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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 have traditionally been objectified or been represented as "Damsels in distress". Examples are Lara Croft and Princess Peach. Lara Croft is usually in shorts and a vest and Princess Peach appears in 14 Mario Games and has been kidnapped 13 times. 2) What percentage of the video game audience is female? 42% 3) What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Tomb Raider, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last Of Us, Dragon Age: Inquisition, and The Walking Dead. 4) Do you agree with the idea that audiences reject media products if they feel they are misrepresented within them? I don't agree with that statement because if ...

1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? Gilroy suggests that race is caused by racism rather than differences in race itself. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? He says that racial identities are caused by historical conflicts that have brought different groups into opposition. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? A line of thinking which sees humans are [part of different ethnic compartments with race as the basis of human differentiation. Gilroy is opposed to this as it counters his argument that racism causes race. 4) How does Gilroy view diasporic identity? He sees this as a product of movement, it is based on the routes  taken throughout history rather than the roots  of origin.   5) What did Gilroy suggest was the dominant representation of black Britons in the 1980s (when the Voice newspaper was first launched)? Black people were looked at as outsiders and not part of the B...

1)   Newspapers: The decline in print media 2)  Newspapers: The death of print media Factsheet 3)  Newspapers: The future of journalism 4)  Newspapers: News Values 5)  Newspapers: Regulation  6)  Newspapers: Daily Mail case study 7)  Newspapers: Mail Online case study 8) Newspapers: The i newspaper and website case study

1) What are the top five stories? Are they examples of soft news or hard news? Leicester City fans gather to mourn (hard) Hero policeman who desperately tried to smash the windows of Leicester helicopter (hard) Robin Thicke picture exclusive (soft) Samantha Cameron opens up about her Number 10 wardrobe malfunctions (soft) Coldest October days for a decade as arctic blast brings snow (hard) 2) What celebrity content is featured? Samantha Cameron wardrobe malfunctions. Robin Thicke - Star's pregnant girlfriend. Owner of Leicester City Football Club. 3) What examples of ‘clickbait’ can you find? Nicole Scherzinger sets the record straight over THAT muttering to Tess Daly on Strictly (and it's NOT what everyone thinks) Teenager warns of a 'drink spiking epidemic' after finding a blue 'sleeping' pill at the bottom of her glass on a night out  4) To what extent do the stories you have found on MailOnline reflect the values and ideologies of the Da...

Go to the  Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students . The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shiky says. Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? Clay Shirky argues that accountability journalism is important as it informs the public of the wrong doings people in power are doing, allowing them to put pressure on them for justice and change. He gives Father John Geoghan as an example who was a priest since the 1960s. It w...

1) What has happened to print media in the last 30 years? In the last 30 years Print media has declined in its dominance of the media industry.Newspapers were the main news source for people.Newspapers was the most accessible outlay for people to get information. Since then, the development of technology such as the internet and TV have impacted the newspaper industry. Because these services were free, it became an expectation for people to gain their news for free, causing less people being willing to pay for their news. The development of mobile phones also allowed people to access the internet away from home, meaning they had access to lots of articles on the go. As a result newspapers have lost alot of power in the news industry as they struggle to make a profit to keep printing and pay journalists. 2) Why is the  Independent  newspaper such a good case study for the decline in print media? The Independent newspaper is a good case study as it is the most recent to ...

Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 55 has an overview of technology journalist Bill Thompson’s conference presentation on ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ It’s an excellent summary of the internet’s brief history and its impact on society. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM55 and scroll to page 13 to read the article ‘What has the internet ever done for me?’ Answer the following questions: 1) Looking over the article as a whole, what are some of the positive developments due to the internet highlighted by Bill Thompson? The internet allows freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of press. 2) What are the negatives or dangers linked to the development of the internet? Bullying and abuse is easier to happen across the internet. The internet also has indecent images such as child abuse images and child pornography. Extremist ideas can also be poste and the radicalisation of a group can also happen because of the internet. An example of this is I...