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  Teen Vogue: background reading Read this  Guardian feature from 2017 on Teen Vogue  and answer the following questions. 1) What was the article that announced Teen Vogue as a more serious, political website – with 1.3m hits and counting? Trump gas lighting America 2) When was the original Teen Vogue magazine launched and what was its original content? Launched in 2004 as a little sister to US Vogue, Teen Vogue used to focus on the standard cocktail of fashion must-haves and celebrity worship. 3) How did editor Elaine Welteroth change Teen Vogue’s approach in 2015? Empowerment, feminism, politics, diversity 4) How many stories are published on Teen Vogue a day? What topics do they cover? 50 and 70 a day present a typically mixed bag of fashion, entertainment and current affairs. 5) What influence did digital director Phillip Picardi have over the editorial direction? ‘We have to give her [the reader] more.’” he tells me. “I thought it was really important to talk about r...

  Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 55 has an overview of technology journalist Bill Thompson’s conference presentation on ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ It’s an excellent summary of the internet’s brief history and its impact on society. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM55 and scroll to page 13 to read the article ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ Answer the following questions: 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? Connects us to other people Great source of information draw attention to abuse and fights for human rights can be used for campaigning and political action Great use for gaming and education People can make money  2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? lots of bullying and abuse pornography that you don't want to see illegal images of child abuse extremist and radicals influencing others ...