Hattie Stobart

What you should know to answer a newspaper question: The media language of newspapers- font, layout e.t.c  What may be represented- ideas, values, individuals, events, social groups What stereotypes are and how they can be used to construct representations and position audiences (make them respond in a certain way)  Summary of language and representation theorists.  4 things about each newspaper- genre, owner, audience, politics.  Gilroy's theory Britain colonised a lot of the world and he believes this time of colonisation has had a knock on effect and believes we can still see the effects of this in the media now. Believes that ethnic minorities are often shown as powerless, weak and the 'other' Affects both newcomer and native born. The history is embedded in us and some white British people feel superior to other people-causing racism. Example question: Analyse the representations in Sources A and B. Use Gilroy's ideas in your answer. (10) ...

Fandom- Henry Jenkins Key Ideas: Believes that fans play a key role in the media. Textual poaching: audiences taking a media product and remaking it or reworking it to create their own meaning (fan fiction)  Spreadable media New media has accelerated participatory culture in which audiences are active and creative participants rather than passive consumers Jenkins applies to Stranger Things The series has a strong fan base. Fans often create negotiated readings of the text Fans have done textual poaching Fans have helped in the marketing process as fan art was shared by official Stranger Things accounts. An example of textual poaching that someone has carried out is a video named 'Classic Barb: a stranger Things spin off' which features a 1 minute video focused on the character of Barb and highlights how in the show she was a background character but this video uses that and makes her a central character. This helps Stranger Things as it shows clips from th...

Audience of Stranger Things I think that a mixture of each social grade will watch Stranger Things as it is poly-generic so has elements to entertain everyone. I think that people of a higher social grade may enjoy the show more as it contains elements of super-natural and complex concepts which they may enjoy since they have a higher qualification level. I think that the Young and Rubicam audience profile which will enjoy Stranger Things the most is 'the explorer' as they seek discovery and enjoy new things and Stranger Things features a lot of discovery and supernatural elements. Another audience profile in which I think will enjoy Stranger Things is 'the mainstreamer' as ST features a lot of intertextual references and 'the mainstreamer' likes tried and trusted things so by Stranger Things having elements which have been done before they will know it will be good. Uses and gratification. Identity- Teenagers may be able to discover who they are and wha...