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Oh Comely Audience

1) How does  Oh Comely  introduce itself? “ Oh Comely  is a curious, honest and playful independent magazine. It’s a place to meet strangers, hear their stories and look at life a little differently – where our readers are our writers and our models, too. 2) How do the print circulation/readership statistics for  Oh Comely  compare to  Men's Health ? Social Media Reach: 100,000  Readers Per Issue: 25,000  Average Age of reader: 27  3) How is  Oh Comely  distributed to the audience?  Sold through independents, WHSmith and international outlets 4) What do you think the target audience demographics for  Oh Comely  might be? Some details are provided by the magazine (e.g. average age 27) but make an educated guess on further demographic details. White middle class Educated to degree level ABC1 5) What psychographic groups might be attracted to  Oh Comely ? Explorers Reformers Succeders Aspirers 6) What social class classification would you expect most  Oh Comely
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Teen Vogue: background reading and textual analysis blog tasks

Read this  Guardian feature from 2017 on Teen Vogue  and answer the following questions. 1) What was the article that announced Teen Vogue as a more serious, political website – with 1.3m hits and counting? 2) When was the original Teen Vogue magazine launched and what was its original content? It was launched in 2004 and focused on " the standard cocktail of fashion must-haves and celebrity worship". 3) How did editor Elaine Welteroth change Teen Vogue’s approach in 2015? They featured 3 unknown black models on the cover which "seemingly broke all the rules". 4) How many stories are published on Teen Vogue a day? What topics do they cover? Between 50 and 70 stories a day. 5) What influence did digital director Phillip Picardi have over the editorial direction? He thought it was important to discuss reproductive rights, gender and dig deeper into politics and the news cycle. As a result, within a year and a half, traffic increased by
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The Voice: case study blog tasks

Go to  the Voice homepage  and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? The website contains different colour items on the menu bar which gives it an unprofessional look especially as it is aimed at an older audience. The homepage contains the top stories from all of the sections and contains 'picks of the day'. 2) How does the page design differ from Teen Vogue? The Teen Vogue home page has a simplistic design with the articles and stories covering most of the page with a small menu bar at the top. The Voice's home page has a messier design and isn't as simplistic and visually appealing as Teen Vogue. 3) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of the Voice? Some of the items on the top menu bar such as 'opinion' reinforce ideologies the newspaper has as it was originally set up to give black britons a voice, allow
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Tomb Raider Anniversary: blog tasks

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Language and Audience Analyse the  game cover  for Tomb Raider Anniversary (above). 1) How does the cover communicate the genre of the game? Through the use of the guns, the gold colours and the font.  2) How does the pose and costume of the character appeal to primarily male audiences? Having her back to the camera on a side on pose shows both of her 'assets' which will appeal to men. This hyper-sexualisation has become a norm within the gaming industry. The gun strap round her thighs also resemble lingerie, which is another constructed way of sexualising the character. 3) How might the cover be read as empowering for female gamers? Because she is the main focus and isn't shown to be a sidekick or companion. Gameplay analysis Watch the following gameplay clips again: 1) What does the gameplay for Tomb Raider Anniversary involve? 2) Write an analysis of the media language choices in the construction of the game: e.g. genre, narrative, mise-en-scene, camer
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Henry Jenkins - fandom blog tasks

Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) to find Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom. Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the reading for homework. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? A person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore/True fan: consider themselves to be an aficionados of their chosen media text. Pride themselves on how long they have been a fan of the text and the quantity and quality of knowledge they have on the text Newbie:  New fans of a given text, don't have the devotion or depth of knowledge about the text that hardcore fans have. Anti-fans:  People who identify with a media text in a negative way. They loathe or hate the text. They don't create a relationship with the text through close-reading, but at a 'distance'
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Learner Response

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: It really feels like you are making progress- you make some excellent points here, particularly in Q2, and with a few additions/ improvements to exam technique i can see you achieving a significantly higher grade. EBI: Neither question offers quite enough depth for the top level. In effect, you are writing 3 paragraph essays. If through revision and planning we can make that 5 paragraphs or more you could open up the top grades. The key aspect is developing a strong argument in each essay that is sharply focused on the question. Planning will also help with this. 2) Read the  whole mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify  three  potential points that you could have made in your essay for Question 1 (Shirky, audiences and producers). Teen Vogue scrapping print edition completely Teen Vogue constructed for mobile and tablet Low social media fo
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