Lydia's Media Blog

1. Explain the political significance of the concept of 'press freedom' and its relationship to representative democracy. Why do you think freedom of the press is important? How much influence do you think the government should have about the things reported in the UK press? I personally feel that the use of a free press has both positives and negatives, and therefore shouldn't be totally self-regulated. The invasion of privacy of those in the public eye is becoming more common, with reporters taking stories too far and gaining private information. This is happening due to the demand the readers give, responding well to stories that seem exclusive. However, I feel that when a scoop is no longer I the publics interest then it shouldn't be printed and hence should be regulated, as reporters are gaining both unwanted information and information which is too invasive. The concept of 'press freedom' has political significance as newspapers are able to support any p

Ok Go are representing themselves as an outgoing, creative and high-tech band. In each video, they have a new way of showing their style of video. Each one is filled with colour and unique, which emphasises their views and opinions in each song. The first video is very different to others, as it is a mixture of numerous types of videos. It includes the band dancing in the video, which is a common feature, however they're doing it on treadmills which helps identify them as different. They're building up their identity as a colourful, bright band.l 1. How are Ok Go representing themselves? 2. What Media Language is present in all three music videos giving them a unique identity? Think about the similarities between each video - Refer to your glossary for Key Terminology. 3. Why do you think they have adopted this representation?

The   advert is aimed at a younger audience. We know this because all of the other posters used to focus on an older audience, and it was aimed at a more middle-aged man. The actual audience is more women, or partners of young men, who may see the man in the advert to be attractive and therefore want their partners to have the same aftershave, as like the man is saying although their men can't be him, they can smell like him. The producers are aiming to get the viewers to convince their partners to buy the aftershave, which increases their sales. They try to make out that the smell of a ''man'' is old spice, and that it can increase a person's masculinity almost instantly. Old Spice clearly see the target audience as women, is that there are diamonds in the man's hands, which stereotypes that ''diamonds are a girl's best friend''. What parts of the poster contribute to engaging that audience? How is the product featured in th

Lucozade:   This Lucozade advert want to attract an audience, and to do so they need to get people's attention. They've done this by using a large, bold font, that stands out and is easily noticeable. Not only is it large, and takes up a lot of the advert, but it is also a dark navy which contrasts with the sky-blue background and the black and grey on the model, making it more viewable. The advert itself is simple, and is taken up by about 45% model and 45% text, with the other 10% being the bright-blue background. The angle of the camera is cleverly positioned to define the model, Gareth Bale, to have strong facial features, to make him visually appealing to the audience. This is another technique used to attract an audience, which advertises the product to a larger, and wider, audience range and therefore to engage them with the advert and the product. ''In a different league'' links to both football and the product being advertised. In the football si

The majority of newspapers on the 6th of November covered the stories of leaked documents revealing the financial information of the rich. It stated how rich people were keeping money outside of the UK, in places such as Switzerland, in order to avoid paying tax. The Guardian is a socialist newspaper and covered the story in a negative way. As a newspaper they showed a balanced view point as although they endorse capitalism, they view the uncovered information as a scandal. The Daily Mail juxtaposes this and views the Queen as a victim. We can see this through the usage of ''dragged'' in their headline. As well as the paradise papers story being covered on the front of their newspaper, they also featured Stranger Things star Millie Bobbie Brown, with a story relating to her worth of £5 million and listing her as a ''school girl'' which does not sexualise her and avoids the male gaze. Essentially, the Guardian only covered stories about the paradise p

Unfinished sympathy and Burn the witch show some similarities and differences throughout their videos. Their videos both appeal to their genres, which are mainstream for Unfinished Sympathy and urban for Burn the Witch, as Unfinished sympathy focuses on their singer Shara Nelson whereas Burn the Witch offers a more theatrical element, as it is based around the film Burn the Witch, so it's like a performance, especially with the clay figures. The song Unfinished Sympathy originated with the man who wrote the melody for the song, and recorded it, Nelson, and the producer Jonny Dollar. They were later joined by other members of the group who built on top of their recording. The song's strings contributed a 40-piece live string section, and the song is about love, whereas the video focuses more on urban street life. This shows the audience that the artists of Massive Attack do not care about status and they believe everyone is equal. All of the members of Massive Attack feature

Massive Attack uses their music video for 'Unfinished Sympathy' to represent street life in a an urban setting. They use natural lighting to indicate to us that everything that is happening in the background of the video is actually all based off real, natural events, even if it is being staged for the purpose of the video. The camera starts of by focusing on two steal balls, that are being rolled around in a gang-member's hand. They're making a small 'clanging' sound and as the camera zooms out of the close up shot, we are shown a dog wearing sunglasses. Stereotypically, the gang's dog is on a chain and has a studded collar, which a lot of people would picture if given a brief description of a 'street' dog. The group the dog is with is clearly a gang, who are all dressed like 'bikers' and drinking beer in the street. As the main character walks down the street, all we can see is litter in the gutters and drains. This reflects ur

The benefits of the press being self-regulated is that the stories will be more detailed and in depth. Some of the stories may get to the public domain, and therefore some stories have been known to start debates between the audience. This is because people question why the government don't want to, or like to, publish certain stories and what this could really mean. Newspapers can commonly be bias based off the writer's point of view, which is one reason why they're regulated, and because of this, the stories published aren't always 100% factually correct. The journalists and editors publish what they want to, and will often go to extremeness to get the best articles.

The Daily Telegraph is a Broadsheet newspaper published on a daily basis, and was established in 1855. It is owned by 'The Barclay Brothers' Press Holdings' company, and is a supporter of the conservative party. Another newspaper owned by 'The Barclay Brothers' Press Holdings' is The Sunday Telegraph. It is only published on Sundays, and is a broadsheet that was established in 1961. As well as having the same owner as the Daily Telegraph, it also supports the conservative party. In 1785, The Times was established. In 2004, it became a Compact newspaper that followed the ideas of the conservative party. The company with ownership of this newspaper isn't as well known as some of the others, and they are the 'News Corporation- Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch'. Yet another Sunday-published newspaper is The Sunday Times, which is a broadsheet newspaper and was established in 1822. The owner is news Corporation- Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch, and i

Radiohead are an English rock band from Oxfordshire that formed in 1985. The band members consist of Thom Yorke, Phil Selway, brothers Jonny Greenwood and Colin Greenwood, and Ed O'Brien. They've been a band for 32 years this year, and have always been known as ab alternative band, under the English rock band category.

Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, and consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles. A popular album of theirs would be Blue Lines. It is the debut studio album by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released on their Wild Bunch label through Virgin Records on 8 April 1991, followed by the release of a remastered version of the album on 19 November 2012. The music video follows Shara Nelson around an urban street in down town LA. The camera moves around her body to face her, so when she is walking the camera is in front and reversing in order to catch an edgy video of her walking, and making it more mainstream.

The Guardian hasn't used a paywall, however they are asking for their readers to subscribe in order to continue reading.   Even though they're still allowing their readers to read without any form of payment, volunteered or not, the Guardian are asking for money in return for their stories. It would be used to fund the company and the website, which they do state in the advertisement, however what they don't tell us that it is actually a paywall either way.