A-Level Media Exam Blog 2- Mr Pall

  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? Gilroy suggests racial identities are historically created from  colonialization,  slavery, nationalist philosophies and consumer capitalism. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Gilroy suggests regarding the causes and history of racism that racism isn’t caused by race, racism causes  race. 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 of racial oppression. Racial  identities are

  Language and contexts Homepage Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? *Top menu bar - range of content such as 'hard' and 'soft' news to appeal to the target audience.  * Variety of thumbnails - offers content linked to the top menu bar. * Advertisement - advertisement of book on The Voice History.  *Search icon - ease of finding particular content.  2) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of the Voice? Some of the items on the top menu bar are sports, news, lifestyle, entertainment, competition, opinion and faith. This tells us about some of the dominant ideologies of The Voice is that they try to cover all topics of social life there is and that they allow people to voice their opinions as they have a section called 'opinion' on their menu bar which gives people that freedom to share their ideas

  Audience Background and audience wider reading Read  this Guardian feature on stan accounts and fandom . Answer the following questions: 1) What examples of fandom and celebrities are provided in the article? Some of the many examples of fandom and celebrities that are provided in the article are Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, Beyoncé’s Bey Hive, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, and Nicki Minaj’s Barbs. 2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase?  Taylor Swift ran into trouble with her fanbase as when a presale came out for Taylor Swift’s tour, it turned  into a battle royale for fans as they were locked out of Ticketmaster’s system. Frazzled Swifties voiced their disappointment. Ticketmaster and Swift quickly apologized, with the singer calling the process “excruciating”. Ticketmaster ended up testifying in Congress in a hearing about consolidation in the ticketing industry. 3) Do stan accounts reflect Clay Shirky's ideas regarding the 'end of audience'? How?  I fee