different reason, as this time she was expressing her discomfort in what she received on twitter. This article was about the rape and death threats she had received on Twitter, following her victory. Two people have been arrested for the violent threats sent too her continuously. She received tweets such as "Get back to the kitchen”“shut up” and f**k off. Othertweets such as someone saying they are going to give her a good smashing up the arse, so this shows she is receiving different types of abuse from twitter users.

The thing which started the issue of the hate messages toward Caroline Criado-Perez was that she is a strong femist and also she won her battle with the Bank of England to reinstate a woman on the back of an English banknote, which put her face and name out there which means that people in general could hate her, especially if they are against feminist ideologies. 

In my opinion people sent out death threats just because they wanted to get involved, this was a wichhunt against her. However the campaign itself was valid to gain equality for women in society today

3) Caitlin Moran: Twitter silence
Twitter Silence was a protest made up on Twitter where women were to stay silent on Twitter for a day to show their inability to speak up on Twitter in general without obtaining any sort of abuse.

This idea came about from a quote in Jane Austen's book; Northanger Abbey. Due to the abuse on Twitter aimed at the campaign set up by Caroline Criado Perez which was to put up Jane's picture on a banknote. Her fellow feminists 'rallied up' and Caitlin Moran came up with the idea of 'shutting up' on Twitter.

In my opinion this is a valid campaign as feminists just want to protest against the people who give them abuse. They are not targeting an individual in particular so there is no witch-hunt. There were mixed opinions about this method of protest as many women said it was not effective and women should be louder on Twitter rather than silent to overcome misogyny.

4) Emma Watson: HeForShe gender equality campaignThis UN talk was about Emma Watson wanting to raise awareness of gender equality, in all countries.

She has seen many things in her life which make her question why men can't be treated the same as women, economically, politically and socially.

Personal Experiences had sparked her to get involved with this campaign.
In my opinion her campaign is valid as she just wants people to be aware of what consequences gender inequality can have.

5) Emma Barnett: female journalistsargeted

This article is about Emma Barnett and other journalist being tweeted with threats. 1/20 tweets female journalists receive are abusicr or derogatory, and the majority of the "trolls" are done by men.!

The initial and specific situation that sparked trollers being really harmful was when Emma Barnett received a tweet saying "a bomb has been places outside your house. It will go off at exactly 10.47pm, on a timer & trigger - destroying everything". Due to this outrageous tweet, the police had moved the journalist from her house. 

I believe Emma Barnett is like any other female journalist or others such as celebrities who also go through the same and similar situations, thus only sever tweets by constant trollers should be related to. 

Identities In The Media: Post Feminism/Page 3 research

Questions to answer
Are we living in a post-feminist state?
Do you agree there is still a need for feminism?
To what extent does the media contribute to the identity created for women in popular culture? 
These are some of the questions we need to consider in this next section of our Identities and the Media unit.

1. The two texts that the article focuses on a TV series called Pan Am, and Beyonce.
2. An example of the Male Gaze is how Beyonce in her music video 'Why Don't you Love Me' she looks down the camera playfully and winking at the audience. 
3. Texts such as these do show that there is a need for feminism as although Beyonce's lyrics suggest that she is powerful and she is a feminist who actively has helped woman become more feminist, she still has to use her body and objectify herself to get her point across to the audience; therefore there is still a need for feminism.
4. Definitions: 

Patriarchy: An ideology that places men in a dominant position over women.
Feminism: A movement aimed at defining, establishing, and defending women's rights and equality to men.
Post-Feminism: An ideology in culture and society that society is somehow past needing feminism and that the attitudes and arguments of feminism are no longer needed.

No More Page 3:

The No More Page 3 Campaign was started by writer and actor Lucy-Anne Holmes, and she had started the campaign because she became sad that the most prominent photograph of a woman in the widest circulation British newspaper is of a young woman in just her pants.

The 6 reasons for No More Page 3

-It’s 2014! Page 3 was first introduced in the sexist 1970s. A lot has changed over the last 30+ years in our society, we think it’s time The Sun caught up…

- It’s soft porn in the UK’s no.1 selling family newspaper that children are exposed to. Until 2003 the models were only 16 (and made to dress up in school ties and hats – seriously!) It’s never been OK. One day we’ll look back on this and think “oh my goodness, we did what?!”

-What does it teach children? They see page after page of pictures of men in clothes doing stuff (running the country, having opinions, achieving in sport!) and what are the women doing in this society they’re learning about? Not much really, other than standing topless in their pants showing their bare breasts for men. It’s not really fair, is it?

-Women say, do and think so many interesting and incredible things and should be celebrated for their many achievements. They are people, not things! Not ‘that’. The fact that we hear ‘look at the tits on that’ or ‘I’d do that’ is disgusting, disrespectful and objectifying. Page 3 of The Sun is the icon that perpetuates and normalises this horrible sexist ‘banter’.

-Every single weekday for the last 44 years in The Sun newspaper the largest female image has been of a young woman (usually of a very particular age, race, physicality) showing her breasts for men, sending out a powerful message that whatever else a woman achieves, her primary role is to serve men sexually. Pretty rubbish that really.

-The Sun newspaper could be so much stronger without Page 3. Because currently, any story they run about women’s issues such as rape, sexual abuse, harassment, domestic violence or the dangers of online porn is drowned out and contradicted by the neon flashing sign of Page 3 that says ‘shut up, girls, and get your tits out.’ 

My View

My views on the No More Page 3 Campaign is that it is relevant and I agree with the campaign. It should continue as it raises a very current issue as it is outdated in a post-feminism era and that whilst women are growing to be more equal, the page 3 demoralises women, and sexualizes them, being available to a younger audience leading to being negatively influential.

I agree that we are in a post feminist state to an extent, as women are still able to work and educate themselves in most country's. However, they are still street harassed, and disrespected, and have been given less ability to be in elite positions such as politics and CEO.