Media blog 1

  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? Women have traditionally been represented as as "damsels in distress" and objectified. 2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? 42% of video game audience is female. 3) What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Recent popular games like Tomb Raider, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and The Walking Dead series have female protagonists.These protagonists are role models as they are strong, independent and intelligent. 4) Do you agree with the idea that audiences reject media products if they feel they are misrepresented within them? I agree with this idea as it suggest...

  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: Gilroy - diasporic identity 7)  OSP: The Voice - blog case study

  The Voice: case study blog tasks Language and textual analysis Homepage Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The grid layout is a typical convention of websites which is seen on The Voice. 2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? In terms of colour scheme and aesthetic, Teen Vogue is more simplitic and minimal whereas The Voice's website design is very bold and more colourful. 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, Sport, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Faith- These suggests that The Voice focuses on educating and informing its audiences. 4) Look at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Pick  two  stories and explain why they might appeal to the Voice's target audience.  'Four police officers involved in Stephen Lawrence case could be prosecuted over alleg...

  Audience focus 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? Teen Vogue's mission statement is to educate, enlighten and empower their audience. This suggests that the audience pleasure will include diversion- as they will be entertained by celebrity gossip, surveillance as they will be educated on political and social issues. Personal identity if they see themselves represented. 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. Teen Vogue's target audience is Gen- Z and millenials. The psychographics that would be attracted to Teen Vogue include mainstreamers and aspirers. 3) What audience pleasures ...

  Industry: Condé Nast 1) Research Teen Vogue publisher Condé Nast. What other magazines do they publish and how much money did they make last year? Vogue, GQ, Glamour, Vanity Fair. Profit of 6.6 million in 2017. 2) What are Teen Vogue’s main sources of income? Ads and youtube. 3) How are traditionally print-based products like Teen Vogue diversifying to create new income streams? They use social media platforms to create new income streams. 4) Why is sponsored content and ‘advertorial’ particularly important in media linked to the fashion industry? Sponsored content and advertorial is the main way Teen Vogue makes money so it is important for them. 5) Do you view Teen Vogue’s content as a form of public service media or is Condé Nast simply interested in clicks and profit? Teen Vogue acts as a public service to an extent as it educates and informs audiences on many topics however it could be seen as only being interested in profit since it is owned by a big conglome...