Is reality becoming more real? the rise and rise of UGC

Citizen Journalist- when onlookers/ members of the public happen to capture an important event and they upload it so they are the producers of the text...sometimes called 'grassroot journalists or accidental journalists'

one of the first examples of news being generated by ordinary people was the Rodney King incident where he had a high speed chase with the police resulting in them beating him up with clubs which is filmed by an onlooker causing a international media sensation. this lead to people protesting that the police were racist towards Africa-Americans

some of the new interactive formats introduced by the news organisations is stuff like message boards, chatrooms, question and answers, polls and blogs.

the main difference that there is between professionally shot footage and UGC footage is that user generated content is more hard hitting and emotive and news now might be old fashioned and somehow staged if it lacks the low quality grainy style of footage that is proved by citizen journalists.

A gatekeeper is a news organisation that decides which content provided by citizen journalists can be shown whether its appropriate or not.. in other words they're job is to filter the content for publication.

The role of the gatekeeper has changed as people who didn't have a voice before now do..such as youths, low income groups and other minorities.



Primary concern about the rise of UGC is that its is likely that in future there will be fewer and fewer permanent trained staff at news organisations, leaving a smaller core staff who will manage and process UGC from citizen journalists, sometimes known as ‘crowd sourcing.’ Some believe that the mediators and moderators might eventually disappear too, leaving a world where the media is, finally, unmediated.

Theorists
Cohen- moral panic..gays as folk devil..in Eastenders moral panic caused by Syeds family as they are traditional and religious so they clash with Christian who is proud of his sexuality.

Staurt Hall- reception theory
encoding/decoding

Moment of encoding – the creation of the text, when forms, structures, codes and conventions are used to construct a text with an intended meaning.
Moment of the text – the symbolic existence of the text as it is published or broadcast – the focus of semiotics.
Moment of decoding – when an individual with a unique set of values, attitudes and experiences encounters the text. Regarded as more the moment of ‘creation’ than the first stage.

preferred/negotiated/oppositional reading

Theories

Stuart Hall a cultural theorist ( in Eastenders it would be related as Syed struggles to choose between his faith and Christian) and this would lead onto the reception theory as different cultural audiences and general audience reception would have different reactions towards this situation.


such storylines raises peoples awareness and BBC helpline is there for people who might be affected by the storyline.


book on 'cultural representational and signifying practices'

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Judith Butler- Queer theory


book- gender trouble and 'the lesbian phallus and morphological imaginary'


Quote from gender trouble- there is no identity behind the expressions of gender; that identity is perform actively constituted by the very 'expression that are said to be its results.'


Quote from the lesbian phallus..- 'perhaps the promise of the phallus is always dissatisfying in some way'



could be used for desperate housewives and home and away


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http://etheses.nottingham.ac.uk/1113/1/Queer_Television_Thesis_FINAL_DRAFT_amended_date_and_footnotes.pdf

The representation of gays in uk

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The representation of gay people in UK/US TV drama

I have chosen to research into this topic because homosexuality is increasing and i find the issues and the reactions from the public interesting as they can be controversial issues such as homophobia and in some cases they get abused for being different.
the 3 texts I have in mind are:

• Eastenders British( focusing on Syed and Christian)
  

http://www.lgf.org.uk/eastenders-move-forward-with-gay-muslim-storyline/

''Muslims are the lack of visibility in mainstream media and the limited allocation of resources to raise awareness and understanding. That is why Imaan supports the BBC's attempt to sensitively develop a credible character, Syed Masood, who contends with the different facets of his identity.''

http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/07/22/bbc-condemned-for-tv-portrayal-of-gay-people/

Lesbians were found to be particularly underrepresented on television, as 77 per cent of depictions of gay people concerned gay men.

BBC2 and the corporation’s other channels contained no depictions of lesbian and gay people. On BBC1, researchers found that only two programmes in the viewing sample contained portrayals of gay people. These were EastEnders, which has a storyline about gay characters Christian and Syed and the Jonathan Ross show which featured four poofs and a piano.

