Bradford family: Police 'complicit in radicalising sisters

A muslamic women told the police to get her brother to come back as she believed that he was going to go fight in Syria  this was just the first step. The family from Bradford belivied that the police was being oppressively survalenced which the police has obvious denied by the police. But after getting there mp and even a lawyer to be less easy going on radicalism as now a whole family have gone over to Syria and they have now gone missing.

My opinion: this story is very strange but the main reason that I choose to do this story is because this is another person willing to travel to Syria to fight in a war that is being constantly properganderised and as 24/7 news coverage and our action to this have been very lack luster and our attitude to racism have been shocking and we are surprised people argue back when we do provoke them

British worker records his life and fight agasints ISIS

its not everyday that you get a chance to fight for your country and with the current fight against ISIS forces 1 more has joined the fray. Macer Gifford a EX-public school boy joined the Kurds to fight against ISIS and the worst thing is that he has filmed it all. he took his go-pro and a gun and a week army training to go fight (GREAT DECISION) he has taken many pictures and filmed himself during patrols. the video themselves have a vlog style to it and it is clear that this guy has no idea what he is doing or why he is there. while watching the videos i am expecting him to say subscribe for more ISIS content, ill see you next time like a vlog also most pictures see him using and holding guns while smiling this send a positive message of war back to kids all around the war making them want to go out and fight since it looks like the video games and that is probably the worse crime than going to fight a war.
a link to one such video can be found here
http://news.sky.com/video/1467580/brit-fighting-is-under-mortar-fire

how has the narrative of violent video games affected the future of the gaming as a form of media?

video games is the fastest form of media in years compared to the film industry which took over 200 years to get to where it is today video games have done the same and more in 40-50 years key case studies gta series, hatred (2015), call of duty Morden warfare to present, MORTAL KOMBAT political figures, countries with banned video games, laws to try and put action on video games, age rankings and what they are. key dates, developers comments towards there games controversy,how it affected the future of video games. people of note-rockstar ceo, Jack Thompson (anti video game activist) ceo of nether relme, infinity ward and other call of duty game deves during the time of gta 1-5.

Gender in video games last of us case study

sports fans up in arms about the network showing e-sports

sports fans are up in arms about the ESPN one of the biggest sports broadcasting programs on TV showing the competion 'Heroes of the dorm' and the game hero of the storm a game developed and funded by blizzard who are know for games such as world of Warcraft. ESPN president John skipper saying that things such as Heroes of the dorm are not real sports in September of last year but yet here we are

e are.

people don't have a problem with people playing it but it being compared to football basketball and rugby and so on this is what people are upset about so the real question shouldn't be why is being shown but are E-sports even sports. well in my opinion they are and they arent. they arnt in the sense that not in a million years will a E-Sport pro be able to be as fast and strong as a athlete like the football stars of today but that is the same in reverse but the real thing that matters facts and figures.

for this example i will be doing viewers of the football world cup in Brazil and league of legends the leader of in the e sports scene.

football world cup attendants-909.6 million
league of legends-27 million

so theses numbers are not comparable but then again football has been around for hundreds of years while league of legends was released in 2009 and still is in the millions of viewer ships which shows that eventually the two would be comparable

but it then end does it matter.
people watch sports or TV in general for the entertainment and with everyone although constantly being categorised and branded and re-branded time and time again people enjoy different things so people will enjoy it for different reasons and for some the thought of sport isn't appealing but other things will appeal to them so in the end its down to preference.

cover sheet for media

Pre-production
My Pre-production consisted of watching shows of similar genres and paying attention to what people watch online such as arrow or flash and what channels they are on. I also looked at different programs and topics I am I know a lot about in the case of my project that would be Greek mythology. I then started to develop my characters by giving them personalities and by basing this idea off Greek gods I can base it off the personalities and attributes of the god's.

Production
during the production i worked by myself this then aloud me to work they way i thought was best and the ideas i wanted to do, which ended up being a poster and a pencil case. with the poster i originally had the idea of having it with out the pictures of the gods above them but i then this would be confusing to people as there would be kids just in front of a mountain but with godly figures above them allows for the power relationship and where the kids stand in comparison to their parents. while with the pencil case I used I the design is supposed to reflect each of the characters and there gods such as the first one is athena the goddess of tactics and that is why on the pencil case there is the books to symbolise intelligence. even though i did enjoy making these's products I did need help from other students when trying to use's photoshop as it was a complicated program.

Report
At the start of this report we discussed what teen genre we would like to do and the class talked about the horror genre mainly so we decided on that. we were told to watch at least 3 things that would help us with our T.V. programe, I ended up watching the second percy jackson film'sea of monsters', my baby sitter is a vampire and i read up on some greek mythology such as the minotaur and the different gods. My findings of watching and reading is that there are some conventions that i can follow such as the bully is a strong female in a physical sense as well as the older the character the wiser they are. also with some of the stories from greek mythos and the film and show is that they are a rising hero story or a more than meets the eye with someone that looks weak is actually strong in different ways.

Everest avalanches

Following the most recent earthquakes in Nepal Mount everest has had a avalanche kill 17 people and 60 more reported to be injured. The Nepal earthquakes have claimed at least 3,218 people so far.
footage has also been found of the avalanche hurtling to people


this is just some of the affects of the an earthquake and this is just one of the many dangers and means that Nepal will need aid in the coming months but as much as this is a tragic event politician will focus on it and make it an emotional point and help them with there party

Mediterranean migrants: Hundreds feared dead after boat capsizes

hundreds are feared to have drowned when a boat in the Mediterranean capsized and was suspecting to have been carrying up to 700 migrants only 28 migrants have been rescued and 24 bodies have been discovered so that is 648 people still un accounted for a quote from Matteo Renzi couldn't verify the ammount of deaths but it is a 'dramtic ammount' but putting all of this in to context there has been another 900 people dieing when going across the Mediterranean.

