Sukhveen's Media blog 1 (2018)- Miss Fowler

1) Title:  Farmers are worried cuts to Basic Payments will leave them out of pocket after Brexit.  Date: 27/02/20 2) Summary: Farmers are feeling insecure due to Brexit. They are worried about not being paid and that there may be a 'funding gap'. This is an example of hard news because it is to do with politics and the concerns around it. 3) Audience appeal: This may appeal to an audience because Brexit is a trending topic , and food and drink are 2 things which will be greatly impacted by it due to imports and export. Uses and Gratification - personal relationship- feeling sympathetic towards these farmers. 4) I would say that this is quality journalism because it a  genuine news-story and has no elements of clickbait, because it just states facts and uses government statistics. 

1) Title:   Hidden island the size of Windsor Castle is uncovered in Antarctica     Date: 27/02/2020 2) Summary: THOR researches discovered an island as their shipped passed through Antarctica. The Island was buried under ice and never been seen before. 3) Appeal to audience: It says how the island has never been seen by humans before so readers become encapsulated by the fascination . It also provides them with diversion, perhaps feel 'smarter' because it is a science article. 4) I would say that this story is quality journalism to an extent because it does state the facts, however, the title did make it more exciting than what it was so has an element of click-bait .

Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption 2019 1)  UK adults: Fewer UK adults use BBC TV channels for news compared to last year, while more are using social media They are consuming news more actively  via social media.  2) TV remains the most-used platform among UK adults, however there had been a 49% increase of UK adults using social media for their news, which is a change. 3) Newspapers are they least likely way of people consuming news, as the years go the % is decreasing. E.g. 2018- 40% and 2019- 38%. 4) Demographics that are more likely  to read newspapers: Males- 40% Aged 65+- 58% ABC1- 41% White- 39% Demographics that are least likely to read newspapers: Females-35% Aged 16-24-20% C2DE- 34% Minority ethnic- 34% 5) Newspaper brands which were most popular sources: Daily Mail The Guardian/Observer The Sun Metro 6) The c irculation of national newspapers decreased between 2010 and 2018 from  nearly...

1) No feedback. 2) I met my school target grade , but I didn't meet my personal target grade. I needed quite a few marks to achieve my personal target grade. 3)  Q1:   Marks: 6  Additional points: composition, different textures. The syntagma of visual and verbal contexts.      Q2:  Marks: 7 Additional points: issues such as censorship, both address issues of identity and contested issues of representation. Marissa: provocative and challenging and 'the voice of the Philippines'. Common: social action and race issues.      Q3:  Marks: 7 Additional points: fantasy elements through special effects and mythic backstory.       Q4: Marks: 16 Additional points: Both show gender as a simulacrum, an image without the original. They are essentially hyper-realities. Jean Baudrillard.      Q5.1: Marks: 2 Additional points: Vertical integration (A): A company owns diff...

1)   Videogames: Women in videogames 2) Videogames: Further feminist theory 3) Learner response: OSP assessment 4) Videogames: Tomb Raider Anniversary 5) Videogames - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 6) Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture 7) Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 1 - Language & Audience 8) Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 2 - Industries 9) Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 3 - Representations

Textual analysis 1) The extension packs both reinforce and challenge stereotypes: Reinforce: gender stereotypes (colours- boys had a blue room and girls had a pink room, and activities- boys playing guitars and girls do ballet), consumer culture, white dominance, capitalism- if you work hard you will succeed and also work hard and be able to spend money.  Challenge: some ethnic diversity. 2) Stereotypes in Sims Freeplay:   Gender stereotypes- conventional  White dominance- upper class 3) Media theories: Gilroy- "double conscioussness" Van Zoonen-"identity is constructed through media language" Dyer- "those with power stereotype those with less power" Butler- "gender is a performance" Representation reading Forbes article on gender and racism in The Sims franchise 1) Rather than realism The Sims seeks out to be "believable" - so they give you that feeling of love, relationships and heartbreak but don...

Regulation – PEGI 1) VSC: a n Administrator of the PEGI age rating system which is used in over 30 countries throughout Europe.   "In 2012 the PEGI system was incorporated into UK law and the VSC was appointed as the statutory body responsible for the age rating of video games in the UK using the PEGI system.  In the UK, PEGI 12, 16 and 18 rated games are legally enforceable and cannot be sold to anyone under those respective ages."   2) Key statistics:  12000+ games rated 8000+ apps rated 1987 member outlets 30 years in operation 3) The purpose of PEGI is to provide useful imformation about age ratings in videogames. "W e will supply detailed consumer information about the content of the games with PEGI ratings." 4) Age ratimgs:   3: The majority of games in this category do not contain anything that requires rating or warrants a content warning. Games given this rating are considered suitable for all age groups.   Some viol...