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1)  OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2)   OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture  3)  OSP: Zendaya CSP - Language and Representations  4)  OSP: Zendaya CSP - Audience and Industries   5)   OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 6)  Baseline Assessment learner response 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroy suggests that racial identities are constructed by historical conflicts that have brought different groups into opposition.  2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Gilroy suggests that is not to say that there were no human differences before historical conflict between different groups; different human groups existed but their differences were not defined by ‘race’ lines. After the Renaissance, lines of race were established as a useful way to legitimise oppression.  3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? Ethnic absolutism is a line of thinking which sees humans are part of different ethnic compartments, with race as the basis of human differentiation. Gilroy is opposed to ethnic absolutism as it is counter to his argument that racism causes race.  4) How does Gilroy view diasporic identity? ‘Race’ [is not] the eternal cause of racism [but is] its complex, unsta

Language and contexts Homepage Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? -Images -Date -Menu bar -Subscribe button -Search bar -Social media links  2) 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? The items on the top menu bar are News, Sport, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Competitions, Opinion and Faith. This tells us that the Voice wants to include Black talent and coverage in all the different topics surrounding news coverage. The fact that Sport is second in the menu bar suggests that possibly this is a key area Black people are under represented in and the Voice wants to give them a platform to share their accomplishments.  3) Look at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Pick  two  stories and explain why they might appeal to the Voice's target audience.  - Christmas magic: Mum creates African inspired princess d