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1) Reading theriots 2) Post-colonialism:theories and Destiny Ekaragwa film analysis 3)  Post-colonialism:Orientalism theory and Yasmin clip task 4)  Post-colonialism:Media Magazine articles and questions 5)  Feminism:post-feminism and No More Page 3 research 6)  Feminism:Feminist theory and Beyonce video analysis 7)  Feminism: wavesof feminism and online activism 8)  Feminism: Applying feminism - Media Factsheet 9)  Identity andFilm - Media Factsheet 10) Identity and thewider media - Factsheet 11) Collectiveidentity and the media
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Post-colonialism - bonus reading and tasks

Social Media and Black Identity Open up MM58 from our   Media Magazine archive . Go to page 66 and read  Social Media and Black Identity  then complete the following tasks: 1) List three theorists discussed in the article and what they believe regarding black identity. "Some theorists, such as Aisha Harris, have argued that  social media play a negative role in the construction of  black identities." it is evident that audience are easily manipulated now than ever through Social  media   overall  identities. She argues that the rise of social media has  created a culture wherein black people are often subject to  a process of ‘memeification’. On the other hand we can also see that the black community can be closely linked to  ‘humour’. Harris believes that this process  is an unconscious reflection of a deep-rooted desire to  see black people perform and entertain, this theorist argues that Black ident...
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Identities and the Media: Reading the riots

How did the language and selection of images in the coverage create a particular representation of young people? from the newspaper front cover the representation of young individuals have become outrageous due to the fact that consumers of the media have never seen something like this before; this has therefore lead them the representation of all young individuals and from the t he Guardian 09/08/2011 (http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/09/london-riots-kidsparents-police) Sub Title: Emotive Language Residents paint a depressing picture of alienation, anger, boredom and mischief”- This signifies that the writer is bias stating that the people who live in Hackney are making the place worse and saying they are up to mischief. overall this creates the idea to the readers everyone from hackney are bad even when its possible that people who rioted may have come from outside of Hackney. Why does David Buckingham mention Owen Jones and his work Chavs: t...
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