The report said that the EastEnders storyline focused on Syed’s fear of being outed and the turbulent relationship between the couple

Home and away Australian ( Charlie and Joey)

• http://www.charlie-joey.com/ even a fanpage too support the controversial storyline

channel 5 sponsored by Brighthouse
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/soaps/news/a149332/outrage-at-home-and-away-lesbian-storyline.html

"The plotlines that young kids and teenagers should be presented with should be about really authentic relationships that are not just sexualised."

Anderson, 29, defended the controversial storyline, saying: "You learn pretty much everything at school. I don't think it's like I'm lifting the lid on something they don't already know about.

"To me there's no difference - love's love. The fact that your partner's the same sex is no different. You just want to be loved."

• Desperate Housewives American ( Catherine Mayfair and Robin Gallagher)

sponsored by Baileys season 6..season 7 sponsored by Special K

channel 4 and E4 watershed

http://greginhollywood.com/the-lesbian-twist-on-desperate-housewives-21684

mixed reactions towards the storyline:

''That is so disappointing! wasn't it enough with the gay theme, now a lesbian theme!!! That is so disgusting .. I was a huge fan of DH but now I lost interest .. it's too much!''

as there alredy was a gay couple on wisteria lane

''This storyline makes no sense. It also implies that straight people choose to be gay (when they get tired of being straight). Not the message I want to see on TV.'' - David from houston

''A girl-on-girl kiss in a bar to get rid of two pesky males.. seriously??? isn’t that every straight man’s fantasy to watch two women make out?'' - Kyle
this could be supported by the male gaze

Alternative Representation

(hip hop/r&b)

Firstly the couple are presented as a strong united force as we can see in the mise en scene as they hold hands together and the closeup shot emphasises they are married. Only in the beginning is the fourth wall broken as they look and talk directly to the camera inviting the audience into their life.The slow motion shot of Keri running past him is done to 'to-be-looked at-ness' with the non diegetic heartbeat sound effect which connotes the passion as the male looks at her not so much fetishized but more lovingly as shes not parading herself and was just going for a jog in a rather tight outfit but I do think her run was inspired by Baywatch.

In the scene of the pictures shes embraces the manly pose behind him and he has locked onto her arm for comfort and the image next to it is her with the gun from the army. The phallic symbol of the gun connotes she has the power in their relationship and shes the more dominant one. Although the next scene is more feminine and reinforces that women can be brought with gifts as he gives her a necklace he represents the chivalrous man. Similarly the stereotypically domestic woman is presented when shes is cooking and he looks like a bit like the 'rough lad' with his tattoos promoting his masculinity. Furthermore when she cries he goes to console her and this presents women as the more emotional weaker sex.

When she arrives to the military grounds we first assume that he is going as there is a shot with another couple and the women hugging the man goodbye but here she is the one going and this subverts stereotypes as in the past an army would not be a place for a women the home would. So we sense she is the more masculine one as he is left holding the baby.The continuous fade to black (more softer to compliment the mood) clips of the shots him waiting/caressing the bed is an alternative view as a women would be more likely to be waiting for her partner to come back home. Female viewers could almost think that this guy is too good to be true he plays the doting dad/patient husband which is why a lot of people have said this video to be sad as they can emphasise with the different roles.

He is presented as more maternal looking after his daughter whilst her wife is roaming around with guns and when she looks directly at the camera and then the doorbell is pressed we are left wondering could it really be that shes died fighting (something which a man would be more capable of doing leaving his children fighting for the greater good). Even when he starts to cry we see that he is an emotional man and females would sympathise more because he is presented as the guy 'your lucky to have' therefore translating into 'the women you'd be lucky to have' hinting that men take women for granted and one day it could all be gone. The montage of their 'happy' times is done to create more sympathy and get the audience to connect on an emotional level as the end is their daughter hand with the mothers chain in her hand...

