Media Blog 1 (Bradley)

Learner response blog tasks Create a new blog post called ' Advertising assessment learner response ' and complete the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: There are some very good points here in Q1 and particularly Q2. Lots to build on for the Y12 exams EBI: I know I like marking blind but it would help if you put your name on your paper for identifying afterwards! Handwriting: Make sure examiners can easily read your points. Revise postcolonialism + Sephora 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. Q1. Stereotypical ideals of beauty – slim, twenty-something, white. Black tie as a phallic object (Mulvey) – being grabbed by female model. Q2. Advert does not support Gauntlett’s suggestion there has been a “decline of tradition” – this is a very tradition

Audience 1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? As the flagship of men’s fashion and style in Britain, to be GQ is to be forward-looking, progressive and cutting-edge. Entering a new era of leadership and influence under Adam Baidawi, GQ explores the powerful and progressive new forces shaping culture, society and commerce in Britain.  2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  GQ's authority has never been  stronger a s   masculinity   evolves and men's fashion has moved to the centre of the global pop-culture conversation. 3) Pick out three statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ  audience. 5.3M  Digital Uniques - Their digital media expand their variety  212K Readership  - Number of magazines they print 1.8M  Social Followers  - They have a large reach in terms of online popularity 4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these suggest about the GQ audience? GQ Hype spotli

GQ - Language & Representation blog tasks Create a blogpost called 'GQ: Language and Representation' and complete the following tasks: Language: Media factsheet Complete the following tasks using Media Factsheet 252 - The Codes and Conventions of Print Magazines available in our Media Factsheet archive here. Answer the following questions: 1) What are the different magazine genres highlighted on page 2 and how do they link to our magazine CSPs? General interest magazines are published for a wider audience to provide information in a general manner, and the focus is on many different subjects like food, fashion or home and gardening.  Special interest magazines are niche magazines that offer in-depth content on a given area or topic. These magazines appear to be doing very well now in a time of decreasing print sale. Professional magazines are a periodical published by the governing body of a profession. The standard of quality of such a periodical may be similar to that of