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  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...

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 attitude...

  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...