MediaMagazine Conference

Chewing gum for the brain? -David Buckingham

people see media as a 'soft' subject compared to other 'hard' subjects like chemistry or physics and some call it a 'Mickey Mouse' subject.


angry parents accuse schools of 'dumbing down' subjects such as English by showing them Simpsons instead of Shakespearian work and complain that media is the 'equivalent to x factor!'


Concerned parents want to protect their children against the media as it brainwashes them into accepting certain ideologies like 'size 0' is the norm in celebrity culture. Also the pre-occupation with violence, sex which is uncensored and constantly in the media.

Questions raised were:

• is it a serious subject?
• is it a 'soft' option?
• can you get a job in the media in the future? ( although theres evidence that 2/3 people that leave university find themselves job within the media industry in roughly 6 months)

Online media, Cleggmania, and the Cowell Factor - Julian McDougall

David Gauntlett- media 2.0 a more interactive form of emedia where people express themselves thorugh social netowrking sites, download songs from..thus leading to the end of traditional methods of doing things the longer the way. he argues that the media plays a role in construction of identitiy, but not that big in relation to other aspects of social experience.

even the younger generation are on 'Club Penguin' :O


Simon Cowell has the power to change peoples lives. (hegemony)


Perfecting your production work

• when looking at research look at real examples think about conventions, audience and institutions

• when planning show the process of the 'journey' and prepare yourself for anything that could go wrong

• keep a record of your blogging of pics/clips linked to your text

• keep ideas simple and get feedback

• be organised and prepare the practical stuff eg costumes/props

• always shoot extra footage starting with the bigger bigger picture then you can edit it later

Mulvey Reading Essay

Bridget Jone's Diary

In this film the protagonist Bridget (Renee Zelweger) is the opposite of of the ideal women who is depressed with her life and goes on the search for Mr right as she is fed up of being lonely. She has two different choices one guy called Daniel (Hugh Grant) and another Mark ( Colin forth) and they both are complete opposite so we see her trying to please both as she struggles to keep up with Marks humble and reserved manner and Daniels as the wild hunk.

Bridget come across as bit of a spinster who doesn't take care in appearance and always looks miserable so challenges the male gaze as shes someone you wouldn't really notice. She reinforces the dependent female as she is lonely and her biological clock is ticking so in that sense you need a man. When she puts on her granny underpants shes is not fetishized and we can tell that she is not the ideal person to be sexually obejectfied and she has confidence issues and she says ' I shall not be paranoid with weight' as that is her lazy way of dealing with her weight issues. This reinforces that women are too into their appearance and think they should look a certain way to find a man so it injects into the females audiences head that this is what we should aspire to and they also come across as shallow and vain so could be seen as narcissist. When the scene of her and Daniel comes up, the audience take part in scopophilia and staring at each other is intra diegetic although most of it is the spectators gaze. The scene where she arrives at the party dressed up in the black bunny outfit would appeal to men' fantasy's so reinforces the need to please them therefore we live in a patriarchal society as they play up to the expectations of being a woman. Furthermore this could assume that the audience is male as the woman is self degrading herself and the male gaze is on Bridget. However the female gaze is also on Daniel when there is a scene of them together in bed but suggests that the male gaze is more imporant as Bridget is in the foreground and Daniel is in the background. Female audiences can have personal identification as well as escapisim.

Post Feminism Reading Questions...

http://weblearn.ox.ac.uk/site/human/women/students/biblio/historiog/McRobbie%20-%20postfeminism.pdf

in this shot of the advert for Wonderbra Eva Herzingova looks admiringly down at her breasts and was shown on highstreets billboard. This advert takes feminism into account by showing it to be a thing of the past, by provocatively 'enacting sexism' while at the same time playing with those debates in film theory about women as the object of the male gaze and even with female desire.




this advert appears to suggest that this a self consciously ' sexist ad', feminists critique of it are deliberately evoked. The shadow of disapproval is introduced through striptease as site of female exploitation , only instant to be dismissed as belonging to the past to a time where feminists used to object such imagery.




