Post-colonialism: blog task

Films

• Kidulthood
• Adulthood
• Anuvahood
• Shank
• Attack The Block

TV

• Luther
• TopBoy
• 55 Degrees North
• Line of Duty 
• Citizen Khan 

Online Only

• Brothers with No Game
• Venus vs Mars
• The Ryan Sisters 
• All about the Mckenzies  
• Meet the Adebanjos 

Alvarado's theory (1987) was that black people in the media are split into four categories:

• Exotic (Models, Music Artists, Athletes and Food)
• Dangerous (Crime, Gangs and Socially Dysfunctional)
• Humorous (Comedians and Sidekicks)
• Pitted (Poverty)

Frantz Fanon (1952) Claimed that black people were "Were putting on the white mask." He also said that black stereotypes can be:

• Infantilize (Children in Poverty)
• Primitivize (Beats, Sporting Prowess)
• Decivilize (Gangster, Pimps)
• Esssentialize (All look the same)

In these short films and trailers, it is quite easy to use Alvarado and Fanon, as the subject(s) of each of the films are black and British. For instance, in "gone too far", Alvarado's theory can be used as the the music at the start of the trailer was afrobeats, which is known as a very lively music genre, tapping into the category of exotic. Also, the accent of the brother could make the audience laugh as it is not what they are use to. This therefore may tap into the humorous category as well as the exotic.

Fanon's theory may also be used as the girls could be seen as putting on the white mask as she says "I don't speak to people who don't speak english." This shows, the girl is deluded as she thinks she is any different to the guy who has just come to England. 

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1.Iphone 6 plus
2.Digital journalism
3.Impact of new media
4.Celebrity nudes
5.Premier league coverage
6.Twitter gives clues to help find murderers
7.Social media friends
8.Terrorist on social media
9.Page 3 ad banned
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Social Media Messages Not an Offence: Centre to Supreme Court

Article

The government today told the Supreme Court that posting messages in social media relating to freedom of expression will not be seen as an offence. The court is hearing petitions challenging provisions of the Information Technology law that allow the police to arrest those who post "annoying, inconvenient and dangerous messages" on social media.

"The government doesn't wish to curtail freedom of speech," the Centre told the court, adding, "Exercising one's freedom of speech won't be an offence, but this law applies to cyber crimes." 

In my opinion, I think that this is a big step in India's economy if they are able to say what they want on social media as it promotes freedom of speech. Although nations promote freedom of speech, they use things people say as evidence. They also get frowned upon when certain  people say something. However, things said on social media may be used, even though the government said it wouldn't because criminals may now use social media which can lead to evidence after hearing the law being passed. 

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Rapists use social media to cover their tracks, police warned

Article

There has been a 30% increase in the number of rape cases coming to court in the past two years, partly as result of publicity over Jimmy Savile and historical abuse scandals but also because victims appear to have more confidence that their humiliating experiences will be believed.

Police and prosecutors at the event examined a hypothetical case where an 18-year-old student went to a freshers’ party with a more mature student in her first week at university, drank too much, took drugs then woke up to find he had come into her room.

In my opinion, I think alot more rape has been told now due to the Jimmy Savile case, meaning that rapist need to be cover thier tracks in order to not get caught. Also with the rape scene in EastEnders, more people have come out.

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Sky to block pornography by default to protect children

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Sky's Broadband Shield is designed to filter out content deemed to be unsuitable for children aged under 13. It has been offered as default to new customers for a year. But now the firm has decided to also offer it to all its existing customers, some 5.3 million in total.

Jim Killock, executive director of the Open Rights Group (ORG), was dismayed by the news. "Censorship should never be turned on by default," he said. "ORG's Blocked project (www.blocked.org.uk) has shown that filters block all kinds of websites, including some that provide useful advice to children and young people. Customers need to understand the implications of filters before deciding whether or not they want them." All the UK's big four ISPs - BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk - offer filtering systems to help parents prevent their children viewing inappropriate material online although few have decided to oblige users to adopt the system.

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Facebook claims it is a cash cow for EU governments

Article

Facebook will today publish a report – seen by EurActiv – claiming that its social network generated €195 billion and enabled 4,540,000 jobs throughout the world last year. Europe accounted for almost one quarter of the total global economic impact, the report said, with €44 billion and 783,000 jobs during 2014 ascribed to Facebook's economic impact within the 28-member state bloc.

The US saw the greatest macro-economic effects from Facebook, it claimed, with €86 billion and 1,076,000 jobs. The US outstrips the EU in its use of Facebook as a marketing platform, but the EU exceeds the US in its app economy, the report found.

Within the EU, the UK benefits the most from the impact of Facebook, according to the report, since 154,000 jobs during 2014 were enabled by the social media giant, roughly double the number in the closest EU states Germany (84,000 jobs), France (78,000 jobs) and Italy (70,000 jobs).

It seems that Facebook are using these stats to make it seem like, they are not at fault for evading or avoiding their taxes. This is because there has been alot of global companies have been condemned for not paying taxes including Starbucks and Google. 

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Isis propaganda video praises Paris shootings and threatens more attacks across Europe, warning 'the Caliphate is coming'

Article

The Isis militant group has released a new video praising the attacks on Paris that killed 17 people last week, and warned that more attacks are to come.

Three French-speaking jihadists are shown in the video which, according to monitoring groups, was published by Isis’s media wing in Raqqa, Syria, and shared via social media.

I think, the Paris shootings have gone viral, which made Isis see it. They think that what was done in France was good, and correct. We knew at one stage Isis would speak.