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  Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks' and work through the following to complete your case study. 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? Beyoncé’s Bey Hive, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, and Nicki Minaj’s Barbs  2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase?  Because   the presale for Taylor Swift’s tour turned into a battle royale for fans locked out of Ticketmaster’s system, frazzled Swifties voiced their disappointment.  3) Do stan accounts reflect Clay Shirky's ideas regarding the 'end of audience'? How?  Yes because they can say what they want and share there comments.  Read  this Conversation feature on the economics of Taylor Swift fandom . Answer the following questions:  1) What do Taylor Swi

  GQ - Language & Representation blog tasks Create a blogpost called 'GQ: Language and Representation' and complete the following tasks: Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using  Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here . Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General Interest Special Interest Professional 2) Look at the section on GQ on page 2. How do they suggest that GQ targets its audience? Male audience by using iconography of the spy and action genres; like James Bond and his iconic car the Aston Martin are included along with CGI explosions and a palette of red, yellow and black that create an intense and dramatic effect to the visual codes.  3) What does the factsheet say about GQ cover stars? GQ selects their cover stars very carefully. In the December 2022 edition, they chose

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"? Clay Shirky suggests that modern  audiences are no longer just passive  consumers of media content; they can  create and participate too. The division between  audience and presenter is blurred. The YouTube platform has democratised media creativity, with ordinary users uploading their own content: they are ‘produsers’ (producer-users) and ‘prosumers’ (producer-consumers). 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  globalisa

  Clay Shirky: End of audience blog tasks 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? The network connects us to other people,  it provides a great source of information, it  can be used for campaigning and political  action, to draw attention to abuses and fight  for human rights. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? A  lot of bullying and abuse takes place there.  There’s pornography that you don’t want to see, and illegal images of child abuse

  Magazines: final index Your final Magazines index should include the following: 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

Y12 exam - Media Paper 1: Learner response Create a new blogpost on your Media  Exam blog  called ' Media Paper 1 learner response ' and work through the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: Good attempt at score csp Q-some knowledge of Historical + social contexts. A lao good understanding of the changing film industry . EBI:  Develop unseen media product analysis approach. Also revise subject specific terminology e.g., ideology +diversification. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board is expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify  ONE  point you could have added for the first three questions in Section . Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory:  I should have written more about the media subject terminology in depth