T1 | Wk 1 | Thursday / Friday Classwork - Media Regulation + social media

  

Task for today - create a blog post labelled 'Media Regulation issues' 

Question 1: Answer this in a few sentences before you read any of these articles

Do you think social media should be regulated? 

Research article #1

Read this article and write a paragraph in response to the question;

"Should social media companies and big tech have the right or the power to silence voices on their platforms?"

Article - "Do social media companies have the right to silence the masses?" Forbs

Research article #2

Read this article and make some notes on the case of the Christchurch Mosque shooter. How does this impact your own view of whether social media / online content should be regulated? 

https://www.theregreview.org/2019/12/31/davis-regulating-beyond-christchurch-call/

Research article #3

Read this article and make some notes on where censorship / regulation online becomes dangerous or where the problems come in...

https://fortune.com/2021/01/28/trump-banned-twitter-free-speech/

Research Video #1

Summarise some of the points raised here in regards to the argument aorund offensive vs. harmful content and also the argument that social media companies are publications and not editorials.

What laws already exist to regulate social media? 

How much responsibility do you believe governments should have in regulating the public's content online? 

How many people do FB and Youtube have monitoring and regulating content on their platforms? 

Wednesday Classwork | Media Regulation - the 4 types

 

Make some notes on the regulation of streaming sites

T2 - Monday classwork | Media Regulation - Censorship argument

    Hi guys,

We are going for a bit of a bigger picture view of censorship today for some study notes. Some of these things will be useful in your MEDIA REGULATION section as well as for POWER IN THE MEDIA. 

I want you to watch this clip and start making some notes on a blog post on the following;

1. Examples of censorship happening with Disney plus. What and why? 

2. Examples of censorship in other countries (include in this, notes from our China censorship studies in last year's study notes)

3. Points for / against censorship as presented in this clip - should art be censored? 

- if something is wrong but it is part of history, should it be cut out as to not offend people today? Where is that line in society? Who is making these decisions. 

4. What are some issues around censorship in our modern world and how we are consuming media? 

 

Term Break Task - CCR essay draft

      

Due Day 1 of of Term 3 

Here's your CCR questions and assignment - this will be completely due next Term and includes the following;

- Critical reflection (meaning you look at your work from every angle)

- Evaluative essay around 1000 words

QUESTIONS:

1. How do your products represent social groups or issues?

2. How do the elements of your production work together to create a sense of branding?

3. How do your products engage with the audience? 

4. How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions? 

Remember you are commenting on your branding PACKAGE so all 3 tasks (don't get caught up only talking about the major task). 

Remember to include lots of pictures, screen grabs, example photos etc, to make your CCR visually interesting. 

You are able to hand in a version of this for marking BEFORE the 1st day of Term so please do this so you can receive feedback on it. 

T1 | Week 9 / Thurs - Demographcs study

  1. Flick through this Social media demographics Slideshare and make notes on the following:

https://www.slideshare.net/cigdemkalem/music-video-target-audience-13680589

 

- What are demographics? 

- What are psychographics (quote/ reference 'Young and Rubican')

- What are the TYPES of psychographic groupings?

- What is your initial indication of who your target audience may be based on demographic and psychographic?

- Answer the following question in a reflective manner, based on your planning so far;

 - how are you planning to appeal to your target audience /  In what way is your product going to resonate with your target audience?