Lesson 4 Tasks 2013

It is now vital for you to confirm the media areas you will be focusing on for your theme i.e. film, television, press, music, video games etc. Now you need some very specific contemporary examples through which to discuss your themes and prompt questions.
Have a read through these links from Pete's Media Blog first. They give you some excellent advice and some links to case studies. Make notes and blog them on your own blogs.

Contemporary Media Regulation:
http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com/2011/05/contemporary-media-regulation.html

Media in the Online Age:
http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com/2011/05/media-in-online-age-exam-questions.html

We-Media and Democracy:
http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com/2011/05/wemedia-and-democracy-exam-questions.html

Media and Collective Identity:
http://petesmediablog.blogspot.com/2011/05/collective-identity-exam-questions.html

Once you have finished following those leads now explore these links for some possible case studies.

Contemporary Media Regulation: 
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1950005,00.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/08/01/the-coming-video-game-distribution-platform-wars/
http://www.learn-cocos2d.com/2011/12/history-future-video-game-distribution/
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/12/us/politics/makers-of-violent-video-games-marshal-support-to-fend-off-regulation.html?_r=0
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/11/joe-biden-violent-video-games_n_2458161.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tech/?ref=topbar


Media in the Online Age:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11371315
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/illegally-downloading-music-impact-music-industry-27748.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/2009/jun/09/games-dvd-music-downloads-piracy
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/online-movie-campaigns-time-to-see-the-bigger-picture-2042357.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/14045313
http://www.artistshousemusic.org/videos/the+impact+of+illegal+downloading+on+the+film+industry
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1950005,00.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/distribution
http://www.forbes.com/sites/ciocentral/2012/08/01/the-coming-video-game-distribution-platform-wars/
http://www.learn-cocos2d.com/2011/12/history-future-video-game-distribution/


We-Media and Democracy:
http://www.policymic.com/articles/10642/twitter-revolution-how-the-arab-spring-was-helped-by-social-media
http://www.thenational.ae/news/uae-news/facebook-and-twitter-key-to-arab-spring-uprisings-report
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/07/facebook-twitter-revolutionaries-cyber-utopians
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/ways-with-words/8629294/Ways-With-Words-role-of-Twitter-and-Facebook-in-Arab-Spring-uprising-overstated-says-Hisham-Matar.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(group)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/anonymous
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11371315
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tech/?ref=topbar

http://www.journalism.org/index_report/twitter_users_blast_london_rioters


Media and Collective Identity:
http://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-making-of-modern-celebrity-famous-for-fifteen-minutes-and-longer
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/apr/16/wags-lifestyle-football
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hoodies-louts-scum-how-media-demonises-teenagers-1643964.html
http://www.slideshare.net/jphibbert1979/contemporary-media-rep-of-youth
http://www.slideshare.net/jphibbert1979/media-and-collective-identity-theory-revision
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/sep/05/young-people-2011-summer-unrest
http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/pms-speech-on-the-fightback-after-the-riots/
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Representations-in-the-London-Riots-6192238/
http://www.journalism.org/index_report/twitter_users_blast_london_rioters
http://www.totalpolitics.com/blog/177012/why-do-we-care-if-the-rioters-are-young.thtml
http://www.slideshare.net/petefrasers/riots-10077290?ref=http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/media-magazine-student-conference.html