NDSM: Ed Miliband’s Russell Brand interview is no joke for the Sun, Mail and Star

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/29/ed-miliband-russell-brand-interview-sun-mail
Rightwing papers use Labour leader’s meeting with controversial comic to ramp up the invective – while others focus on David Cameron’s tax pledge. The rightwing press is splashing on Ed Miliband – but it’s only because of his meeting with Russell Brand.

NDMS: Labour vows to protect media plurality and implement Leveson proposals

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/apr/13/labour-media-plurality-leveson-manifesto-ed-miliband

If Milliband was to win the election he would have stopped large businesses owning the media e.g. Rupert Murdoch. Institutions such as news corporation own a high amount of  the media therefore, giving them the opportunity to express their views across in the media.  They will be setting a cap of 34% meaning News Corp will have to get rid of one of their media products. This challenges Pareto's law as it now can mean that more companies can make more profit and it leads to more competition in the media industry. 

NDMS

No filter: Rupert Murdoch's Twitter feed provides a new take on the editorial

Known for being private, the media boss is offering unrestrained commentary on everything from Mitt Romney to British royals – and it could land him in trouble. The articles talks about how Murdoch has become very public since he joined Twitter. Also, how some of what he tweets is very controversial.

NDMS

The one rule Mark Zuckerberg has for hiring new staff

In this article it discuess how FaceBook founder Mark Zuckerberg has one rule when hiring new staff. He would only hire them if he was willing to work for that member of staff. He makes sure that he is hiring staff he would be able to work with them if they were his boss. This is a different approach when hiring staff as it's usually taken into consideration whether a candidate posses key skills & roles. Not if they can manage a whole company.

Identities and the Media : Media and collective identity

Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?'

Who are you : 
The culture around you influences your perception and others perceptions of you.

I think, therefore i am : 
In the past our identity was fixed and based on outside factors such as religion, class, work etc. 

From citizen to consumer: 
Our identity begins to be formed by what we buy and our wants over basic needs fueled by advertising. 

Rise of the individual:

The idea of an individual started to rise in the 60's. The fragmented self that being individuals having many identities was being concocted. 

Branding and lifestyle : 

purchasing a brand in helping defining your personality and identity. 

Who will we be ? : 

Technology and its effect on our identity and perception of it via social networks and data mining leading to tailored adverts.

List five brands you are happy to be associated with and explain how they reflect your sense of identity.

• Nike 
• Google 
• Microsoft
• Apple

Do you agree with the view that modern media is all about 'style over substance'? What does this expression mean?

I do agree with the view as society has become more materialistic and people have conformed to this change in the norm as they now judge people on their possessions and what they own but not on who owns said products. The view above can be defined as "to think looks are more important than content". 

Is your presence on social media an accurate reflection of who you are? Have you ever added or removed a picture from a social media site purely because of what it says about the type of person you are?

My presence on social media is to some extent a true reflection of who i am. I have in some cases removed pictures that i believed were retracting from my 'crafted' persona online which I believe is a fairly true reflection of who i am however said pictures in my opinion may not have been following this leading to their removal.

What is your opinion on 'data mining'? Are you happy for companies to sell you products based on your social media presence and online search terms? Is this an invasion of privacy?

I my opinion our data will be shared amongst a number of companies whether we are in favour of this or not.

NDMS

Iran says it will open up to internet firms if they respect cultural values

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/mar/01/iran-to-allow-google-to-operate-if-it-respects-cultural-values



This article discusses the potential introduction of Google’s services such as internet in the Islamic republic of Iran. This then shows that the power that new and digital media may be understated as if it can influence a government and its policies where western, democratic governments have not been able to fully, then it can be said to be platform that is of an influential nature. This therefore highlights how important of a role new and digital media is playing in everyday events.

