Wednesday 11 July 2012

AOB 4 (Music Press) Representation


Aim
By completing this task you should be able to:
  • discuss how an artiste can be represented in different way for different outcomes 
  • understand how this is achieved 
  • reflect on the effect this has on the target audience

Resources
Who is Stephen Gately? ...he's here
Read Jan Moir's original article in the Daily Mail hereThen look at the write-up of the Moir article in the Guardian here  and Charlie Brooker's interpretation here
    
Task 
Write a short essay (400 wrds ish) that includes:
  • a description of the Stephen Gately article
  • the counter argument i.e, why the public reacted so strongly
  • discuss the audience of both the Daily Mail and the Guardian newspapers and comment on how this effects the content of the articles