Who or what is the largest Media Conglomerate in the world?

If Disney is Number 2 in the world - who is number 1?

(Accurate as of May 2016)



please click on the link below to find out:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/the-30-biggest-media-owners-in-the-world-2016-5/#3-comcast--1972-billion-in-media-revenue-28

A2 Exam Questions

please click on the link below:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Th6llDbaiRrlZgKV_PG0ihASe1_abokj/view?usp=sharing

Disney in talks to buy 21st Century Fox

Article in the Guardian by Sarah Butler
to read the full article, please click on the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/dec/03/21st-century-fox-restarts-talks-for-possible-sale-to-walt-disney?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Media+briefing+2016&utm_term=255110&subid=8253140&CMP=ema_546

Gender Theory

British Film

To see PowerPoint, please click on the link below:
usp=sharinghttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCdU84ZUNERDNjZGNjR2liYnB1WVZHbG1xdGd3/view?usp=sharing

Gender - a construct

Nivea - global reach and impact

Article in the Guardian by Afua Hirsch about how Nivea's latest 'white is right' advert is just the tip of the iceberg


to read the full article, please click on the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2017/oct/22/niveas-latest-white-is-right-advert-is-the-tip-of-a-reprehensible-iceberg?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Media+briefing+2016&utm_term=249097&subid=8253140&CMP=ema_546

Dove apologises for racist advert

Article in the Guardian about Dove's racist advert shown on Facebook: how the campaign was quickly taken down and Dove compelled to apologise
to read the full article, please click on the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/08/dove-apologises-for-ad-showing-black-woman-turning-into-white-one?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Social Realism - what is it?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCMnJ3VTE3MDFoZkU/view?usp=sharing

Why do UK organisations remain white at the top?

Article in the Guardian by Poppy Nour asking why are only 3% of top positions in the UK held by ethnic minorities?
(please click on link below to read the full article:)
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/sep/25/snowy-peak-syndrome-why-uk-organisations-remain-white-at-the-top

Media Theorists

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCbnR3QjJIcnVTaFk/view?usp=sharing



3 Types of representation
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCZU94SkUxRzVPS1E/view?usp=sharing

MS3 overview

Please click on the link below to see the PowerPoint:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCdzUtNDF1bUIwTVk/view?usp=sharing

Stock photography and stereotypes

Article in the Guardian about the impact of stock photography on stereotypes by Arwa Mahdawi.

(For the full article, please click on the link below.)
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/commentisfree/2017/sep/10/stock-photo-stereotypes-are-shifting-but-the-typical-woman-is-still-young-skinny-and-white

Facebook is a threat to democracy

BBC reports on Jon Snow's speech at the MacTaggart Lecture



for full details please click on link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-41036802

Can our kids go gender free?

No More Boys and Girls

A programme from the BBC presented by Dr Javid Abelmoneim 




Please click on link below to watch the programme
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b09202lp/no-more-boys-and-girls-can-our-kids-go-gender-free-series-1-episode-1#

New Indie Magazines - Zine Queens

An article in the Guardian about the boom in independent women's magazines
written by Ruth Jamieson



to read the full article, please click on the link below
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/jul/31/zine-queens-how-womens-magazines-found-new-life-via-indie-publishing

How we are farmed for our data

Editorial from the Guardian about how the  Digital Giants farm us for out data and how it is difficult for regulation to keep pace with the fast-moving market place.
To read the article, please click on the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/jun/18/the-guardian-view-on-digital-giants-they-farm-us-for-the-data?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Media+briefing+2016&utm_term=231268&subid=8253140&CMP=

Magazines - set texts

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bz98Kzm7JMiCM3kxRC1aODZRcXIyU2c5bGgyd2FOamVsM2sw/view?usp=sharing

How AI helps measure gender bias

Kendall Jenner stars in the heavily criticised viral pepsi ad

Article in the Guardian by Rebecca Nicholson about how ads co-opt protest
click on link below for the full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/apr/05/from-cokes-flower-power-to-kendall-jenners-pepsi-ad-how-ads-co-opt-protest

Stuart Hall - his cultural legacy

Article in the Guardian - please click on link below
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/feb/10/stuart-hall-cultural-legacy-britain-godfather-multiculturalism

Why don't Creators trust Youtube any more? - Google advertising row

click on link below to read full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/mar/21/youtube-google-advertising-policies-controversial-content?CMP=share_btn_link

Disney refuses to cut gay scene for Malaysian release

Article in the Guardian about 'Beauty and the Beast'
click on the link below:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/16/beauty-and-the-beast-disney-gay-scene-malaysia?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Media+briefing+2016&utm_term=217751&subid=8253140&CMP=

Skyfall - opening sequence

Skyfall - motorbike chase

'Psycho'

Frozen 2

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/may/03/frozen-fans-urge-disney-to-give-elsa-girlfriend-lgbt

Frozen

Characters in Frozen:


Elsa and Anna as children


Anna


Anna


Elsa


Kristoff and Olav


Character profiles
click on the link below:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/Frozen?from=Characters.FrozenDisney

Analysis of 'Frozen's narrative:
With critique of structural problems:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/ideas-commentary/disneys-frozen-the-acting-and-performance-analysis-97605.html

Hidden meanings in 'Frozen' from NYTimes
Including:
Puberty,  Coming Out,  Christianity,  Slut Power,  Climate Change,  Sexism,  Racism.


http://nypost.com/2014/02/05/the-7-wackiest-hidden-meanings-in-disneys-frozen/

Female cyclist rips wing mirror off van after sexist abuse

Article in the guardian - was the incident shown below fake?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/22/why-a-viral-video-of-a-cyclists-revenge-on-catcallers-may-not-be-all-it-seems?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Media+briefing+2016&utm_term=214757&subid=8253140&CMP=

Studio Canal - distribution and release strategy

http://www.newsworks.org.uk/write/MediaUploads/2014%20Research%20Planning/Case%20Studies/2015/Studio_Canal_Target.pdf

How well do you know your audience?

Prezi about distribution and release for Social Realist films



(please click on the link below for prezi)
https://prezi.com/rafc9nw1gyqa/target-audience-research-what-do-you-know-about-your-audience/

'Ways of Seeing' by John Bergert

John Berger on BBC2 programme discussing the difference between nakedness and nudity

Please click on the link below:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00hmb1f


Please click on the link below to view the pdf
http://waysofseeingwaysofseeing.com/ways-of-seeing-john-berger-5.7.pdf