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Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture

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Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom . Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan?  Fans do more than just like or even love a particular media text, ‘true fans’ have a devotion that goes beyond simply consuming media texts, and is, as Matt Hills argues, part of a person’s identity in much the same way as gender, class and age define who we are. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore, Newbie, Anti-fan 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? Fandoms are subcultures within which fans experience and share a sense of camaraderie with each other and engage in particular practices of their given fandom. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? Cultural Capital refers to gaining knowledge ...
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OSP: Final index

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1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture 3) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations 4) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Audience and Industries   5) Baseline Assessment learner response 6) OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study
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OSP: The Voice CSP

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Language and contexts Homepage Go to the Voice homepage and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? - Title of the Newspaper "The Voice" - Menu bar which includes - News, Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Competitions, Opinion, Faith - Search Bar - To look through content - Recent news displayed when first viewing the website - Social media links  2) 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? The Menu bar which includes - News, Sports, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Competitions, Opinion, Faith tells us that The Voice focuses on more soft, positive news about the black culture also showing an insight onto their content 3) Look at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Pick two stories and explain why they might appeal to the Voice's target audience.  Eubanks is a smash hit as SW19 - Focuses on Soft News which is The Voice's ...
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OSP: Paul Gilroy - Postcolonial theory and diasporic identity

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Go to our Media Factsheet archive on the Media Shared drive and open Factsheet 170: Gilroy – Ethnicity and Postcolonial Theory . Our Media Factsheet archive is on the Media Shared drive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or you can access it online here using your Greenford Google login. Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed? They are formed via colonialization , slavery , nationalist philosophies and consumer capitalism. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? Racism is not caused by the clash of two or more races – racism  is not a natural phenomenon. Instead, Gilroy states that racial difference  and racial identities are the product of racial oppression. Racial  identities are caused by historical conflicts that have brought different  groups into opposition. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? Ethnic absolutism...
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OSP: Taylor Swift: Audience and Industries blog tasks

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  Read this Guardian feature on stan accounts and fandom . Answer the following questions: 1) What examples of fandom and celebrities are provided in the article? Juila Fox. Celebrities with fandom names include Lady Gaga's Little Monster's, Beyonce's Bey Hive, Taylor Swift's Swifites and Nicki Minaj's Barbs 2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase?  The presale for Taylor Swift’s tour turned into a battle royale for fans locked out of Ticketmaster’s system, frazzled Swifties voiced their disappointment. Ticketmaster and Swift quickly apologized, with the singer calling the process “excruciating” . Ticketmaster ended up testifying in Congress in a hearing about consolidation in the ticketing industry.   3) Do stan accounts reflect Clay Shirky's ideas regarding the 'end of audience'? How?  Stan account do reflect Shirky's theory about 'end of audience' because then stan accounts online are able to post their own content about...
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OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations

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Narrative Go to our Media Magazine archive (issue MM79 ) and read the feature All Too Well on Taylor Swift and how she controls her own narrative. Answer the following questions:  1) Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her earlier albums?  This is because her original record label, Big Machine, who owned the master recordings of her first six albums.  2) Why did Taylor Swift choose to make the short film 'All Too Well'?  In order to own the new recordings herself, reducing the control and financial benefit that others have over her earlier work. It presents this as a way for her to regain artistic control and ownership .  3) What other examples are provided in the article of Taylor Swift using media to construct her own image?  Swift made All Too Well: The Short Film to expand the song into a visual story and tell the narrative herself. Rather than simply making a conventional music video , she wrote and directed the film, using it to explore the he...
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