Media Blog 1 Mr Halsey

Part 1: Medium article - Is Female Representation in Video Games Finally Changing? Read  this Medium feature on whether female representation in videogames is finally changing . Answer the following questions: 1) How have women traditionally been represented in videogames? Women are typically either objectified or damsels in distress in video games. There are examples of this, from Lara Croft to Princess Peach, according to a post by the 'Gamecult Blog' Princess Peach appears in "14 games of the core Super Mario Brothers plat-former games and she's kidnapped in 13 of them". This shows sexism, heteronormativity and misrepresentation. 2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? For many years, people  believed that all gamers are predominately male, which may have been the case in the arcade age but based on the survey "Distribution of Computer and Video Gamers in the United States from 2006 to 2017 by Gender", 42% of the video game demographi...

1)  OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Teen Vogue - background and textual analysis 3) OSP: Teen Vogue - audience and representation 4)  Baseline Assessment learner response 5) OSP: Teen Vogue - industry and social media 6) OSP: Hall and Gilroy - media theory 7)  OSP: The Voice - blog case study 8)  OSP: The Voice and Teen Vogue news articles (minimum 4 from each)

Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The key conventions I could find are as follows: -Social media links -Menu bar -Polls -Articles -Search bar 2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? The page seems a lot more outdated in comparison to Teen Vogue, in addition it's noticeable that it had a much lower budget. The website itself is very dull especially with it's colour scheme, in comparison to Teen Vogues more modern look. 3) 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? The menu bar covers many items such as sports, news, entertainment, faith, lifestyle, careers and education. This shows the diverse rang of content that The Voice produce for their audience.  4) Look at the news stories on The Voice homepage. Choose three stories and discuss how they have ...