NDMS

The Guardian view on digital conservation: we must act now

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/feb/13/guardian-view-digital-conservation-we-must-act-now

This article discusses the fact that more care should be taken to preserve history currently being created and history that has already occurred. This is due to the fact "all history, all the economy and all our bureaucracy now live on and in computer records". As a result, despite the continuous sporadic developments in technology there should be more emphasis in improving it for historical purposes so that future generations may be able to enjoy it in a way in which we have.

NDMS

'Nearly 50,000' pro-Islamic State Twitter accounts

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31760126

This articles talks about how radical extremist group IS are using social media in order to informally recruit people into their terrorist organisation. A group claiming to support IS Hacked the UC centcom Twitter account as well.There have been 46,000 twitter accounts on behalf of Islamic State, a new case study from the US claims. Most I.S accounts were created in 2014 and towards the end of 2014 around 1,000 IS accounts are being shut down by twitter. 
"Recruitment is not overt on Twitter. Most of that happens on applications like Kik, WhatsApp and Skype, which are peer-to-peer. What they are doing publicly on Twitter is to draw people in."

Identities and the media: feminism online

1) Caroline Criado-Perez: Female Presence on banknotes

Caroline Criado-Perez in a English feminist activist and journalist born in Brazil. She wanted a gain on representation of women on banknotes in 2013. She was successful but people on Twitter gave her some online abuse like "Get back to the kitchen, shut up, F*ck off" Her efforts led to a decision by the bank of England to review the selection process for future bank notes. After that the bank of England announced that Jane Auestin will appear on the £10 note by 2017.

2) Ched Evans

This article from The Telegraph spoke about how a feminist made an online petition against convicted rapist Ched Evans who is a professional footballer who was sent to prison for doing so. This online petition gained many signings with 160,000 in total and 21,000 in 24 hours. This then stopped a deal for Evans signing for Oldham football club as they no longer wanted to sign him after everything that has happened in the media whereas at first they had offered him a long term contract. Similarly the club Evans used to play for Sheffield United had him training at their club but they stopped him from training with them due to them also getting negative media coverage where the local people and fans were going against them.

3)Caitlin Moran

Twitter Silence was a protest made up on Twitter where women were to stay silent on Twitter for a day to show their inability to speak up on Twitter in general without obtaining any sort of abuse. This idea came about from a quote in Jane Austen's book; Northanger Abbey. Due to the abuse on Twitter aimed at the campaign set up by Caroline Criado Perez which was to put up Jane's picture on a banknote. Her fellow feminists 'rallied up' and Caitlin Moran came up with the idea of 'shutting up' on Twitter.

NDSM

Mail Online soars past 200m monthly browsers as newspaper sites bounce back

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/feb/20/mail-online-gains-17m-unique-browsers-as-newspaper-sites-bounce-back

The Daily mail online recently went past the threshold of 200 million monthly browsers of their content online. Whether this is at the opportunity cots of less readers of their tangible paper and more of the digital counterpart is debateable. However, this does highlight the fact that news firms adopting digital tactics is beneficial in the long term as proved by this article as their demographic are becoming more and more technology literate.

NDSM

Snapchat gets more musical with update adding audio to people's snaps

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/19/snapchat-gets-more-musical-audio-snaps

Fresh from rumours that it is raising fresh funding valuing the company at $19bn, Snapchat has launched a new feature that makes it easier for users to add music to the videos they share using its app.Snapchat can now take a live feed of whatever music or audio is currently playing on a user’s smartphone when they record a video, and use it as the soundtrack when they send the clip to friends or upload it to their “Stories” profile.

NDMS

Will.i.am stars in Wall Street Journal's global ad push

The Wall Street Journal has recruited Will.i.am for a global ad campaign urging people to “make time” to read the business title.Other businesspeople to appear in the campaign include Mike McCue, co-founder and chief executive of social magazine app Flipboard; Bill McDermott, chief executive of software company SAP; and Zhang Xin, co-founder and chief executive of property group SOHO China.

