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Blog feedback and learner response

 WWW: This is still concerning – there are still blog posts from last year and now this year missing. Being able to offer an opinion, an evaluation, a judgement is a crucial skill that AQA highlighted in their most recent examiners reports. EBI: You are missing several pieces of work from this half-term and last year: OSP Introduction: Clay Shirky - End of audience https://mediamacguffin13.blogspot.com/2022/09/osp-introduction-clay-shirky-end-of.html OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis https://mediamacguffin13.blogspot.com/2022/09/osp-teen-vogue-background-and-textual.html OSP: Teen Vogue - Industry and social media https://mediamacguffin13.blogspot.com/2022/09/osp-teen-vogue-industry-and-social-media.html OSP: Paul Gilroy - Postcolonial theory and diasporic identity https://mediamacguffin13.blogspot.com/2022/10/osp-paul-gilroy-postcolonial-theory-and.html   Unfortunately, this is continuing the issue we had in Year 1 of the course with much of the work mis

Teen Vogue: Audience and Representation

  Audience 1) Analyse the  Conde Nast media pack for Teen Vogue . What is the Teen Vogue mission statement and what does this tell us about the target audience and audience pleasures? "We aim to educate, enlighten, and empower our audience to create a more inclusive environment" teen vogue are able to give a voice to teenagers who strive to create change in today's society. the audience are able to identify with their articles and draw out certain aspects that relate to their political and social beliefs. 2) What is the target audience for Teen Vogue? Use the media pack to pick out key aspects of the audience demographics. Also, consider the psychographic groups that would be attracted to Teen Vogue: make specific reference to the website design or certain articles to support your points regarding this. young women LGBT community  pro-choice  pro-environment  feminists  3) What audience pleasures or gratifications can be found in Teen Vogue? Do these differ from the grati

Media Paper 1: Learner response

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW: Basic Knowledge of the CSPS, 4 named in this paper e.g Score and Blinded by the light  EBI: Shaan , there is clearly a lack of question focus throughout this paper you referenced the named CSPS but there is no in depth / detail to your responses. 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 A: Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory:  Q2 (unseen text and CSP) additional point/theory/CSP reference:  Q3 (Letter to the Free) additional point/theory/CSP reference:  3) Now focus on Section B.  Section B began with two questions testing your knowledge of industry terminology. Make sure you know th

Men's Health Language & Representation: blog tasks

    Language 1)  Write a summary of our annotations on the media language choices on the cover of Men's Health  Typography: Serif title (connotations of established brand/authority and seriousness) Bold san serif cover lines Colour Scheme:  blue, black, grey stereotypical masculine colours Language:  aggressive, violent verbs "demolish" "slay" "blast" 6 or 7 cover lines on weight loss - more traditionally associated with women's health Central image/Subject: Vin Diesel Stereotypical action  role Casual costume looks like average Men's Health reader Pose - assertive and dominant 2) Identify three specific aspects/conventions/important points Front cover: Vin Diesel is the dominant signifier who pierces the viewer’s attention. Simple dress codes - black jeans and a light-grey t-shirt. His facial expressions are typical of the deep and brooding roles he has played on the big screen. Bold Texts Editor's Letter and contents page: Linked to menta

A&M index

  1)  Advertising: narrative in advertising 2)  Advertising: persuasive techniques 3)  Advertising: the representation of women in advertising 4)  Advertising: Gauntlett and masculinity 5)  Advertising: Score CSP case study 6)  Advertising: Maybelline CSP case study

A&M learner response

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Strong knowledge of narrative theory and reception theory with good grasp of media terminology  EBI:Some of your responses are repetition of theory rather than levitation of the product 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. 1.Costume barely visible for female models – flesh on display. Heavily made-up faces – constructed/Photoshopped image. Links to Kilbourne’s analysis of women in advertising. 2.Aggressively heterosexual representation perhaps shows male insecurity in light of the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. 3.Digital technology is allowing individuals to identify with different interpretations of masculinity or indeed reject the concept of masculinity entirely. Maybelline campaign reflects this. 3) Look at your answer

Men's Health Language & Representation: blog tasks