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  1) Come up with a news story from the last 12 months for each of the categories suggested by Harriss, Leiter and Johnson: Conflict Tension or surprise American Election  Progress Triumph or achievement Vaccine rollout Disaster Defeat or destruction 3rd lockdown Consequence Effects on individuals or community Covid: Surge testing in Ealing and Redbridge after South African coronavirus variant identified Prominence  The well-known or famous Prince Philip transferred to second hospital for heart condition tests Novelty The unusual or emotional 2) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? 3) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. This process is usually done via the editor, but the gatekeeping the process could be seen to be more than simply an editor choosing one story over anot...

   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 demograph...

    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 femal...

  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

Textual analysis Re-watch some of the expansion pack trailers and answer the following questions: 1) How do the expansion pack (DLC) trailers reinforce or challenge dominant ideologies? The chic boutique represents capitalist ideologies and materialism. Teen updates target the specific audience 2) What stereotypes have you identified in The Sims FreePlay? More heterosexual relationships are shown - heteronormativity Most of the videos feature white characters- lack of diversity 3) What media theories can you apply to representations in The Sims FreePlay? masculine toxicity- Men are created to play a certain role Representation reading Read this Forbes article on gender and racism in The Sims franchise and answer the following questions: 1) How realistic does The Sims intend to be? Reflects the life in America in an ideal world. “We’re not really looking for realism, we’re looking more for believability,” 2) How has The Sims tried to create more realistic representations of ethnicit...

1) What definitions are offered by the factsheet for ‘feminism ‘and ‘patriarchy’? Feminism is a movement which aims for equality for women – to be treated as equal to men socially, economically, and politically. patriarchy is male dominance in  society 2) Why did bell hooks publish her 1984 book ‘Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center’? She had identified a lack of diversity within the feminist movement, and argued that these diverse voices had been marginalised, being put outside the main body of feminism. 3) What aspects of feminism and oppression are the focus for a lot of bell hooks’s work? Feminism as a struggle to end patriarchal oppression - it should be a serious political commitment rather than a fashionable lifestyle choice. “Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation and oppression” 4) What is intersectionality and what do hooks argue regarding this? The term intersectionality is used to describe overlapping or intersecting social identities and related sy...

Regulation – PEGI Research the following  using the PEGI website . 1) What is the VSC and how does it link to UK law? Every PEGI 12, 16 and 18 games is assessed by a VSC examiner who also writes detailed information for parents about what the game contains. L inks to the UK law due to the incorporation of PEGI into the legal system. 2) Note down the key statistics on the homepage. 13938+ games rated. 15141+ apps rated. 1702 Number of Member Outlets. 30 years in operation. 3) What is the purpose of PEGI? Age ratings help parents or carers decide whether a particular game is suitable for their children. The ratings do this by indicating the minimum age at which we think a child should be allowed to play a game. The age ratings for games are 3, 7, 12, 16 and 18.  4) Click on the PEGI Rating tab in the top menu. What are the age ratings and what do they include?         5) Scroll down to look at the ‘How games are examined’ infographic. What is the PEGI proces...

Language / Gameplay analysis 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Some of the gameplay is shown - House customisation -Playing with pets -Finding true love/ romance -Having children -Town -Dancing 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? The audience is targeted predominantly towards females through the colour scheme used and the font shows femininity. Target age is around 11+. Targeting more teenagers and young adults so they can create a life that they could wish to live or live through the game. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Diversion- The game makes the player forget about their reality by looking after the reality in the game. Personal Identity- They can relate to the character they make. Could customize the character to them personally. Personal Relationship- Will form a bond with the character they make. Walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay 1) How is the game constructed? The game is constructed where the player has to first make a c...