Presentation

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Presentational feedback

• How your research contributed (or failed to contribute) to the presentation

As my question was 'How do artists in the music industry influence the youth and the society?' My research contributed to the presentation as I talked about a range of things such as target audience which was the youth in this case. For example, I talked about youngsters would look up to their role models such as Bruno Mars and how he talks positive within his music however, when it comes to his personal life, it was well known that he was a cocaine addict and this leads to binary opposition as it is a constant battle between good and bad. The society may argue about him being a good role model or not for the youth.

Some of my research that I failed to contribute was that I talked about the positive sides of some artists such as Eminem but I didn't talk about his negatives such as his alter-ego of Slim Shady and some of the things he's done in his past and some spiteful lyrics which would get society to see him in a negative way, however the target audience of the younger generation would still see him as 'badass' and still a good role model. 

• The delivery of the presentation

I believe that the delivery of my presentation was fluent and confident as I made direct eye contact with the audience and I faced them 

• The topic area chosen
• How you plan to develop the presentation into an extended academic essay

Www ebi

Www: well designed slides, both sides of argument, wide range of examples, good use of images, textual analysis, very fluent. 

Ebi: more terminology, more depth, include conclusion. 

Homework #2

Ignore the GTA 5 sceptics: adults do play video games?

Link: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/20/grand-theft-auto-5-adult-gamers

This article was written by a 42 year old man, therefore I believe that this article was biased because he might like to play video games and has a different take on this subject. As quoted 'When I am feeling less reasonable, the "do adults really play these things?" comment really gets to me. Partly this is because I am 42 and I review these things for a living. I've dealt with my insecurities about this before, but to have people questioning the mental faculties of mature gamers is something of a personal slight. But it's not just that. It's something else. Something more important. '

He also believes that adults share video games with their families and their children etc. And that they learn new things everyday from video games just besides the violence.

Homework

Digital Media

The Guardian:
Ghost: the UK blogging platform that won't and can't sell out to Facebook
Link: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/sep/23/ghost-uk-blogging-platform-facebook

Ghost is a new  blogging platform which offers a simple, clean and free publishing tool for independent bloggers. John O'Nolan is one of the few people in the world to turn down $1BN from the Facebook producer Mark Zuckerberg. O'Nolan stated "If Facebook came to me tomorrow, and said ‘here’s $1bn, we want to integrate Ghost into Facebook’ … no matter what the human side of me wants to do, I cannot.” He added “We don’t want to make millions,” he says. “I personally, categorically do not want to make millions. I had huge ambitions for making a million before I was 25, the start-up dream… but then I realised if I had a lot of money, I would buy a Lamborghini and a house, and six months later I would just be bored.”


My View:
O'Nolan wants to be target high end audiences; well known brands/companies such as CNN, The Times & The Guardian, if he's successful with his product. However, to start off with, he wants to start approaching beginners. The ultimate question here is 'How will be keep the platform easy to use for beginners and will it still be powerful enough for large enterprises?' Also, by rejecting Zuckerberg for $1bn, did he make a wise move or not?

Presentation; Pre-preparation

Brainstorm five possible media texts you could choose as your presentation subject. (The platform can be TV, film, print, online).

5 Media texts:

1) Social Networks
2) Music
3) TV shows
4) Films
5) Piracy

The 3 media texts that I would choose to do would be...

Music

• Well known artists could help influence society.
• A certain topic could be used such as racism and war in order to raise controversy.
• Young people may look up to well known musicians such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Eminem, Tupac, Jay-Z etc.
• Technology has changed music as newer programming such as Cubase can be used in order to make new beats helping musicians make progress within their work in order to sell records.
• Many people in this world believe that music is very important and that it would be a very boring world to live in if there was no music. For most artists, music is how it expresses them and allows them to show who they are.

How do current artists such as Rihanna and Beyonce influence the current generation? 

