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Henry Jenkins - fandom blog tasks

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  Henry Jenkins - fandom blog tasks The following tasks will give you an excellent introduction to fandom and also allow you to start exploring degree-level insight into audience studies. Work through the following: Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read  Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom .  Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan?  2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? 5) What examples of fandom are provided on pages 2 and 3 of the factsheet? 6) Why is imaginative extension and text creation a vital part of digital fandom? Henry Jenkins - degree-level reading Read  the final chapter of ‘Fandom’ – written by Henry Jenkins  (note: link may be blocked in scho
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The Voice CSP: case study blog tasks

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  The Voice CSP: case study blog tasks Language and contexts Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? Expect a structured layout with a top navigation bar, search function, sections like “News,” “Lifestyle,” and “Opinion,” alongside articles with preview images, headlines, and hyperlinks encouraging exploration of trending stories. 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? News Sport Lifestyle Entertainment Opinion Diaspora Black History Politics Jobs These menu items reflect  The Voice 's focus on Black British life and its commitment to representing a broad spectrum of issues relevant to this community. Here’s how each section aligns with its values and ideologies: News and Politics : Prioritising these sections indicates  The Voice ’s dedication to informing readers about current events and issues that imp
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Final Index

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 FINAL IDEX 1. OSP Clay Shirky - End of audience    2.OSP: Influences and celebrity culture  3.OSP: Taylor Swift: language and representations  4.OSP:Taylor Swift: audience and industries  5.Baseline Assessment learner response  6.OSP: Postconial theory: Gilroy and diasporic Identity  7.OSP: The Voice: blog task  
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Post-Colonial: Gilroy BlogTasks

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  Paul Gilroy - blog tasks Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open  Factsheet 170: Gilroy – Ethnicity and Postcolonial Theory . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or you can  access it online here  using your Greenford Google login. Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroy argues that racial identities are socially and historically constructed. He believes that they are the result of racism, colonialism, slavery, and economic systems like consumer capitalism, rather than natural or biological differences. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Gilroy suggests that racism creates race, not the other way around. He argues that racism emerged from historical processes like colonialism and slavery, and race was used to justify the oppression and exploitation of certain groups, ra
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Year 13 Baseline assessment learner response

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  Baseline assessment learner response Create a new blog post called 'Y13 baseline assessment learner response' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). 20/40  C Grade  www:  Q3 is excellent : not far from top levels and showing very good engagement with the question. If we can hit this level across a whole paper we will be around the top grades. EBI:  Radio a major weakness: one to revise and practice learn the CSPs in detail.  Revise the effects theories (Q2) and also regulatory elements for BBC Radio 1 NEWSBEAT For Q3 a little more reference to the CSP pages could have pushed you up a little  2) Focusing on the BBC  Newsbeat  question, write three ways it helps to fulfil the BBC's mission statement that you  didn't  include in your original assessment answer. Use the mark scheme for ideas. I shares information with young people mainly 15-29 as their tar
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Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks

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  Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks' and work through the following to complete your case study. Audience Background and audience wider reading Read  this Guardian feature on stan accounts and fandom . Answer the following questions: 1) What examples of fandom and celebrities are provided in the article? Matty Healy (The 1975) : The article also highlights an instance involving Matty Healy of The 1975. After Healy appeared on a podcast where offensive comments were made about various marginalized groups, his fans expressed disgust. One stan account, @dailymattyhealy, even decided to take a break from updating due to disappointment over Healy's behavior. Taylor Swift and Ticketmaster Controversy : Another major example was the fan reaction to the chaotic presale for Taylor Swift's tour tickets, which led to Swifties voicing their frustration so strongly that it culminated in Tic
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