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Historical Task: Find examples from your historical magazine (Woman’s Realm) that support (or challenge) the view that variety, creativity and quality are limited. Examples from  this  text:  - This magazine cover is similar to magazines produces today and this shows that the older versions are still good, there has not been much change in the magazine industry either, and this may be a reason why it is going into decline.  -  Another example from the cover of Women’s Realm that supports the idea that variety, creativity and quality are limited by the narrow range of magazine distributors during the time period, can be found in the cover lines of the edition. In the cover lines, there is only headings which give the readers an insight as to what is going to be inside the magazine.  Creativity  isn't really shown here but it is simple and it may stand out form the crowd.  - On the contents page, there is a fiction section and this is where  people  can publish stories a

Podcast 1: Film business is strange and unpredictable Not the most profitable films are the best Audiences change there mind a lot of the time You must be prepared for the risks £1 million (smallest films)- £30 million (big films) Tax credit is good for films to be made, at the moment All changed in 2008- financial crash £5 million is the average film price which doesn't do well with tax Gap in the market for older audiences Podcast 2: People say that in this industry it is 'life and death'. Every film is like a start of a business, sometimes it works out well and a franchise is created, high risk and high rewards. British industry doesn't exist as the movies are subsidised. British movies are owned by Hollywood Screenwriters are the basis of everything Movies can take up to 9 years, possibly even more to create Screenplay will most likely get changed 'Development hell' takes a long time to finalise something as

A  media conglomerate is  a  company  that owns numerous companies involved in  mass media enterprises, such as  television ,  radio ,  publishing ,  motion pictures ,  theme parks , or the  Internet . According to the magazine  Nation , "Media conglomerates strive for policies that facilitate their control of the markets around the world." 10 biggest media conglomerates: Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Gannett Company Inc. CBS Corporation British Sky Broadcasting Group Plc Liberty Media News Corporation Viacom Time Warner Inc. The Walt Disney Disney Company Comcast Corporation

- Tokenistic – providing a superficial representation of those groups in society that are often u nder represented in order to convey an impression of equality and inclusivity. - Whitewashing – where a ‘non-white’ person is made to appear to have white characteristics. -  The exotic other-   A term used to describe someone or something that is perceived to be different or ‘ foreign ’ – where that differences becomes a source of fascination or pleasure.

Women’s magazines constantly reiterate the need to ‘Be more beautiful’, providing readers with what they should aspire to look like, before providing them with the tools to achieve a desired ‘look’.  ‘getting and keeping a man’ is commonly seen as a primary goal in women’s magazines. Making oneself more attractive is therefore seen as a woman’s ‘duty’. How are Ferguson's ideas about the representation of women in women's magazines evident in this text? The Ferguson theory states that woman always have to be better looking more beautiful by using the tools that the media directly provide them with. An example of this theory being shown is the Sunsational Saltana advert. it portrays a good looking woman on a surfboard, holding a platter, smiling with perfectly tied up hair. she being beautiful whilst surfing and holding a this which shows she is skilful and is trying to show off her skills because she may be trying to 'get and keep a man'. these are the t

Conglomerate Comcast Corporation Companies they own: 1.Spectra 2.Hot Choice 3.thePlatform 4.Leisure Arts 5.NBC News 6.CNBC World 7.Syfi 8.NBC Sports 9.SNY 10.Rotten Tomatoes Whose idea was the film Straight Outta Compton: In March 2009, it was announced that the film was in development at New Line Cinema, with S. Leigh Savidge and Alan Wenkus writing, and Tomica Woods-Wright, Ice Cube, and Dr Dre set to produce the film. The idea of the film came from Dr Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E's widow Tomica Woods-Wright. They were set to produce the movie since it is based on a true story of NWA they did help out with the writing. Was the film based on an original script or developed over time by many writers? The movie was is in development for some time and the inspiration for the movie came from Dr Dre and Ice Cube as they were in NWA which is what the movie is about. In May 2010, it was announced Andrea Berloff would write a draft of the screenplay. The movie had several writers w

1. Young Kurdish women are represented in a way that opposes the stereotypes of Women that make women out to be housewives and mothers only. For example Van Zoonen's theory states that the underlying frame of women in that they belong to a family and domesticated life, these representations are spoken a lot of with many magazines, however this magazine opposes this in several ways, this is because it gives us examples of many young women joining the fight against ISIS, it also states that they do make a difference by winning their fights which shows us that women can also make a difference and that they shouldn't be forced to live a domesticated life as they should be able to choose the life that they want. The fighters are also fighting for equal rights for women all across the world by showing everyone that they can do whatever men can do. It also opposes the ideologies that only men belong to work and politics as it clearly shows us that women are eager to join the fight a