The News

Task 3:What is a news agency? 
A news agency is an organisation that gathers news reports and sells them to subscribing news organisations, such as newspapers, magazines and radio and television broadcasters. They dot publish news but supply it to subscribers who share costs.

Task 5:
What impact do you think social media has had on the way news is gathered and reported?
What you mostly hear about social media are good things, especially facebook and the most popular ones. But sometimes people can be really against social medias because a lot of dangerous actions are to do with social media such as strangers talking to other strangers, which sometimes has lead to death. This comes from news agencies who make money by processing this information.

Task 4:

Creativity Extended Learning Project

Task 2- Creativity and Originality

Originality- the ability to think independently and creatively

Imitation- the action of using someone or something as a model

Most people these days go for imitation, model-like and trying to fit in with 

everyone else. And when there is originality, people judge on them because they're

trying to be different. I agree with this quote, because not everyone is the same, and what Herman Melville is trying to get at is that it's better to fail at creativity than to succeed in doing their best at being a model. And it is better to be different and creative than being the same as everyone else.

This is a media text, that imitates another media text, but also is creative. This quote is saying "No man was ever great by imitation" in other words "No mad was ever great by copying or being the same as any other man". This quote says a lot about imitation, and being different. The writer (Samuel Johnson) wants men to be different at what they do, and how they dress.

Task 3- 'Colourbleed'

Task 4- Inspiring Creativity

On the website, it's telling people that social media is killing your creativity. For example if you see that our friend got 105 likes on their photo, you're going to want that popularity, so you start copying what she is wearing, and maybe stealing a few style ideas. This is imitation, wanting to be like other people, and dressing like them. The ways to get your creativity back, is by 'Going outside' by just being by yourself, taking a walk. 'Act on your ideas' If you have an idea (whilst you're on this walk) act on it, (do it) to help yourself. The last one is by colouring, most people would spend half an hour/an hour on social media, but instead of doing that, get an adult colouring book, and enjoy.

Lady Gaga Biography Extended Learning Project

Lady Gaga Extended Learning Project

Early Life:

- Lady Gaga was born in Manhattan, New York City, (New York), United States.

-From her nun inspired outfits to religion soaked lyrics in songs like "Judas" & "Born This Way", Lady Gaga talks about Jesus, God, the church, sin, salvation, heaven and hell. Furthermore, Lady Gaga has no problem saying that she does believe in Jesus.7

-She studied at a Caltholic school, after dropping out of Julliard School in Manhattan.

Early Career (Before she became famous):

-Lady Gaga was always in a Band, or a Musical.

The fame:

-Lady Gaga's music is mixed between Pop, and Rock. Her cover albums (which we have been studying these past few weeks) show that she is associated with both of these genres. 

Controversy:

-There has been arguments over the world with people saying that Lady Gaga was born with the opposite sex (a man). This made her career boost a lot. When people heard these rumours, they wanted to see what kind of music she could make. So altogether, all these rumours have made her some what more and more famous.
Most Recent Work:
-Lady Gaga recently won a Golden Globe award…
-She has recently brought out the album, which is born
this way, and on this album she is talking about how
you can be different, and learning to ignore what any
one else thinks of you. Saying this, Lady Gaga tries so
much to look like Marilyn Monroe, so her audience
seems to get mixed up with what she tries to come across with her album covers, and her lyrics. This also gets her more famous by telling people to be themselves, because she is showing that you shouldn't care what you look like, or how you are because you were 'Born this way'.

TASK 1&2

Task 1. Rupert Murdoch Diagram

Task 2. Media Terminology 

What does MONOPOLY mean?
-Exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices.
What does CONGLOMERATE mean?
-A conglomerate is a corporation that is made up of a number of different, seemingly unrelated businesses. 
What does MULTI-NATIONAL mean? 
- Means to involve or operate in several nations or nationalities.