NDMs

Why print newspapers remain the dominant media power in Britainhttp://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2015/feb/16/why-print-newspapers-remain-the-dominant-media-power-in-britain

This article supports the argument that print is still the dominant superpower in the media today. This can therefore show and supports the argument that the decline of the newspaper industry may be overstated that what will necessarily occur. As a result, the effect that new and digital media has on the newspaper industry may also be severely overstated.

Identities and the Media: Feminism

What are the two texts the article focuses on?

The two texts is the TV show Pan Am and also Beyonce's music video for her song why don't you love me.

What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)?

One example is"fragmented legs as they walk in unison through the airport" . The second example is "with a face like that you will find a husband in a couple of months" . 

Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form?

I think that their saying that this is now a post feminism state by making themselves look like role models to women.

Choose three words/phrases from the glossary of the article and write their definitions on your blog.

Post-feminism – An ideology in culture and society that society is somehow past needing feminism and that the attitudes and arguments of feminism are no longer needed.

Patriarchy – An ideology that places men in a dominant position over women.

Feminism – A movement aimed at defining, establishing, and defending women’s rights and equality to men.



No More Page 3

Research the No More Page 3 campaign. Who started it and why?

Lucy Holmes started the campaign in the summer of 2014 where she kept saying the fact the only full page representation of woman was a sex object.


What are the six reasons the campaign gives for why Page 3 has to go?

1. Bad teachings for children
2. It is 2015, page 3 was made in the sexist times, 1970's.
3. The Sun could be better without page 3
4. Soft porn, families can look at that.
5. Showing that women are only needed for sexual needs
6. Women are known for doing better things in the world

Read this debate in the Guardian regarding whether the campaign should be dropped. What are Barbara Ellen and Susan Boniface's contrasting opinions in the debate?

Boniface believes the sun should no longer have page three as we do not live in the past anymore and now men and women are equal.

Barbara argues that being in page 3 is a decision that the women have chosen to participate in page 3 to show that women are equal and can do anything.

How can the No More Page 3 campaign be linked to the idea of post-feminism?

It can be Linked with post feminism as they can say that we have moved on and that we now live in a post- feminism state.

What are your OWN views on the No More Page 3 campaign. Do you agree with the campaign's aims? Should the campaign continue?

I agree with the campaign for the removal of page 3. It will help children grown up in a equal world and plus to take the next step towards a fully post-feminism state.

 Do you agree that we are in a post-feminist state or is there still a need for feminism?

I believe that there is still a need for feminism to show a equal world.

Post-colonialism: blog task

1) 

Fanon - "putting on the white mask"
Alvarado - 4 representation of black people.
Said - East vs West, uncivilized vs civilized

2)

One example is that how the dirty man used a finger to eat peanut butter over a spoon , another way is through the way the tea was cooked. Yasmin on the other hand shows the clash between east vs west, this is done through how she changes clothes when going work and when she is in the community she dresses differently.

3)

Fanon

 Alvarado

Said

Index

1. Iphone 
2. Steve Jobs' office 
3. FIfa 15 review - not Flawless, but still the best football game.
4.  Microsoft unveils Windows 10 not Windows 9
5.  Taylor Swift Single out everywhere except UK
6. Oculus warns Sony to solve motion sickness before launch
7. Taylor Swift removes songs from Spotify
8. Video games are not making us more violent, study shows
9. Spotify CEO speaks out on Taylor Swift albums removal: "I'm really frustrated"
10.  Uber executive apologises after suggesting the firm dig dirt on hostile journalists
11. Spotify and Uber team up for in-car streaming music
12.  Vine shifts from comedy clips to a valid journalistic tool
13. Jennifer Lawrence: 'I will never get Twitter. The internet has scorned me'
     
14.  Ched Evans rape debate: Ofcom to investigate BBC DJ’s comments
15. YouTubers ads for Oreo banned for not making clear purpose of videos
16. Digital journalists have great chance to develop much-needed transparency
17. News Corp UK suffers £3.5m lost after £51m profit the year before

    
    

18. Let Muadh go: Arab Twitter users plead for pilot held by Isis
19. Snapchat adds entertainment and news with discover
20. The Sun's move away from topless page 3 models may entice new advertisers
21. TransAsia crash

