Y13 19th Dec 2017...Resources..

Some relevant resources posted to the BBC news site yesterday...
How You Tubers make money...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42395224/evan-edinger-the-five-ways-youtubers-make-money
Scarlett Moffatt selfie warning via twitter:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-42395058
How are media forms used to suggest content in these two TV series introductions?
Feud:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p05lgl4b/feud-bette-and-joan-series-1-1-pilot
6 Foot Under:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frWH6ZCJtyM 

Channel Four News..
Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls....Crowdfunding..Funded by a Kickstarter campaign.
https://www.channel4.com/news/elena-favilli-on-goodnight-stories-for-rebel-girls 
The Guardian article:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/may/25/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girls-is-dream-kickstarter-success 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/15/good-night-stories-for-rebel-girls-jk-rowling

TWITTER begins to regulate Hate content:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42402570
Twitter's HATE speech rules expanded:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42376546
Daily Telegraph article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2017/12/18/twitter-bans-britain-first-account-whose-anti-muslim-videos/ 

The Daily Mail's reaction to Tory rebel MPs and Brexit vote last week and reaction to regulation of social media. It is believed that nearly two million people still read this newspaper every day and the online version attracts over 100 million views per month. Why should these front pages be of interest to a student of media?

15th December..NET NEUTRALITY issue..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/nov/22/net-neutrality-internet-why-americans-so-worried-about-it-being-scrapped
In the US..net nuetrality protection put in place by Obama..has just been repealed:
https://www.wired.com/story/after-fcc-vote-net-neutrality-fight-moves-to-courts-congress/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42348041 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/42341736/what-is-net-neutrality-and-how-could-it-affect-you

NET NEUTRALITY is a HUGE issue...this gives a lot of power to internet providers in the US!

YEAR 13 Resources 5th Dec 2017

Section A question one resources....PERFUME ADVERTS!!!
Gucci...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wafe6kDBb6c 
Dior...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4s0llOpKrU

John Berger, in his classic text WAYS OF SEEING, stated that 'Advertisers use these aspirations to sell products to consumers that they do not need. They use the myth of identity to convince consumers to replace their perfectly old things, with new things. 'The purpose of publicity is to make the spectator marginally dissatisfied with his present way of life.' 

'[Advertising] proposes to each of us that we transform ourselves, or our lives, by buying something more. This more, it proposes, will make us in some way richer – even though we will be poorer by having spent our money. Advertising persuades us of such a transformation by showing us people who have apparently been transformed and are, as a result, enviable. Advertising is about social relations, not objects. Its promise is not of pleasure, but of happiness: happiness as judged from the outside by others. The happiness of being envied is glamour.'

Zoella advent calender controversy. This links to the media issue concerned with Vloggers exploiting their audience to make money.
New Statesman article:
https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/social-media/2017/11/why-zoella-s-50-advent-calendar-so-controversial
An old article from 2014 but still relevant:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/11255077/Hidden-advertising-by-vloggers-under-the-spotlight.html 

MEST3 QUESTION: YOU REALLY NEED TO RESEARCH THIS QUESTION.....

With reference to your case study, explore whether the range of social media platforms available encourages social and political engagement.

Section A question...This will be a timed response in the next lesson