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 OSP: INFLUENCERS AND CELEBRITY CULTURE: Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 72 has a feature linking YouTube influencers to A Level media theories. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM72 and scroll to page 60 to read the article ‘The theory of everything - using YouTubers to understand media theory’. Answer the following questions: How has YouTube "democratised media creativity"? The YouTube platform has democratised media creativity, with ordinary users uploading their own content: they are ‘produsers’ (producer-users) and ‘prosumers’ (producer-consumers). Content is published first and then filtered or judged later by audiences. How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  improved communications turned the world into a global village, and this was decades before the internet. Not all famous YouTubers, like Emma Chamberlain, are American but Americans certainly make up the majority.YouTube influ

CLAY SHIRKY: END OF AUDIENCE:   Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson?  we  don’t generally have to think about the power  grid, or how roads work, or whether there’ll be  water in our toilets.  The network connects us to other people,  it provides a great source of information, it  can be used for campaigning and political  action, to draw attention to abuses and fight  for human rights. It’s a great place for gaming  and education, which can also be used to make  a lot of money (for a few people) as well as  a place where you can meet your friends. What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? A  lot of bullying and abuse takes place there.  There’s pornography that you don’t want to  see, and illegal images of child abuse that you  might come across. Extremists and radicals  can use the network to try to influence people  to join their cause, and fraud, scams, ri

  MAGAZINES: THE GENTLEWOMEN AUDIENCE AND INDUSTRY: There are five reasonably short tasks for The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries plus some optional extension work for those aiming for the very top grades. Create a blogpost called 'The Gentlewoman: Audience and Industries' and work through the following: Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to  our Media Magazine archive  and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?  Yet, the gentlewoman sticks a middle finger up at these conventions. Its minimalist covers are so completely different that it’s actually shocking. The only text is the title, subtitle and name of the person in the photograph, which is taken as a portrait and framed like a painting. It’s a bold statement that says this is more than just a magazine, this is art. In case it wasn’t differe