Tag Archives: representation

Website used by woman who stabbed MP encourages further attacks – Telegraph

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Website used by woman who stabbed MP encourages further attacks – Telegraph.

A2 Media: Topic – The representation of British Asians

Read this article & follow some of its links & respond to the following tasks:

1. Briefly outline the events of this news story. What happened? To whom? When? Why?

2. What has the US website got to do with it?

3. Does this article in any way challenge or reinforce existing stereotypes of Bristish Asians that might be held by Daily Telegraph readers?

Loaded: covers from the classic years | Media | guardian.co.uk

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As IPC confirms it is in talks with Attitude publisher Vitality to buy lads’ mag Loaded, we look back at how it has changed from its 1994 launch to today.

This could be an interesting way to consider the representatioin of women in “lad’s” mags. It could also be a ghood way to chart the rise in the “lad’s” mag and how it has changed from this to the Zoo covers we see today making there way to the top shelf.

Loaded: covers from the classic years | Media | guardian.co.uk.

Charlie Brooker | ‘Ground Zero mosque’? The reality is less provocative

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Millions of Americans are furious about the ‘Ground Zero mosque’. But it doesn’t exist. Read on for continuing coverage of the representation of Muslims across the World particularly around September 11th.

via Charlie Brooker | ‘Ground Zero mosque’? The reality is less provocative | Comment is free | The Guardian.

It’s Sexy A-Levels!

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Congratulations to those of you who collected excellent results today – they were very impressive across all three of the subjects. If you’ve taken the time off from celebrating to look at the media, you might have noticed two things:

  1. The usual ‘A levels are getting easier’ story, too tedious to debunk right now
  2. A disproportionate number of photos of female students getting their results in newspapers and on newspaper websites

Covering the second angle is this blog:

A blog exploring the hypothesis that UK newspapers believe that only attractive girls in low cut tops do A-Levels.

Got a submission? Tag it #sexyalevels on Twitter and we’ll pick it up

Maintained with a growing sense of disquiet by @joethedough and @qwghlm

It’s Sexy A-Levels!

New Pamela Anderson PETA Ad: Banned in Montreal! – The Hollywood Gossip

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Must Pamela Anderson always refer to women as “meat”? Well she has upset the people of Canada after she flew to Montreal this week to publicize her latest PETA ad, only to be turned away by the city. Canadian officials denied a permit for the unveling because they claim the bikini-based billboard is somehow sexist.

Down with Meat!

New Pamela Anderson PETA Ad: Banned in Montreal! – The Hollywood Gossip.