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Part 1: BBC Question Time analysis 1) What examples of  binary opposition   can you suggest from watching this clip? In this clip we see certain examples of binary opposition such as:  Pro vs Anti immigration Rich vs Poor  Left wing (Brand) vs Right wing (Farage)  2) What  ideologies  are on display in this clip? In this clip we can see certain ideologies on display such as:  Taxing the rich: bankers bonus Lowering immigration  Immigration being the reason as to why the UK's economy is doing bad.  UK's economy doing bad due to big banks and corrupt politicians and accountants.  Part 2: Media Magazine reading Page 34: The World Of Mockingjay: Ideology, Dystopia And Propaganda 1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence. In the Hunger Games series there is a dystopian representation of a capitalist society. The mockingjay story revolves around organising and connecting in other ways, such as citizen journalism, social media, and use of symbols.  2) What view of capitali

1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2) Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 3) Language: Reading an image - media codes 4) Media consumption audit 5) Reception theory - advert analyses 6) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7) Narrative: Factsheet questions 8) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes 9) October assessment learner response 10) Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G 11) Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen  12) Industries: Ownership and Control 13) Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries 14) Industries: Public Service Broadcasting 15) Industries: Regulation 16) Representation: Introduction to Representation 17) Representation: Feminism - Everyday Sexism & Fourth Wave MM article 18) January assessment learner response 19)  Representation: Feminist theory 20) Representing ourselves: Identity in the online age - MM article & Factsheet 21) Ideology: BBC Questi

  Task 1: Media Magazine article 1) Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?' We are all involved in constructing an image to communicate our identity, we all have complex ideas about ourselves, there is a difference between the people we think we are, the person we want to be and the person we want to be seen to be. The representation of cultural values, construction of role models and the way the media informs us about lifestyle and fashion choices has an influence on who we want to be, who we want to be see as and who we actually are.  2) List  three  brands you are happy to be associated with and explain how they reflect your sense of identity. Apple,Netflix and Costco. I like Apple's products and i also enjoy listening to music by my air pods  as i believe they have really good audio quality, Netflix because in my free time i enjoy watching series/TV shows and Costco because every time i go, i enjoy eating the

1) What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)? The two texts provided as examples of the 'male gaze' are Pan Am and Beyonce.  2) Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form? Texts such as these show that there is a no longer a need for feminism due to the representation of women being independent and working in jobs that are aspirational to some of their audiences however, these texts are mainly sexism in a different form as in Pan Am we still see the sexulisation and reinforcement of the male gaze which contradicts to this sense of feminism as in Pan Am the women use their looks and donning their uniforms to gain access to places they want to be, in addition in Beyonce's music video we see her appealing to the male gaze by objectifying herself for the camera and the dress codes being highly sexualised.  3) Choose three words/phrases from the glossary of the article a