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!!


 

YEAR 13 23rd March 2018 Resources.

Channel Four's Cambridge Analytica story is MASSIVE. Note the response of Facebook.
https://www.channel4.com/news/data-democracy-and-dirty-tricks-cambridge-analytica-uncovered-investigation-expose
Facebook say 'sorry'!!
https://www.channel4.com/news/the-facebook-apology-is-a-good-door-opener-to-fixing-the-problem-congresswoman-sheila-jackson-lee
http://www.wired.co.uk/article/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-data-scandal-apology-cambridge-analytica-channel-4
Tim Berners-Lee comment:
https://www.channel4.com/news/sir-tim-berners-lee-on-cambridge-analytica-usa-we-need-to-rethink-our-attitude-to-web
Be aware of his open letter..

'THE INTERNET DESPERATELY NEEDS REGULATION.' To what extent do you agree with this statement?
This essay needs at least THREE paragraphs and an evaluative conclusion.One paragraph needs to explore the issues linked to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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

SectionA texts...

How do the two products attempt to create an emotional response from the viewer?
Advert..Moms demand action for gun sense..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HILgFNsEF0 
CLEVVER NEWS segment..Emma Gonzalez
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXTLp3Y3DW4

Year 13 20th March 2018

AND WE ARE BACK...COURSEWORK NEARLY NAILED..INDEPENDENT STUDY NEARLY COMPLETE...ONWARD TO THE EXAM...WHILE WE WERE AWAY...

Huge controversy linked to data being gathered from Facebook to influence democratic elections. Channel Four News/ The Observer/ The New York Times have uncovered a story that has yet to conclude. Here are some resources to digest:
https://www.channel4.com/news/impact-of-data-scandal-felt-across-world
https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-and-facebook-the-fallout
https://www.channel4.com/news/damian-collins-too-much-power-rests-with-the-tech-companies
WHISTLEBLOWER REVEALS ALL..This explains ALL...
https://www.channel4.com/news/cambridge-analytica-facebook-profiles-whistleblower-chris-wylie-election
BBC interview with Chris Wylie:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/video_and_audio/headlines/43472347/cambridge-analytica-planted-fake-news
Tim Berners-Lee..biggest threat to internet is Fake News and political manipulation... 
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/11/tim-berners-lee-online-political-advertising-regulation
THIS IS HIS OPEN LETTER..
https://webfoundation.org/2017/03/web-turns-28-letter/

In other media issues and debates news....
Trailer for THE BIG SICK..Wonderful and intelligent approach to a hackneyed genre...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcD0Daqc3Yw 
LADYBIRD TRAILER..directed by Greta Gerwig..challenging the male gaze..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNi_HC839Wo 
GET OUT..trailer..:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzfpyUB60YY
The media issue here is that both these films are 'low budget' but have forced their way into the  filmic mainstream. The access to the means of production is allowing independent filmmakers to challenge the very narrow representations created by mainstream film producers. Access to affordable digital media to create and market a product is allowing the film industry to move beyond the simplistic, and mainly white middle-class, depictions of ethnicity and gender. It is also allowing genuinely talented artists to realise and share their creative talent.
Study that states that the mainstream film industry is institutionally racist..
This article refers to a 2017 study by The University of Southern California...
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/aug/01/hollywood-film-women-lgbt-hispanic-disabled-people-diversity 

.."The report, commissioned by the Media, Diversity & Social Change Initiative (MDSC) at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, analysed 900 popular films from the years 2007 to 2016 (excluding 2011, which was covered by a separate study). It found that there was little to no meaningful change in the representation of diverse groups in popular movie content, with “white, straight, able-bodied men remaining the norm on screen in film......

Analysing the top 100 movies of 2016, the report found that only 31.4% of speaking characters were women, while non-white groups accounted for 29.1%. Of these, 13.6% were black and 5.7% were Asian. Hispanic people (3.1%) were particularly underrepresented with more than half of the 2016 films studied featuring no speaking characters who were Hispanic. Only 2.7% of speaking characters were depicted as having a disability. Meanwhile, 1.1% of speaking characters were gay, lesbian or bisexual, and no speaking character was identified as transgender. Only one film featured a gay protagonist: Oscar best-picture winner Moonlight."

 More articles....
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/18/movies/hollywood-separate-and-unequal.html
 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jan/24/oscars-whiteout-racism-hollywood-film-industry-black-actor-white
Even Harry Potter believes the film industry is RACIST..and he should know..he's a wizard..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37406386

Brilliant BBC Radio 4 documentary broadcast on Saturday..DISINFORMATION
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09vx0db
BBC Radio Series...THE DIGITAL HUMAN...Brilliant. Media Resource..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01n7094/episodes/player
BBC Radio 4..The Media Show..Essential Listening..
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00dv9hq
A PORTAL INTO THE WORLD OF ADAM CURTIS...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p04b183c/adam-curtis-hypernormalisation 
Here is his BBC Blog... THE MEDIUM AND THE MESSAGE...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis
THE CENTURY OF SELF by ADAM CURTIS..I think this essential viewing if media students are to fully understand issues linked to ADVERTISING, MEDIA MANIPULATION, POWER and PROPAGANDA..it is not Emmerdale!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnPmg0R1M04 
THIS A FOUR HOUR SERIES.....A very culturally significant series..


IT IS TIME TO STEP UP MEDIA KIDLETS.....ALLEZ!


 

CRIT INVEST resources for Molly....

Zoe Sugg..Vlogger blamed for declining literacy!!
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/feb/24/zoe-sugg-zoella-the-vlogger-blamed-for-declining-teenage-literacy
Desensitising effect of Vlogging culture:
http://redwoodbark.org/2018/02/09/logan-paul-controversy-reflects-desensitizing-effect-vlogging-culture/
Zoella as 'negative' role model:
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/sure-teenage-girls-need-role-models-but-not-of-the-zoella-kind-9809136.html
Vloggers and product placement:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3203908/YouTube-stars-ordered-make-clear-paid-promote-products-sponsored-biscuit-game-misled-viewers.html 
Why i don't trust Zoella..article:
https://www.xojane.com/beauty/advertising-youtube-beauty-girls-zoella-bethany-mota
BOOTS Calendar fiasco!...
http://metro.co.uk/2017/11/15/zoella-blames-boots-for-selling-her-advent-calendar-for-50-7081518/

Vloggers like zoella cynically cash in on 'self-care'..
https://www.buzzfeed.com/victoriasands/did-i-just-watch-an-ad?utm_term=.so3B93KP3L#.swkyWeAqew