BlackBerry blackout is new threat to brand
A perfect example of how we only realise we’re on an “electronic leash” when the technology fails. Not a good week for Blackberry!!
BlackBerry blackout is new threat to brand
A perfect example of how we only realise we’re on an “electronic leash” when the technology fails. Not a good week for Blackberry!!
Excellent BBC News article defining Globalisation. It also highlights the positives and negatives of mass Capitalism.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6279679.stm
Media In the Online Age – YouTube.
Check out this video about one person’s personal history of her new media use. A2 media students: create your own similar version, tracking your own new media use.
A BBC article about the evolution of Spider Man, the death of Peter Parker, and the replacement who is mixed-race.
Good for Comms students looking at representations of non-whites, also an interesting look at how Institutions are moving with the times.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-14394181
Read the two articles linked below that offer both sides to this long lasting argument. Is high culture really more valued than pop culture?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/sep/02/classicalmusicandopera
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/tomserviceblog/2008/sep/03/laurabarton
Wake up and smell the coffee – tea is for morons | Jeremy Clarkson – Times Online.
Jeremy Clarkson analysing the British love for Tea. Could be good for AS Comms students studying Culture and Value.
BBC NEWS | Magazine | Call that a summer?.
Why do we Brits love the Sun so much? This article looks at the British public’s fascination with sunbathing and tanning. Is there cultural significance to this?
A good article for AS Comms Students studying the differences between high and popular culture.
‘Bingeing’ girls make Britain among worst in Europe for teenage drinking – Telegraph.
The British Press attacking teenage girls again
Outcry from parents at the online Miss Bimbo game, with its messages to young girls about looks, attitudes & lifestyles.