Guardian 100...x

Guardian 100- is a list of 100 people of the most powerful people within the media industry. The people who are in the list are judged on three criterias:
- Their cultural
-Econonomical
-Political
Influence on the UK. The list is taken from all platforms of the media industry: broadasting, Publishing, Digital media, marketing and PR. Other sources that helps the panell create the list are, 'The Sunday Times Rich List'.

Panellists.

Kenton Allen, who is a BAFTA award-winning cheif executive of the company 'Big Talk', who have created films such as 'Hot Fuzz', 'Shaun of the Dead'. He bagan his career producing more than 200 live shows including, 'Tonight with Jonothan Ross'.

Mark Butcher- is the editor of digital media blog, he has written newspapers and magazines for 'The Guardian', 'Financial Times' and 'Daily Telegraph'.

Steve Busfield- is the head across the media and technology across the 'Guardian', 'Observer', 'Guardian.co.uk'. Before joining the Guardian, he was the showbiz editior for 'The Daily Mail'.

Mathew Horsman- is the founder and joint managing director of the media consultantcy 'Mediatique'. He was previously media editor at the 'Independant', and spent 10 years in financial journalism in the UK and US.

David Lammy- was Britain's youngest members of parliament when elected MP for Tottenham. He has since served as a minister in the Department of Health; the Department of Constitutional Affairs; minister for skills and as minister for culture in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.


Jane Martinson- who is the editior for 'Mediaguardian'. She recently wrote weekly business interviews for business papers. Before joining the Guardian, she worked at the Financial Times as investment correspondent and financial reporter.

Nicola Mendelsohn -Nicola Mendelsohn is chairman and partner at the creative agency Karamara.She has been named top UK business development director by Campaign magazine and one of the top 35 women under 35 by Management Today in 2005.

Jane Moore- She has been as national journalist for 24 years and writes a weekly column for 'The Sun', Also, a best selling novelist of 5 novelists. On broadcast, she has co-presented t.v shows such as, Loose women and ITV1's This Morning,

John Plunkett- Writes about radio and edits his dailty diary Media Monkey. He's previously worked for, 'The Sun' and 'Heat Magazine'.

Mathew Wright- is a day time t.v presenter of the channel 5 breakfast show 'The Wright Stuff''. A former showbiz journalist, and had his own column with the 'Daily Mirror'.

How many women are there in the top 100?
16 women.

Jane Tranter - Job: controller of fiction, BBC
Lesley Douglas - Job: controller, BBC Radio 2 and 6Music
Jana Bennett - Job: director of vision, BBC
Helen Boaden - Job: director, BBC news
Elisabeth Murdoch - Job: chairman and chief executive, Shine Group
Rebekah Wade - Job: editor, the Sun
Carolyn McCall - Job: chief executive, Guardian Media Group
Gail Rebuck - Job: chairman and chief executive, Random House UK
Dawn Airey - Job: chair and chief executive elect, Channel Five
Arianna Huffington - Job: founder, editor-in-chief, Huffington Post
Veronica Wadley - Job: editor, London Evening Standard
Jane Bruton - Job: editor, Grazia
Caroline Michel - Job: chief executive, PFD
Katie Price - Job: reality TV star, author
Eileen Gallagher - Job: chief executive, Shed Media
Emily Bell - Job: director of digital content, Guardian News & Media

flightplan- Panic room...x

Firstly, post feminists believe that women have overcome inequality and discrimination. This post-feminist view is particularly linked in with the representation of women in the movie ‘Flightplan’ and ‘Panic Room’. Significantly, both films have a female protagonist and also the same actress. The significance of the actress ‘Jodie Foster’ in both films is that she is known to play the role of a strong and independent women, who is fully capable to be the nurturer and the bread-winner at the same time. For example, ‘Panic Room- is a mother trying to protect her daughter’ Flight plan- a mother searching for her lost child’ & ‘Silence of the Lambs- FBI agent’- all roles which involve the characteristics of men including the influence and guidance of men. Firstly, the use of close-up shots represents the character as the protagonist/ hero. The representation given here is of a strong woman; as the use of close-up shots emphasising her facial expression indicate that she is someone of importance, and someone of high focus because of the use of close-up and extreme close-up shots. However, compared to the film panic room, the continuous use of high angle shots represents the protagonist as someone who is inferior thus, placing the audience in a God-like position; one of which she can be looked down upon. Interestingly, the reasons for the focused camera work is used to portray different emotions, within Flightplan the use of high angle shots and extreme/close-up shots are used to demonstrate her determination to find her daughter and defend her self. However, within Panic Room the use of high angle shots and close-up shots are used to demonstrate her fear and her need to escape. Overall, the representations of the protagonists in both films are similar but have subtle differences; within Panic Room, the post-feminist view of the protagonist is unclear; as the entire film she is on a mission to escape from the men trying to harm her and her daughter, and through her facial expressions; it can be argued it is one of fear, therefore, reinforcing women aren’t equal to men as in Panic Room. Secondly, the representations of Jodie Foster challenge the original Feminist view of women in society, and the idea whether it is a positive representation or not.The idea of 'positive representation' is problematic - these are not idealised women, rather women doing the best they can do in the circumstances. Note that she very rarely plays superwoman - one of the few times she does (Inside Man), she is a less sympathetic character. That's why I didn't put it as a 'positive' above - she is clearly succesful, and it has eroded her morals, but not totally as the film makes it clear as it progresses. Taxi Driver is even more problematical - she is tough and a survivor, but we don'w know enough about her to determine if she's just a brat or there are 'issues' that have caused her to leave.

Myspace Powerpoint..

Internet institution case study =D

Who Owns The Site?
Fox Interactive Media

Do They Own Any Other Media Businesses?
IGN Entertainment, Foto Bucket, ASKMEN.com, Fox.com, Foxsports.com.

