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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

  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

  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

  Taylor Swift: Language and Representations blog tasks Narrative Go to ommnur Media Magazine archive (issue MM79) and read the feature All Too Well on Taylor Swift and how she controls her own narrative. Answer the following questions:  1) Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her earlier albums?  Taylor Swift is re-recording her earlier albums to regain control of her music. The master recordings of her original albums were sold without her consent, so by re-recording them, she owns the new versions and can control how they're used, ensuring she benefits financially and creatively. 2) Why did Taylor Swift choose to make the short film 'All Too Well'?  Taylor Swift made the short film  All Too Well  to visually expand on the story told in her song of the same name. The song is deeply personal and emotional, and she wanted to bring its narrative to life in a more cinematic way, adding depth to the storytelling through visuals, actors, and her own direction. It also marked her de

   1) Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 72 has a feature linking YouTube influencers to A Level media theories. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM72 and scroll to page 60 to read the article ‘The theory of everything - using YouTubers to understand media theory’. Answer the following questions: 1) How has YouTube "democratised media creativity"? YouTube has  "democratised media creativity"  by providing a platform where  anyone  with internet access can create, upload, and share videos with a global audience, without the need for traditional media gatekeepers like TV networks, film studios, or publishing companies.  2) How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  American's make-up majority of YouTube.  YouTube influencers encourage the spread of US cultural references, language and attitudes. 3) How do influencers reinforce capitalist ideologies?  ChatGP