Wednesday 23 February 2011

Questionnaire

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Feminism

Feminism talk about the aims about defining, founding and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. Feminism is mainly focused on women's issues, but because feminism seeks gender equality, some feminists argue that men's freedom is therefore a necessary part of feminism, and that men are also harmed by sexism and gender roles.


feminists Complain about the fact that female artsts use there sexuality to promote there music aswell as premoting the magazine to the male audeince. To combat this feminists got Beth dito to pose on the front of NME magazine to show that you don't have to be beautiful to pose naked.

Cohens Moral Panic

Moral Panic can be anything from a group of people to one person or an insedent that poses a threat to the socialty.
 Cohens moral panic is the force of feeling conveyed by a group of people about a certain issue that may pose a threat the social order. According to Stanley Cohen, a moral panic take place when " condition, episode, person or group of people appears to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests." Those who start the panic when they fear a threat to prevailing social or cultural values are known by researchers as "moral entrepreneurs", while people who supposedly threaten the social order have been described as "folk devils."

Terminology

Buzz Words: "Wow", "Exclusive", "Free" are all examples of this.

Puffs: Colourful boxes promoting features inside.

House Style: A magazine's distinctive design that distinguishes it from its competitors.

Strap Line: A slogan

Banner: Text which stands out on a coloured background generally at the bottom of the magazine.

Copy: The Main Story in the Magazine

Anchorage Text: The way in which text helps to pin down the meaning of a picture and vice versa.

Pugs: Placed at the top left and right corners of the paper and are known as the 'ears' of the page. The price of the paper, the logo or a promotion are often positioned there.

Motto: Memorable phrase that is recognisable to a brand

Headline: Catchy Title for the main article

Sell Lines: Text on the front cover that helps to sell the magazine to the audience

Caption: Description of the main image

Masthead: Name of the magazine

Lead: The introductory paragraph of an article. Usually written in bold or capitals.

Drop Capitals: Really big letter that starts off an article

Tuesday 22 February 2011





This is my layout for my School Newletter, I have created this so that when I create it for real i have a base to create it off. 

Friday 11 February 2011

Semiotic Theory

Semiotic Theory was brain child of a man called Ferdinand De Saussre, the theory explains the process of how people interpret signs that we see and thing that we hear, an example of this would be the different emotions that we show when shown different images or colours.

For instance the colour Green is related to the emotion of envy and the colour red is said to interpret the emotion of anger.
This proccess has a spercific order this order is: Sign - Signifier - Signified
                        

Another example would be the weather, if it is sunny the emotion related is happy so the order would be Sunny - Pop Music/happy tunes- Happy  

in relation to my magazine i will use semiotic theory in the way i produce my images, the images in my mag will relate to the spercific content in the mag. if the caption is about summer there will be a light action image next to it and if there is a caption on winnter or somthing relating to that then the image will be dark and and dull image.