What's Their Total Revenue?
$550 Million Ended June 2008

What Is Its Overall Worth?
$28 Billion

5 KEY FACTS:
- MySpace was founded by former Friendster members Chris Dewolfe and Tom Anderson in 2003.
-MySpace was purchased in 2005 for $580 million by Rupert Murdoch creator of a media empire that includes 20th Century Fox and the Fox television stations.
-MySpace has more than 40 billion page views a month
-Google paid $900 million to be MySpace's search provider.
-MySpace runs on Microsoft

Our Three Quotes
*"When considered in its proper context, these results indicate that the problem of personal information disclosure on MySpace may not be as widespread as many assume, and that the overwhelming majority of adolescents are responsibly using the website,"

*"There will come a moment when, like deer quivering and flicking up their ears toward a noiseless noise in the woods, the first adopters will suddenly realize they’re spending their time blogging, adding, and gawking at the same alarming photos as an army of 14-year olds, and quick as deer, they’ll dash to the next trend. And before you know it, we’ll all follow."

*"endangering national security, leaking state secrets, subverting the government, undermining national unity, and spreading rumors or disturbing the social order."

Linked Post
1) http://www.myspace.com/
2) http://www.myspace.com/tom

Key Info On The Home Page...

MySpace is a social networking website

It has interactive personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally.

Its headquarters are in Beverly Hills, California, USA, where it shares an office building with Fox Interactive Media, which is owned by News Corporation.,

MySpace was overtaken internationally by main competitor Facebook

MySpace employs 1,000 employees, after laying off 30% of its workforce in June 2009.

The 100 millionth account was created on August 9, 2006, in the Netherlands.

5 Best Productions

1.This production, particularly caught my eye because all the information give was in great detail, it was relevant and the use of visual content made it so much easier to understand and also the use of figures and quotes were the strongest points about this production.


2. This production was good because it gave and answered questions which made the audience think about the interent and keep them engaged in the production. The use of colour was also a strong point as it kept audiences engaged and to you could appreciate it aesthetially.



3. The good thing about this production was it focused on the bad points aswell as th good things about the internet which i thought was excellent as it made explicit refrences and visually loked good.



4. The good thing about this video was the use of figures and the great thing about this production was the use of research, however the bad point about this video was the lack of pictures to make this production visually aesthetic and reliable.


5. The good thing about this production was the use of sound, it was a sound that young audiences could identify with and i particularly found engaging, also the use of pictures were relevant at times and the use of humour also played an important part in engaging the reader. However, this production also focused on the bad point about the internet also which made the information in this production more valid.

Self evaluation

Overall, i thought the feedback from my class was good the average level that was given to my production was level 3- demonstrating knowledge in deeper depth. To give explicit refrences a majoritty of the class had said that "the pordocution lacked pictures" and a good point from a member of the class was "The use of Blue and black made the writing easier to read", another member had said "it was very entertaining and answered the questions" I, of course, felt that although the music wasn't really relevant to technology it was a beat that the class were familiar with and kept them engaged. I felt that the bad point about the production was that i kinda went off topic and focused on twitter as an example of how the internet plays an integral part in every day life.

self evaluation

An Internet User and A Television User..x

The difference between a internet user is that they specifically search for a particular piece of information, eg. there are engine sites for user to use for research and an internet user finds information that is suitable for them. Whereas, a television user are given/shown information and most noticeably a television user's purpose of consuming such information would to be entertained than finiding information. In addition, the difference between both users are;
> Internet user
> more text information
>faster route to information
>ability to connect to information/people across the world

Television user
> more visual content
>likely to be a passive user
>able to have direct source to world news

Movie

New/Digital Media HW - Internet

What is so special about the internet?

The internet is a global network that connects millions of people around the world and the speciality comes from the growing popularity of the internet as the internet can now form thousands-if not millions of features. The main one is reporting breaking news, the new internet phenomenon Twitter has now been the place to hear breaking news and for people to report what is happening when it happens. For example, recently in the news there was an event that occured, a disaster waiting to happen when an american aroplane had to land in one of New Yorks lakes because of a fault but luckily no ione was injured and the first to break this news was users on the social networking site Twitter. What's more the site arguebally became known to alot of user is because famous people have been using them frequently in order to just post how they are feeling and connect with their fans.

How does the internet change audiences?

The internet can change audiences by there perception of people and places. E.g. if there is a specifice report of a certain war-torn place perhaps then immediately the typical way in which things are reported in the media may create a moral panic. The internet can change audiences in many ways, for example their spending habits e.g Amazon- a site in which people can buy from the internet without having to get out of their seat! and also the goods are also delivered to the users doorsteps. Another way it can change audiences is through the method 'Digital Ethnography' is a method that studies people in social situations. This method is effective in conveying how is exactly audiences use and act on the internet. It is said by 2009, a quarter of the earths population will use the internet, estimate= 1.5 Billion people. Finally, a way in which it can change audiences is that the internet can allow students to access their schools site and this can be a faster route to carch up on missed work, in addition the interbnet is a good way in which students can also recieve help form their teachers and gain extra feedback.

What's wrong with the internet?

Aswell as being a useful tool to many people across the world, there is also a Dark Side to the internet. For example, through social networking sites people can pretend to be who they aren't and therefore, this is a useful way in which dangerous people can contact other innocent people e.g. through MSN peadophiles can be trying to contact people and commit crimes, in addition Terrorists use the internet as a source to manipulate people into commiting the dangerous acts that they commit alongside them, also they use the internet as a useful way to threaten the rest of the world e.g. Osama-Bin-Laden used a recorded tape and sent it to Aljazeera to publish, interestingly he is the most wanted man in the world yet even though when he still hasnt been found he manages to come online once in a while.