J'adore-Charlize Theron it could be argued shes self objectifying herself when she takes her dress off but the way in which she does so she looks confident and her body is hidden with the dark so it could argues that shes controlling the male gaze.

'lads mags' could be used to argue that women are the object of the male gaze as it also maybe that they are pinup icons for younger girls as the amount of girls taking part in pageants and modeling is increasing and parents are criticised for letting them do what they want as they're too young to know what they want. Jordan was criticised for admitting that she'd let her daughter Princess Tiami to pursue modeling when shes older.However you could say that women are now confident with their body and don't necessarily always show their bits as they may playfully tease the male audience by placing their hands over the area/s.


Feminism has intervened now to constrain conventional desires like marriage. The women of toady's generation are more capable of earning their own living and the degree of suffering or shame they anticipate in the absence of finding a husband is countered by sexual confidence so being without a husband doesn't necessarily mean they will go without men.

Four concepts of Post Feminism

the four clarifying concepts in my opinion:

A more positive look at post-feminism-1

as it marks a time period of change where women are now on a more equal wavelength than men but still not completly there yet.

Post-feminism as backlash to feminism- 2

women are now in control of their lives but it could be causing them unhappiness in the long run as they could end up lonely, unfeminine childless and bitter just to avoid being closely associated to men.


The ambiguity of the prefix “post -3

most people do tend to think that it means the end of feminism and that we are now living in a completely equal society.

Post-feminism as a colloquialism-4

people see post feminism as women who cant stand the sight of men and its proved to be challenging for women as they have to prove people wrong.

Biancas Essay-What are the different representations of women in adverts and how are they signified?

The representation of women can be positive: challenging the roles and expectations of women or negative: reinforcing a patriarchal society. This essay questions how and why these representations are constructed in an advert for Gucci Guilty Perfume and Stella Artois beer.

Firstly the Gucci advert is in widescreen which connotes a dramatic cinematic experience to engage its audience. More attention is gained by the female character first seen in the text and her protagonist is signified through this. The protagonist has female dominance which is signified through the use of colour- everything is in black and white while her hair is gold/blonde. This colour connotes gold, power and divinity signifying her importance in the text.

The use of intertextuality in this text will appeal to a particular audience. The film references a great deal to the neo film noir Sin City, with the use of colour and the female dominant femme fatale character. Sin City appeals to a male audience due to the action genre, this trailer could also appeal to the same audience due to the intertextuality. In terms of the Uses and Gratifications theory, a female audience might realise and accept the protagonist in the text is a form of escapism and also a male gaze, by theorist Mulvey, and therefore might aspire, from Young and Rubicam's 4Cs, to be the object of male gaze too.

Though the protagonist is an object of male gaze, it could be suggested that she sexually objectifies herself to tease the audience. The protagonist puts her leg into the frame of the shot. As she puts into the frame, it signifies self objectification, allowing the audience to fetishise her body. Another shot, a high angle, of their sexual activities signifies CCTV and spying which is voyeuristic. The fact she is on top signifies her control of the situation for both the male character and the audience.

Not only does the protagonist exert her femininity through self objectification she also presents herself as an anarchic character signified by adopting male stereotypes. The advert begins with a long shot of an unknown character speeding down the motorway, which stereotypically would be expected to be a male character. However, the audience's expectations are challenged when a medium shot of the driver shows to be a female.

In contrast, women are negatively represented in the Stella Artois text. The most obvious editing technique used in the advert is the split screen: one side shows the female getting dressed and the other side is of the beer getting "prepared". This use of split screen signifies that neither the beer nor the woman know they have been placed side by side. This puts the audience in position of control as they can voyeur the woman, in a socially acceptable way. Audiences may identify this control as patriarchy, and also identify with the unknown male character whose presence is felt within the text. This text then reinforces the idea of a patriarchal society and that women are subordinated by men.