For example, Beyonce's song Run The World (Girls) can be seen as a very sexist song as it represents females to be more dominant over the world and connotes how they rule over males and over this world. It gets the younger generation of girls to feel better about themselves so say that they are just as or more important than men. The way that they are made to feel more powerful may make young females to feel better about themselves against situations such as bullying for example. 
Also, Rihanna's song Diamonds is a 'feel-good' song not just for the female gender, unlike Beyonce, but also for the male gender. Lyrics such as 'You and I, we're beautiful like diamonds in the sky' make the listeners of the song feel beautiful and the phrase 'You and I' shows how Rihanna is making a direct mode of address to each of her listeners individually and making them feel better about themselves and more confident. Furthermore, the fact that this song is also very well known in the media may mean that a lot of people may dislike this song and may make memes and may Twitter bomb about this which would be a potential downfall for the sales of 'Diamonds'. 

Music - Rihanna; Unapologetic
Official Webpage: http://www.rihannanow.com
Wiki Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unapologetic 
YouTube Page: www.youtube.com/user/RihannaVEVO 

Social networking

• Networks such as Facebook and Twitter are used daily.
• This sites would be easy in order to raise awareness about the media.
• Films and campaigns can be advertised on the side of these networks.
• Could be used to help promote TV shows or Films etc.
• Creates a certain type of 'buzz' about something new out e.g. a movie. Reviews can be made on sites such as YouTube or Twitter; Twitter bombing can make a negative impact on views of new out-coming movies as people may believe one person's opinion on a movie and may change the sales and the overall profits of the movie.

How do Social Networks such as Facebook and Twitter raise awareness of the current media?

Current news flows through the media very quickly due to these social networks. For example, the news of Kim Kardashians baby flowing. 

Social Networks - Facebook
Official Webpage: http://www.facebook.com
Wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/theofficialfacebook

Filmotography

• Films affect peoples beliefs in certain things and change their perspectives in order to act in a certain way. E.g. The movie Chucky influenced young children to kill a young baby being a negative impact.
• Piracy would have a large impact upon the sales of the films as this method is used by many and is simple and easy.
• Word of mouth may be generated which could be either positive or negative e.g. Twitter bombing which changes views and opinions upon a certain film due to one review.
• Movies are strictly for entertainment purposes and allows different audiences for different films in order to escape. E.g. Paranormal Activity engages its audience within the storyline and what is going on in order to captivate them and allow them to escape from their current location to making it seem as if they are a pert of the movie.

Filmotography - Oz; The Great and Powerful
Official Webpage: http://www.disney.go.com/thewizard.com
Wiki Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_the_Great_and_Powerful
YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/WaltDisneyStudiosUK 

250 word summary.

To what extent does news media create moral panic and represent teenagers in a negative way that the public should fear? 

From our discussion in class today, what we understood about our question was that teenagers are not only seen in a positive way but are mostly portrayed in a very negative way in society. Language used such as "British youths are the most unpleasant and violent in the world” makes the audience react negatively overall towards the younger generation of the youths of Britain. Words such as ‘most unpleasant’ and ‘violent’ connote a sense of chaos highlighting teenagers overall to be terrible people.

 However in juxtaposition to that, biased opinions from teens saying that they are not always bad people relates to Perkins theory stating that there is some element of truth in a stereotype made, in this instance, as teenagers may be good, helpful people, they may also be very unpleasant.

Statements made such as “Positive media representation of youth did not disappear, but there was a palpable resurgence of more negative coverage” shows how overall, in the media, how teenagers are mostly represented in a very negative way. Furthermore, in opposition to the negative coverage made in the media, youth clubs and Television institutions such as Disney show people that teenagers are actually good people.

For example, Disney shows such as The Suite Life of Zack & Cody and That’s So Raven have morals at the end of them, teaching the younger generation of children, who watch Disney shows such as these, good morals and how to be better people; planning ahead for the future.

Different audiences would react in different ways to statements made in the media. If the older, orthodox, current generation saw something on television such as the Ealing riots for example, then they would think that all young people living in Britain who wear hoods would be so called ‘Hood-Rats’ and from this, stereotypes would grow either giving British youth a good or a bad representation.

Overall teenagers are represented in a negative way and have been labelled as deviant gaining an undesirable repute in society today.