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  IDEOLOGY: What examples of binary opposition can you suggest from watching this clip? Rich and poor  immigrants and emigrant Left/ right wing  What ideologies are on display in this clip? Immigrants are ruining the society, they are taking up everything. taxing the rich- bankers bonuses lowering immigration  Part 2: Media Magazine reading Media Magazine issue 52 has two good articles on Ideology. You need to read those articles ( our Media Magazine archive is here ) and complete a few short tasks linked to them.  Page 34: The World Of Mockingjay: Ideology, Dystopia And Propaganda 1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence. The hunger games is filled with propaganda and middle class people with power of working class. 2) What view of capitalist ideology is presented in the Hunger Games films? A negative view of capitalist ideology is presented in the Hunger games, because it shows the power rich have over the poor. It shows that the ones who have power are able to control id

  MIGRAIN FINAL INDEX: First media blog Semiotics My media consumption Reading an image Reception theory Blog feedback and learning response Genre Blog tasks Narrative Blog tasks Migrain index term 1 Audience classification Learners response assessment 1 Audience theory 1 Audience theory 2 Industries: ownership and control blog task Cultural industries: blog tasks Public service broadcasting blog task blog task Regulations blog task Representation Introduction to feminism: blog tasks Learning response assessment 2 Feminist theory Collective identity and representing ourselves

  COLLECTIVE IDENTITY AND REPRESENTING OURSELVES: Task 1: Media Magazine article Read the Media Magazine article on collective identity: Self-image and the Media (MM41 - page 6). Our  Media Magazine archive is here . Complete the following tasks on your blog: Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?' Who are you? The section who are you is about the representation of cultural values that helps to construct an image communicate our identity. I think therefore I am How we presented ourselves was based on the social constructs. From citizen to consumer Advertising tapped into understanding the psychology behind the wants and desires and used it for their advantage. The rise of the individual  Advertising started to identify that a person who has not met their ideal self has many fragmented pieces and identities. They portrayed products to help customers think this will define their identity. Branding and lifestyle Adverti

  FEMINIST THEORY: Read Playing With The Past: Post-feminism and the Media (MM40, page 64 -  our Media Magazine archive is here ). This is a great example of sophisticated media analysis and an indication of the level we want to be writing at by the end of the two-year course.   What examples are provided from the two texts of the 'male gaze' (Mulvey)? Pan am  Beyonce Do texts such as these show there is no longer a need for feminism or are they simply sexism in a different form? These texts concluded that they both are now in a time beyond the need of feminism and the fact that they can look back and laugh at how women used to be treated and how they were objectified. Choose three words/phrases from the glossary of the article and write their definitions on your blog. Nostalgia – A sentimental longing for the past, often only remembering the positives of the time. Third wave feminism – Was a movement that redefined and encouraged women to be dominant and sexually assertive.