Not only does the female share the screen with the beer, but the screen is split equally between the two "objects" which connotes the woman is equally objectified to the status of beer. It is suggested the audience is male due to the female and beer subject. Though the advert is targeted at men, it also negatively stereotypes men as people who have little respect for women which however is a dominant representation.

A range of close up shots of the female are used to fetishise her body. There is a close up shot of the womans leg slowly and elegantly rising from the bath tub. On one hand this could signify femininity and her control over it which is the oppositional reading. However, the more dominant reading is that her legs are an important part of the female body and connotes a male audience who can voyeur her body.

The text near the beginning of the trailer says "the preparation" which is an enigma code as the audience question "what event is the preparation for?". It is signified through the shots that the woman and beer preparation is for the male through the use of action codes. Action codes of both the preparation of the woman and the glass of beer are the same.

Women are represented as people who prioritise their looks and appearance, and this ad reinforces this ideology. Action codes including close ups of her: brushing her hair, doing her make up and putting on heels strongly represent women as image conscious. It could be said that the advert reinforces this representation, which is always seen in the media. Funnily enough, it could also be said that the media itself is the cause of this representation as this ideal, perfect woman is always represented in the media, and women feel they have to aspire to it.

In conclusion, both texts females are the protagonists and are sexually objectified for male audiences to fetishise and voyeur their bodies. However, while Gucci’s advert’s protagonist controls her sexuality through self objectification, the Stella Artois’ protagonist is objectified by an unknown but present male character.

In the Gucci’s ad, there are many examples in the text that signify the protagonist’s female dominance, but it is arguable whether this could be seen as a positive representation. The dominant reading is that the protagonist exerts her female dominance over the male challenging the historical patriarchal society and even subordinating males as easily manipulated and easily tempted by women and sex and this would favour feminism. However the oppositional reading which would favour the ideologies of the Stella Artois advert, might be that females can control their sexuality, but it is still for the male gaze and male dominant society.

Gender and advertising questions

1. What sort of images of women and men dominated advertising pre-1970s? Why was this the case?
Images of women were typically in the home environment as housewives and men at work but even if the women were on the job front they'd be subservient to men

2. How did the advertising of the 1970’s continue to perpetuate the stereotype of women, despite depicting women in a greater range of roles?
the content analyses of advertisng featuring women were three quarters for kitchen and bathrrom products.Women in ads were found to concerned about about beauty , cleanliness, family and pleasing others whereas men were concerned about achievement and having fun.

3. Can Gaye Tuchman’s quote regarding under-representation and the ‘symbolic annihilation of women’ still be applied in 21st Century advertising? If so, how?
advertisng now is less gender sterotyped but i think its pertty much equal except for the fact that women are stil sexually objectifed a lot more than men suggesting women aer still concerned with beauty and pleasing others eg page 3 in the Sun.

4. Do you agree that adverts, such as those for the 1990’s Boots No. 7, ‘It’s not make-up. It’s ammunition.’ campaign, are post-feminist (thereby representing women as better than men?). Explain your answer.
Ikind of agree as ammunition is working against the men and the tagline suggests that the women are in control.

5. Is the representation of women by the media accountable for the results of a survey in which ‘women were up to ten times more likely than men to be unhappy with their body image’?
the campaign was criticised and they thought its just the idea of the women needing a man once again although it could be argues that its unnatural for women to wear makeup to feel confident about themselves so its an unequal message compared to men as they don't have to go to so much trouble.

6. Is the contemporary representation of men in advertising perhaps also a negative one where they too are treated as sex objects?
not that much as women are seen as the primary sex objects and even if they do have men the women is more or less naked but more men are becoming interested in their appearance and theres no stigma to do so because if they did it in the past they'd be casted out and maybe seen as too feminine.

