Tech Tent - great new BBC podcast!

Have an interest in technological development and change?  Want to know how things will look int he future?

Subscribe to the BBC podcast here - http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04dctsn

What if gender roles were reversed in advertising....?

https://www.good.is/articles/intermission-what-if-gender-roles-in-advertising-were-reversed

I stumbled across this on Facebook as one of these 'You might be interested in....' suggestions - I usually skip over them, but this caught my eye.  It definitely puts a refreshing spin on what if gender roles in advertising were reversed, but also makes you realise the extent of objectification in the media that already exists.  Get applying your male gaze theory to these examples!

There's also a follow up video called Hunkvertising which is equally interesting!

www.adweek.com/news/.../hunkvertising-objectification-men-advertising-152925

Film noir.... or modern noir?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/28/after-the-maltese-falcon-how-film-noir-took-flight

This is a great article to read on the popularity of the noir genre - especially as so many Year 12s have picked the noir coursework film brief!  Something to get into your coursework research or evaluations!

And who said Media Studies wasn't an exciting subject....!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37896253/media-student-confuses-the-internet-with-his-john-lewis-inspired-christmas-advert

This is a clear example that Media Studies students do posses amazing skills such as creativity, animation, independent learning skills etc etc etc - what a great piece of coursework!