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   Blog tasks: The decline in print media Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption 2019 Read  this Ofcom 2019 report on the consumption of news in the UK . Note down the key statistics and changes that Ofcom highlight and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the key findings from the report on pages 2-3. How do UK adults generally get their news?  TV remains the most-used platform for news nowadays by UK adults, 2) Read the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What do you notice about the changing way adults are getting their news? Tv remains the most used platform however there has been an overall decrease(79%) Social Media has gone up, nearly half of adults(49%) use it for news 3) Look at the summary of platforms used on page 13. What do you notice about newspapers and how has it changed since 2018? The newspaper has the least amount of composition and it has decreased by 2% in a year.# 4) Now look at the demographic summary for news

    1)  Videogames: Women in videogames 2)  Videogames: Further feminist theory 3)  Learner response: OSP assessment 4)  Videogames: Tomb Raider Anniversary 5)  Videogames - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 6)  Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture 7)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 1 - Language & Audience 8)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 2 - Industries 9)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 3 - Representation 10)  Videogames: Exam question

  To what extent do video game makers target audiences through changing representations? (arguing your viewpoint) Refer to two of your three Videogames Close study products to support your answer.  [25 marks] PLANNNING Intro – your opinion/ thesis statement – link to question and keywords 2 nd para - Tomb Raider – Representations 3 rd para – Sims – Representations 4 th para – Tomb Raider – Audiences / Industries 5 th para – Sims – Audiences / Industries Sim's Freeplay and Tomb Raider has definitely changed its representation to some extent as time passed to target its target audience. The target audience for Sim's Freeplay has been more targeted towards generation Z whereas Tomb Radier is targeted more towards millennials and this has resulted in the representation for Sims to progress further then Tomb Raider. However, some representation in both game is still stereotypical. Tomb Raider can definitely be credited for its representation since Lara Croft is the first female

  1)  Videogames: Women in videogames 2)  Videogames: Further feminist theory 3)  Learner response: OSP assessment 4)  Videogames: Tomb Raider Anniversary 5)  Videogames - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes 6)  Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture 7)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 1 - Language & Audience 8)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 2 - Industries 9)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay part 3 - Representation 10)  Videogames: Exam question