More Adverts..

Lifebuoy Mint Refresher Soap Commercial

Its not that negative compared to adverts which are contemporary as the content can be more explicit but this advert hints at the 'devil' within a woman which is revealed at the end of the advert to persuade men to purchase the soap. But the beginning of the advert the mise en scene is very stereotypical of the olden days and as the man is in a suit implying hes the breadwinner and you can tell the woman is a housewife who puts her husband first, but as the man is sitting down and the woman comes down to him to go to his level it could show that its the beginning of women becoming more dominant as she is presented as the erotically charged person.

a variety of 15 different adverts but a few interesting ones..

2nd advert in this is different because it about bras but the way in which is done so it to not expose women as they have cardboard cutouts of women and the lady keeps moving to different ones but in adverts that show lingerie now they are less reserved.

The Avon for men advert is the start of men taking pride in their appearance and subverts the gender expectations and the saying at the end ' it has a masculine ring' it there to make the men feel like its okay to be interested in their appearance it doesn't de-masculinise them.

The snickers advert is for men as its got men running around and the chocolate is like a fuel of energy for them another chocolate which is advertised for men is Yorkie as is the saying is 'its not for girls' which demeans women so it could be seen as misogynistic.

Specsaver advert is a parody of the Lynx effect

the man is in the middle and the centre of attention and with the women coming at him from all directions hinting hes irresistible with the spray but it all clicks into place when he puts horrendous red glasses on at the end which puts the women off and this wold be where the famous ' you should of gone to Specsavers' saying comes in. This subverts the gendered assumption that men are the predators and women are the prey as the man is clearly alluring them.

Vaseline ad has both sexes which are exploited and the audience takes voyeuristic pleasure and the whole advert seems to be naturalised as everyone is stripped down so its kind of like when you were born therefore the advert doesn't hint at any patriarchy or misogyny because the humans are gathered in their natural state.

portrayl of women in adverts

Negative representation - Secret Obsession

Women are portrayed as really sexual and the voiceover is sultry as is the editing style it looks like she awoke from sleep naked and the actual advert was banned due to the uncensored sexual content. The primary audience I would say are males due this provacative nature of the advert where the women is self objectifying herself so the male audience take voyeuristic pleasure in looking at her and they may buy this perfume for their partners. The secondary audience I would say would be females as the perfume is for women but the male gaze is dominant so it could be argued that the woman is presented as a femme fatale who allures the audience with her body. Feminists would not approve of this as it reinforces that females are seen as sexual objects by men so therefore the patriarchal society is reinforced.




postive representation of women- Jean Paul GaultierLe boudoir

The amount of women gathered together shows unity which feminists would approve of and its not a negative representation but no so much positive either as they could be seen as vain, but overall they are conforming to their gendered stereotype in the advert of being womanly and the mise en scene is light and fresh with the women wearing dresses so that the male gaze would be on them.

MediaGuardian 100

The MediaGuardian is where you can read about the latest issues in the media today in sectors like in print/e-media, media business, advertising and PR.
Panellists

Andrew Zein

hes the vice president in the production unit of Warner Bro's He previously worked at the BBC and has been a leading figure in television trade body, Pact

Christian Payne

social technologist, freelance mobile media maker, photographer and vlogger. He spent 10 years travelling the world in jobs as diverse as an expedition leader in Africa, a shepherd in Switzerland and a didgeridoo teacher in Australia.

Farah Ramzan Golant

Farah Ramzan Golant is chief executive of advertising agency AMV BBDO. She is on the advisory board of Cancer Research UK and the board of trustees of the National Theatre

Luke Johnson

founder of Risk Capital Partners, a private equity firm he started 10 years ago.He owns and chairs bakery chain Patisserie Valerie and is chairman and part owner of restaurant business Giraffe.

