April 27th Y13 Media...

Robert Fisk...

ROBERT FISK QUOTES....
'Journalism must challenge authority, ALL authority,  especially when governments and politicians take us to war..'

Facebook resource...'A MORALITY FREE ZONE'..
https://www.channel4.com/news/facebooks-technology-officer-faces-questions-from-mps 
Facebook advert?? You Tube..2012..CHAIRS..to celebrate one billion online users...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M23PSy0BtU&t=7s 

How is Facebook represented in these two texts?

'Social media is dangerous.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

'New Digital Media is little more than a device to manipulate people.'
To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Homework..Plan this essay..It will be a timed response next Friday.

April 24th Y13 resources...

At the moment the mainstream media is being attacked for its bias linked to Syria and Windrush. The mainstream media is being criticised for merely supporting the view of the government and failing to challenge the information being presented to them by government sources.
Here is research from the London School of Economics that concludes that the mainstream media do not represent the views of Jeremy Corbyn in a 'democratic' manner:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/research/research-projects/representations-of-jeremy-corbyn 
The last two paragraphs of the above article summarise the findings of the report.
This article published last week by Owen Jones has caused some controversy...WE CAN NO LONGER PRETEND THAT THE PRESS IS IMPARTIAL...:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/oct/09/no-longer-pretend-british-press-impartial-country-more-leftwing
Peter Oborne writing on the Spectator blog..WE HAVE A MORAL DUTY TO MISTRUST THE GOVERNMENT ON SYRIA:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/04/has-britain-already-forgotten-about-the-chilcot-report/

Be aware that AMELIA GENTLEMAN'S journalism helped amplify the horror of the Windrush controversy:
https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2018/apr/20/amelia-gentleman-windrush-immigration 
Waad Al-Kateab's brilliant films broadcast by Channel Four in Aleppo...Quality citizen journalism:
https://www.channel4.com/news/inside-aleppo-stories-from-the-besieged-syrian-city 
Nick Davies discovered the phone hacking scandal:
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/nick-davies-found
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/04/hack-attack-nick-davies-review-gripping-account-hacking-affair
Channel Four's coverage of the WINDRUSH disgrace and the Cambridge Analytica scandal have been fine examples of investigative journalism.

Novara media's sympathetic view of Owen Jones' article..:
http://novaramedia.com/2018/04/22/the-renewed-bullishness-of-the-british-establishment-media/ 

FACEBOOK continue to be attacked for lack of regulation..Martyn Lewis:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43857921 
Jeremy Hunt attacks social media..
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/apr/22/jeremy-hunt-social-media-firms-failing-safeguard-children-online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43853678
Remember Amber Rudd blaming social media for knife crime..
http://www.itv.com/news/2018-04-08/amber-rudd-to-urge-social-media-firms-to-tackle-gang-related-internet-content-following-spike-in-deadly-violence/

Section A resources:
Conservative local election broadcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvDYt286IeQ 
Scottish Labour Party broadcast:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGL9segt8Fs

How is each text using media forms to shape representation?

YEAR 13 April 17th 2018....

FLASH DRIVES for FREEDOM....
https://flashdrivesforfreedom.org/

This is like an episode from Charlie Brooker....speaking of which..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45wLFQ6t7Q&t=230s
5 moments from Black Mirror...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrZy0aNuy0
Conclusion of BE RIGHT BACK....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPfci3bmcDE
NOSEDIVE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrpK90bHO2U

WHERE IS THE TRUTH?
ROBERT FISK..a lone voice in the UK media..article from The Independent:
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/syria-chemical-attack-gas-douma-robert-fisk-ghouta-damascus-a8307726.html
SINCLAIR NEWS IN AMERICA...Sinclair Broadcasting Group..has access to 72% of the nation's households...some say 50%..whatever..they have a lot of potential influence..this is the largest broadcasting group inthe USA:
DEADSPIN VIRAL VIDEO:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fHfgU8oMSo
Washington Post:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk
USA Today You Tube video..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PlTDeTrELk
CNN news linked to the Sinclair scandal..Trump hates CNN...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGIYU2Xznb4&t=13s
RUSSIA TODAY..this is a state sponsored broadcaster...TRUTH???
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TqgQd1cLl8 

ROBERT FISK QUOTES....
'Journalism must challenge authority, ALL authority, especially especially so when governments and politicians take us to war..'
He has won the British Journalist of the year aware SEVEN times...his newspaper is owned by a Russian oligarch. 

BE AWARE OF HOW THE UK MEDIA REPORTS THE WINDRUSH SCANDAL. THIS IS A NEWTIONAL DISAGRACE. WILL THE UK MEDIA REFLECT THE MORAL HORROR OF THIS MOMENT IN BRITISH POLITICAL HISTORY???
BBC article:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43792411
Channel Four News..
https://www.channel4.com/news/immigration-minister-apologises-for-terrible-mistakes-over-windrush-deportations
Anthony Bryan's story..
https://www.channel4.com/news/anthony-bryan-i-feel-as-british-as-anybody-here

Watch the Windrush films on Channel Four news...

YEAR 13..

NRA advert..2015..Dana Loesch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqhyWd0ZqNs
Moms demand action for gun sense ..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbii77EPHgg

How is gun related violence represented in these two adverts?
What do we learn about NDM through these two texts?



Students should be able to construct a detailed written response to any of these essays.

• 'New digital media is not beneficial for humanity.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

• 'THE DIGITAL WORLD IS CONFUSING and MANIPULATIVE .' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

• 'THE INTERNET DESPERATELY NEEDS REGULATION.' To what extent do you agree with this statement? 

Students need to consider a media area that they would like to explore for their case study.

ZUCKERBERG...The Facebook scandal continues..
https://www.channel4.com/news/facebook-reveals-data-scraping-as-scandal-hits-millions-more-users
Met Police blame social media for violence..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43603080 
Amber Rudd blames social media..
http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/05/amber-rudd-blames-social-media-rise-murders-instead-huge-cuts-police-7442100/
Wired magazine....
 http://www.wired.co.uk/article/stabbings-in-london-knife-crime-murder-rate-crime-gangs-mile-end-grove-road-social-media
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/youtube-and-google-must-do-more-to-remove-videos-that-glamorise-knife-crime-a3605246.html

Is Social Media the new MORAL PANIC....a fear or anxiety that some element of society is threatening society's morality and values..

Channel Four and Fbook:
https://www.channel4.com/news/your-facebook-data-is-out-there-so-what
Zuckerberg...expliains himself...:
https://www.channel4.com/news/facebooks-zuckerberg-faces-second-day-of-questioning
STUXNET..This was ten years ago!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11388018 
There is a film about this moment. Here is the trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VgIayOpjEc 
The Virtual revolution...ENEMY OF THE STATE..I have referenced this resource so many times..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFeJaEhUGs8&list=PL289282B5A4F3F07A&index=7 
CHINA...50 cent Army..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APTtOVTm_Jc&index=10&list=PL289282B5A4F3F07A
This is 2007..!!!! Russia attacked the Estonian banking system..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sH4HHiMNko&index=12&list=PL289282B5A4F3F07A
THE DIGITAL HUMAN  Radio 4..An essential resource:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n7094 
The power of a memory stick..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/3PZ96m7w8rT9xkgpZTzjtSH/three-stories-about-the-power-of-resistance

HAPPY DAYS!!