This is a sad waste of life but what i am wondering is where has the news coverage of theses events on t.v. in newspapers or anywhere as it seems like a common accourance and shouldn't the surrounding governments be putting more strict sailing laws or standers to stop something like this happening

revsion sights

https://brianair.wordpress.com/as-media-exam-tips/

http://www.slideshare.net/jphibbert1979/as-media-studies-exam-revision

2 websites im currently using to revise thought might help with anyone that wanted them

radio example

Radio although not as big as it once was is still an important tool in today's media for spreading information to millions of people very quickly and cheaply compared to other methods of advertising as radio stations such as capital fm has over 7 million active listeners weekly while capitals major competitors kissFM has 4.9 million weekly listeners as well as it being one of the most advertised radio stations as the company that owns them comunicorp(all of the uk except england) has radio stations many different countries and capital is also owned by global radio(england).

For this piece I will be focusing on the radio station capital FM.
Capital FM has been running since the 1970's with there first broadcast being on 1973 making it one of the oldest radio stations but this capital was focused on information instead of the charts or what is happening in the celebrity world this type of format wasn't used until the 2000's where the world of music was become more prevalent and more influential.

The main audience for capital is middle class white people living in and around london but so capital can appeal to the most people they offer a variety of shows to show their diversity in music and show off different styles of DJ's they hire or have on hand as well as different music they have to offer the audience even though it is usually for just an hour or so and then it would be back to the chart hit's.




Now Capital hasn't lasted this long without making some serious cash with getting money to broadcast adverts getting deals to broadcast up and coming artists songs as well as hosting many events such as the summer time ball and on top of all this they get some of the biggest stars on the radio shows they have to either DJ or to talk about them and what they want to talk to there UK fans.

French Alps plane crash

The co-pilot suspected of crashing a German airliner into the French Alps, killing himself and 149 others, knew the region from gliding holidays. this is a tragic story of loss of life and what might be a tragic accident but this could of been avoided if the signs where there the co- pilot was depressed even his psychologist did not see this but apon seeing his house it was found that he had written a note saying he wanted to make a name for him self i believe this is how he planned to do it but the news and social media is not talking about this people are talking about  one direction instead of this tragic event

emminem past and present

emminem is a widely know and widely loved artist with his background making people shed a tear and making him a rebal to the press all in the sake of family but this is the persona he has given him self and his bosses have give to him over the years but  at the same time he has an alter ego in the form of slim shaddy this person was rude crude and insulted anyone and everyone taking a espical interest in Drake now when colbarting depending on who it was with he would change his style on rap one example of this is when he rapped with Nate Dogg they made two songs together one under Nate doggs label and the other under emenies label
the authroity of the music portayed him as a misunderstood rapper with a bad beginnig and made it a sterotypical rags to riches but now he is more a farther figure as a majority of his songs mention his daughter in most of his songs and he is now down to earth person that is just trying to get by even though he earns more in a week than most do in a year... yeah survival its tough for them... so very though

MARIO IN YOUR PHONE

With the current boom of the video games and the movement to mobile phones nintendo have joined the realms of mobile phone gameing and have annouced that games they are working on will be able to be used on your phone

now in my opinion this is not a good thing as this just seems like a cash grab of the current boom in the market but at the same time it is also could be a good thing as if they make games that are for free it could mean some quality games come to the area that is suffering from mediocraty and not been taking serious as a gaming area

south african tv reporter gets muged on camera

A report that was about to being filmed outside of a hospital in south Africa to report on Zambian president for a medical report but before the filming started two muggers came from the darkness of the night and told him to give them his phone the report un-willing to give up his phone the second mugger showed up and they took him to the ground taking his money in his wallet a laptop and his phone and all of this was caught on camera luckily no one was hurt during this and the reporter has said that he hopes they will brought to justice.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-31831824 (link to the video and bbcs report on this)

in my opinion this is something that probably happens everyday in Africa but because it was caught on camera and there is proof that he got mugged it made the news because usually no one would care but because it was on camera and it was to a reporter people all of a sudden start to care.

video game imdustry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Ha_-UPPYc

hulk hogan caught out in sick internet 'joke'

There is no doubt in my mind that wrestling even though being proven to be fake and all constructed it is still one of the biggest entertainment areas in the world watch by millions and loved by millions and a great icon of the company is Hulk Hogan who is one the biggest superstars in the business but he has been caught up in a sick joke by an internet troll who at the time hulk Hogan thought it was just a fans request when the tweet said 'any chance of getting a RT for my little niece? she just won the hide and seek championship and she loves watching you' fellow colleges and fans messaged him telling him how they felt and what he had just done.

In my opinion the trolls is sick minded and should not even make jokes about theses things but it is also Hulk Hogan's fault for not being more aware with what he is doing on the internet and having no internet safety or precautions and acting before thinking and this could not of happened at a worse time as wrestling super bowl 'wrestlemania' which he was planned to be hosting

as of today he has removed this tweet but for the people who saw it just shows how much hulk Hogan is out of practice when it comes to the internet and new technology.

full story: http://www.theladbible.com/articles/hulk-hogan-caught-out-in-sick-twitter-joke