Oona King-
head of diversity at Channel 4

Jane Martinson- editor

John Plunkett -writes about radio and edits the dairy 'media monkey'

Steve Busfield-head of media and technology

Veronica Wadley- previously deputy editor of The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail. She is now chair of the Arts Council London.

there were only 17 women out of the 100 with the main job role as chief exec in the publishing or broadcasting industry, and with men taking over as the head or chairman of their industries.

Femme Fatales...

Jean Peters as 'Candy' in 'Pick up on southstreet'

A pickpocket unwittingly lifts a message destined for enemy agents and becomes a target for a Communist spy ring







Rita Hayworth in 'Gilda'


1946
In this scene she seduces the man when he tries getting her to leave.
The femme fatale is known for qualities of seducing men as it challenges the innocent girl stereotype. Angel vs whore
and shes is challenging this as she throws herself at him.

Angelina Jolie in 'Mr and Mrs Smith'

She plays an undercover assassin and uses her feminine charms to kill her target. Shes portrayed as a sexual devil who shouldn't be underestimated as the leather outfit is like the mans ideal fantasy so is fetishized but she twists this idea and uses it to her advantage.

Evaluations

Self Evaluation

I think the video I produced is competent as I haven't used a range of things to communicate my point as its just images and text which can get a bit repetitive. Furthermore the editing isn't the same with just dip to blacks although I liked the soundtrack I chose to accompany the images but I could of improved it by adding facts/statistics as it was quite basic. However I chose to communicate my point in a way which would have raised questions in peoples minds to lead them onto thinking whether the Internet is a good thing or not.

I used Adobe Premier Pro to create this and in hindsight I think I could of done a better job as I didn't explore a with anything on the technical side. I also wanted to use a camera to film some footage but this seemed time consuming for me as I didn't have access to the facilities. Also I didn't use the technology to my advantage as I could of manipulated things more for entertainment purposes and so on therefore what I have produced is quite simple

WWW- I managed to raise questions in the viewers mind about what is really the better option and just wanted to make them think and confuse so that the final thought is up to them.

EBI- I used facts to show more understanding and the text and images balanced out as I had a lot of images.




I enjoyed this clip the most as it was constructed in a unique way which made use of today's technology and was created in a humorous way. I think that this clip meets high standards overall but it could of been improved if it showed more understanding as there wasnt any theory/facts mentioned.


I liked the upbeat music which i thought went well with the tone of the clip and the 'man/woman' image was interesting as the point was that we cant trust everything we find on the internet however some of the fades were a bit too fast.


This clip shows a high level of understanding but i think the text outweighs the evidence also the editing hasn't been considered that much as more could of been done to stop it from being repetitive.

mini clip on the internet

The Internet

A more modern generation is emerging from consuming e-media rather than traditional methods like letters and radios to communicate and to be entertained. Although these was are no longer intact as technology has allowed people to communicate more easily as well as faster and easily accessible and generally more convenient as people can check updates on the go by accessing the Internet through their mobiles. This is convergence. Also the web allows people to upload information onto their and this makes it more interactive as today’s generation like to feel part of things and are no longer passive like the hypodermic needle theory suggests.


However some say that we rely on the Internet too much and don’t allow us to think for ourselves as we assumes that the Internet is smarter than the human mind but things posted could be inaccurate. Furthermore there are dangers such as privacy and security. Places where this may occur on the Internet could be chat rooms as its a place where paedophiles groom younger kids to gain their trust and eventually hurt them physically/emotionally. Also the fact that the Internet is so large it allows people to even find out when people are at home or not so it makes burglary more easy via Google streetmap. So the issue raised is whether its safe enough.

The Internet may be essential for our kids' education, but it's riddled with online predators, seeking children to "groom" for abuse. Google is supposedly "making us stupid" and shattering our concentration into the bargain. It's also allegedly leading to an epidemic of plagiarism. File sharing is destroying music, online news is killing newspapers, and Amazon is killing bookshops as outlined by an article by the Guardian: The internet: Everything you ever need to know