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1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? Feminism :  A movement which aims for equality for women – to be treated as equal to men socially, economically, and politically. Feminism is focused on highlighting the power and suppressive nature of the patriarchy.  Patriarchy :  Male dominance in society. 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’? bell hooks decided to publish the book 'Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center' because of the fact that there was a lack of diversity in the feminist community . She stated that the 'diverse voices had been marginalised '. 3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus of a lot of bell hooks' work? bell hook focuses on sexual and ethnic oppression in and amongst the feminist community. 4) What is intersectionality and what do hooks argue regarding this? Intersectionality: used to describe overlapping or i...

Your learner response is as follows: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 23/34 C+ WWW: a good counter-argument in your last paragraph of question 2   EBI: Needs more explanation of the oppositional reading in question 1 and closer textual analysis  2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify  five  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) Positions the Google Home device as at the heart of aspirational family life. The repetition of the word ‘home’ may disturb audiences who see the advert as an example that nowhere is safe from multinational capitalist giants such as Google. Negotiated readings could include an acceptance of a warm picture of family life – plus the potential useful...

Women and videogames: blog tasks Part 1: Medium article - Is Female Representation in Video Games Finally Changing? Read this Medium feature on whether female representation in videogames is finally changing. Answer the following questions: 1) How have women traditionally been represented in videogames? In videogames, women are traditionally presented as submissive and overly emotional. They are also seen to be the "princess" in the game where the male hero is on a quest to save her. 2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? Women make up 42% of the video game audience  3) What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Tomb Raider, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us, Dragon Age: Inquisition,  and  The Walking Dead  series  These new videogames offer a more or less realistic representation of women with added traits such as a "bad-ass" pe...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4) Baseline Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study 8) OSP: The Voice and Teen Vogue news articles (minimum 4 from each)

1) Teen Vogue #1 2) The Voice #1 3) Teen Vogue #2 4) The Voice #2 5) Teen Vogue #3 6) The Voice #3 7) Teen Vogue #4 8) The Voice #4

The Voice: case study blog tasks Language and textual analysis 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The voice website has common conventions of a conventional website, such as advertisin g, a search button , social media and a menu bar 2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? The page design for the Voice differs from Teen Vogue as it has a more 'crowded' page layout, whereas Teen Vogue is more minimalistic. The voice's style is more of an amateur style whereas Teen Vogue has more of a sophisticated layout. 3) 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?  News, Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Faith, Opinion and Video are the menu bar options.  These options suggest that The Voice is conventional but has 2 significantly unique options of 'faith' and 'opinion' which hint that The voice push for 'freed...

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK confirmed for second season This article talks about how the popular Drag Race show ' RuPaul's Drag Race' is coming to the UK but is also being confirmed for a second season. The Voices states that " Having brought RuPaul’s Drag Race UK to British screens for the first time to critical acclaim, BBC Three has opened applications to find another set of queens to compete in the “Olympics of drag”." This suggests that The voice wants to shine a light on The black drag representations in the media with RuPaul being a prime figure as the most popular black drag queen in the world. This reflects The voice's values and ideologies as it shines a light on Black success but even further as supporting LGBTQ+ rights in the Black community 

Gigi Hadid and Tyler Cameron Have Apparently Unfollowed Each Other on Instagram This article focuses on the short-lived romance with the supermodel Gigi Hadid and Tyler Cameron. his typical Celebrity style article emphasises how  things are fairly amicable between Gigi and Tyler, adding: “Tyler still thinks of Gigi as a friend. They were really close, and he still likes and respects her, even though the romantic portion of their relationship is over.”It builds on a social media afewd that the former couple were seen to have. This reflects Teen Vogue's original root ideologies of celebrity and superficial life that would appeal to a younger female demographic.