    
    

    
    

    
    

NDMS: TransAsia crash: Taiwan plane in deadly river crash

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31125052

Identities : Post colonialism

Films: 

• Adulthood
• Anuvahood
• attack the block
• shank
• sket
• ill Manors

Tv programmes : 

• Top boy,
• 55 degrees north
• line of duty
• The Kumars at no 42
• Goodness gracious me

Online production: 

• Meet the Adebanjos
• All about the Mckenzies
• Venus Vs Mars
• brothers with no game
• The Ryan sisters

In the clips as we witness three black males talking about guys skinny jeans. They refer to men who wear skinny jeans to be 'gay' as they strongly believe that women only should be the ones only wearing clothing as such. After slagging of the white male they talk about their heritage in a comedic way. The way in which they do it is by talking about their genital area size and how they've impregnated every race to create people like the Portuguese, mixed race etc. Alvarado's theory of the four main representations of black people can be applied to this text which is exotic, humorous, pitted and dangerous.  In the text we're able to establish that the three black males come across as humorous, exotic and dangerous. They are perceived as dangerous in the way they are dressed and the look that they have. Furthermore, the place where they are talk is commonly associated with gang violence, robbery which is an estate area. In the second clip we witness the exotic side to the representation of black people. For instance, when the guys brother is coming out from the car and starts signing in the chicken shop. We witness his younger brother who is fairly quiet which isn't common for a young black man to be represented in that sense therefore; we could potentially link it to the fact that he's putting on 'the white mask' which links to Fanon's theory. 

NDM:The Sun's move away from topless page 3 models may entice new advertisers

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2015/jan/20/the-sun-topless-page-3-models-advertisers

The Sun’s decision to drop topless models from page 3 could lead to a boost in the tabloid’s advertising revenues, according to industry experts who said the nudity had put off a string of global brands from buying space in the paper.

I think that the Sun's decision to drop topless models from page 3 is a step to a wider audience and advertising revenues. More popular companies would want to now put their adverts on the paper as a result of this.

NDM : Snapchat adds entertainment and news with Discover

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/jan/27/snapchat-discover-video-music-messaging-app

Snapchat is aiming to become much more than a social media app by making content from the likes of Vice Media, Cosmopolitan magazine and CNN available to users.

due to the fact as it snap chat is currently used as a reputable journalism tool for UGC content and citizen journalism by many individual as it allows the news to be unfiltered, un-tampered and unbiased and allows it to reach a wider audience

Index

2. 16/09/2014 :Steve Jobs' office 
3.  23/09/2014: FIfa 15 review - not Flawless, but still the best football game.
4. 30/09/2017: Microsoft unveils Windows 10 not Windows 9
5. 21/10/2014: Taylor Swift Single out everywhere except UK
6. 4/11/2014: Oculus warns Sony to solve motion sickness before launch
7. 4/11/2014: Taylor Swift removes songs from Spotify
8. 11/11/2014: Video games are not making us more violent, study shows
9. 11/11/2014: Spotify CEO speaks out on Taylor Swift albums removal: "I'm really frustrated"
10. 18/11/2014: Uber executive apologises after suggesting the firm dig dirt on hostile journalists
11. 18/11/2014: Spotify and Uber team up for in-car streaming music
12. 25/11/2014: Vine shifts from comedy clips to a valid journalistic tool
13. 25/11/2014: Jennifer Lawrence: 'I will never get Twitter. The internet has scorned me'
     
14. 02/12/2014: Ched Evans rape debate: Ofcom to investigate BBC DJ’s comments
15. 02/12/2014: YouTubers ads for Oreo banned for not making clear purpose of videos
16. 09/12/2014: Digital journalists have great chance to develop much-needed transparency
17. 31/12/2014: News Corp UK suffers £3.5m lost after £51m profit the year before

    
    

18. 31/12/2014: Let Muadh go: Arab Twitter users plead for pilot held by Isis