Media Studies Blog 1

Go to MailOnline and analyse the stories currently featured: 1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news? - Student rep sparks outrage after vowing to tear down a mural honouring those who left to fight in WWI but never returned - Soft new - Refugee who used her family's passports to smuggle asylum seekers into UK is spared jail time (because her actions were humanitarian) - soft news - Gang-rape victim's final moments  - Hard news - Lord Sugar slams trolls as he denies being the businessman who got injunction to gag racial abuse/sexual harassment claims. - Hard news -Sir Philip Green is unmasked as the mogul in Britain's #MeToo scandal - Hard news 2) What celebrity content is featured? Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott's new mansion purchase Jossa shows off her figure in bikini Orlando Bloom dubs Katy Perry as "thirsty" 3) What examples of ‘clickbait’ can you find? I think that the main forms of

Windrush: Three People Wrongly Removed Flown Back To UK 3 passengers who were wrongly deported from the United Kingdom have been allowed back into the UK and the Home Office even paid their flights back which departed from Kingston, Jamaica and arrived at London, Gatwick. In total up to this day, 13 people who were deported from the UK have been given the right to return back. This is an example of hard news as it talks upon the topic of immigration and especially focuses on the Wind rush generation which is a very recent situation. Why would it appeal to the audience? Personal Identity : People who are from the Caribbean or are even a part of the Wind Rush generation  can relate to the people being reported on as they too are from the same place or  may even have family members that have been affected by this. Surveillance : Many people would like to keep track of what is going on with the deportation of the Windrush generation since it began and this artic

7-Year-Old Dies in Border Patrol Custody After Migrating From Guatemala A 7 year old, Jackeline Caal, has died in in Border and Customs Patrol Custody after travelling with 163 other people, some family members, to the border in New Mexico. They turned themselves in around 10:00 on December 6th, the next morning the little girl had a fever and was having seizures, it was reported that she had not "eaten or consumed water for several days". Caal was taken to a children's hospital in Texas but unfortunately died within 24 hours. This is an example hard news as it reports on immigration and how inhumane circumstances led to a young girl passing away. This article talks about a very serious topic which has been a problem for quite a while and there has been many other problems linked to the borders. This may interest an audience as it helps people follow the problems with immigration (surveillance) as it seems to be an unfortunate problem occurring all over the

A White Man Who Punched A Young Black Boy Walks Free The young 15 year old boy was running for the bus with his mother and his two little siblings and he accidentally barged a pram. The father of the baby then started to racially abuse the little boy calling him a "Black c***", the young boys mother attempted to stop the abuse but the man pushed her causing her to fall onto the bus and severely hurt her head, she was taken to hospital.  In a statement he said: “I initiated a confrontation with the boy having mistakenly thought that he had run and bashed into my son’s pram. The judge had said that his choice of words were a reaction to his child's pram being pushed so he was not arrested however he was " given a 12-month suspended sentence and ordered to do 180 hours of community service at Bolton Crown Court". In my opinion this is hard news as it touches upon a racial issue that is currently a problem in our society and it involves violence and the in

Trans Performers Share the Challenges They Still Face and Their Hopes for the Future These transgender performers talk about the struggles and discrimination they face in society, and even more serious personal problems such as being disowned by their parents because of their gender identity and the choice they have made to transition. They argue that it is important that the trans community is promoted in the media in order to give that certain community more exposure and accept it as a party of society now. Most of this article is based on transgenders wanting to feel "comfortable in [their] own skin" but sometimes media makes them seem different. In my opinion this is an example of hard news as it is becoming a bigger problem in society and the number of people in the LGBT community is increasing everyday which means that much more of the public will have the same views as this article and feel affected by it.  I think this would mostly appeal to an audience

Teen Vogue: background reading and textual analysis blog tasks Work through the following tasks to complete your first case study on Teen Vogue. Teen Vogue: background reading Read this  Guardian feature from 2017 on Teen Vogue  and answer the following questions. 1) What was the article that announced Teen Vogue as a more serious, political website – with 1.3m hits and counting? It was an article (written by Lauren Duca) about the actions of Trump and how he is gaslighting America. *Gaslighting: manipulating someone to the point where they question their own sanity. 2) When was the original Teen Vogue magazine launched and what was its original content? Teen Vogue was launched in 2003 as a print magazine. Because it was a "little sister" to US Vogue, it continued to focus on areas like fashion and beauty. 3) How did editor Elaine Welteroth change Teen Vogue’s approach in 2015? She encouraged Teen Vogue to move away from th

The I Cast Study 1) What are the front page stories on the 21 September edition of the i? -The Salzburg Disaster - relating to Theresa May's ongoing attempts to secure a deal with other EU leaders that will be of benefit to the UK -Interviews with M.I.A, Emma Stone and information on new albums 2) From your analysis in class, what other stories and topics are covered in this edition of the i? You should address the following pages: Page 2 Interestingly, the layout of this page makes it a lot easier to navigate and consume information compared to traditional newspapers. The news stories are concise and are summarised to allow the "time-poor" commuter to gain a wide range of info in a short space of time Pages 5 The subject of this article is reflective of the socially aware and conscious nature of the audience Demonstrates the concerns and the viewpoints of the audience - environmentalists etc Younger audience is more likely to campaign against injusti