Ammars MEST3 Exam

      1) How did the language and selection of images in the coverage create a particular representation of young people? Language and words such as ‘riots’ rather than, for example, ‘civil disturbances’ or ‘unrest’ – or  even ‘uprisings’ or ‘protests’ – immediately  defines the meaning of the events in particular ways. The word riot suggests something wild and unrestrained, something fundamentally irrational that cannot be explained. The riots, we were told, were simply an ‘orgy of brutality’, in which people appeared to lose all rational control. In particular, it’s interesting to look at how the participants were described. In most of the tabloid media coverage, the rioters were consistently and repeatedly identified as young people. These were the ‘feral youth’, the ‘hoodies’ and ‘yobs’ who apparently rampage uncontrolled in our cities, bent simply on destruction for its own sake.  This was reinforced by the selection of  images – and perhaps especially by the iconic  image o

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/jan/05/film-and-tv-streaming-and-downloads-overtake-dvd-sales-for-first-time-netflix-amazon-uk Britain’s growing appetite for services such as Netflix and Amazon has helped push streaming and downloads of films and TV shows ahead of sales of DVDs and Blu-ray discs for the first time. The rise in popularity of paying for TV content helped power total UK revenue from music, TV shows, films and video games to a record £6.3bn last year. I personally find streaming films online a lot easier and simpler than having a DVD but at the same time nothing compares to having a hard copy of a film and having a collection of them neatly stored. However, streaming has helped massively in order to progress and advance technologically which is always a good idea.  

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/05/world/europe/bbc-the-real-housewives-of-isis.html?ribbon-ad-idx=3&rref=world/europe&module=Ribbon&version=origin&region=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Europe&pgtype=article “The Real Housewives of ISIS,” a sketch that debuted this week on the BBC Two satirical show “Revolting,” attracted millions of views on social media. But it left viewers divided over whether a dark send up of the Islamic State, one of the world’s most fearsome terrorist networks, was appropriate, much less funny — no matter what its creators intended. In my opinion, this show is completely fine because ISIS want to be taken seriously and evoke fear amongst people but comedy denies that and it bring them down and doesn't give them the attention that they're craving.