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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/interviews/a181268/chipmunk.html

http://www.mtv.co.uk/news/tinie-tempah/198276-tinie-tempah-interview

My Critical Investigation Idea

3 possible investigation options:

1) Does sports have a positive or negative impact on society. This interested me because sports such as football is something that i have loved from a young age. Therefore i will be able to talk about this from my own knowledge as well as my research that i do.

2) The impact that grime music has on me as a teenager. This interested me because music plays a big part in my life, whatever i'm doing i'll be listening to music since it motivates etc. For example if i am doing homework i'll be listening to grime music at the same time.

3) Whether shows like X Factor and Britain's Got Talent actually gives people the chance to chase their dream or does is does in reality just break their dreams. This interested me because shows like these is something that nearly everybody watches from each class for entertainment purposes. Therefore because nearly everyone from each class watches these show i'll be able to discuss the issue from a wide range of beliefs.

Initial idea's for my critical investigation & Linked production:


An investigation into the impact and affect that grime music has on teenagers and how the media portrays these artist of being

1) The topic that is going to be investigated in my coursework is about UK grime music and the affects it has on teenagers now days and how these artist influence and have an impact on teenagers. However i am only goin to be looking atcertain artist that have made it big in the music industry and how they are now then how they were before when they were underground. i can use textual examples such as sbtv etc.

2) A rough idea for now for my linked production piece could be me designing a poster or posters of some sort explaining how teenagers have been infulenced by these UK grime artist and the sort of things they are doing to be successful like some of the artist. And also possibly another poster showing how certain artist have grown over the years to come to where they are now. Furthermore i could add videos, pictures, questionaires etc on the side of my linked production piece.

3) Media text: Get articles from magazines/Newspapers that these UK grime artist to see how they're portrayed. Also What type of stuff these artist post on facebook and twitter (Blogs). Lastly how UK grime artist are shown on television or Youtube (Their music videos) and also on interviews such as the MOBO awards which happened recently.

4) (MIGRIAN done in book, i will copy it when iv finished it)

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Reflection to the mock

The mock i had recently about 'The most pivotal year of my generation' (Summer Riots) went really well. Firstly because the topic i was given was something that i was already intrested in and also something that happened recently for me to see with my own two eyes. The thing that went well with this was that during my research i was able to discuss my own experience of this and what i thought about it since it was an event that mainly involed teenagers, so therefore the research and writing a formal presentation was enjoyable for me since i already had a keen interest in the summer riots.
3 things that helped me with this mock:
1) Twitter - The fact that we use twitter for Media Studies, it actually helped me with my research on the summer riots since i started searching for more information through this and helped me have something different through e media rather than just looking at a website.
2) The sheet of paper that was given to us at the begining of the mock, because this had guidlines of what we should, and should not do.
3) General discussions about the summer riots with friends helped me a lot as it gave me a over view of what different people thought about the riots.
Even better if: The mock could have gone better if i took my research from a more wider prospective. for example rather than looking for news articles on the internet, i should have tried to gather a photomontage from newspapers of the riots, or atleast something the connotes the riots.

Mock CI

Summer Riots – “The Most Pivotal Year of my generation”

Hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of Mark Duggan who was shot dead by the police in North London (Tottenham). This all happened on 4^th August when two shots were fired by a firearm officer and killed Mark Duggan who was known as a drug dealer in Tottenham.  Independent police complaints commission said that “A non police handgun was recovered” meaning that the firearm police had no option but to shoot at Duggan since their lives was in danger as well. Following on from this a riot began in Tottenham and spread across England where several London Boroughs, cities and towns suffered a wide spread of rioting and looting between 6^th and 10^th August.

There are several reasons why I believe that the summer riot is ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’. Firstly comparing this to other summer events that happened such as the Arab spring and the phone hacking scandal, the media didn’t portray these events as being as important to my generation (Teenagers) as the summer riots. The media had a huge part to play for making the summer riot ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ since the summer riots was all over the news and was presented in all three media platforms (Broadcast, Print and E-Media).  For example they discussed the riots on Question Times and then also had a separate show called ‘Young voters Question time’ which was the only programme on British television to actually give young people their chance to speak publically, which proves that the summer riots was actually the most pivotal year for the teenage generation because they gave teenagers the chance to speak since they were the centre of attention of these riots.

Furthermore, Government advisor Sheldon Thomas said that about 2 years ago we’ve had over 20 teenage murderers but yet we didn’t have the same fire and impact on that than we did on the summer riots. Therefore, after hearing a couple of these facts from Sheldon, it brings me back to my point that the summer riot was ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ because of the way everyone was keen in knowing more about what is going on since this had an effect on literally everyone. For example a furniture store called house of reads got burnt down in Croydon, which therefore had an effect on someone else other than a teenager, that Is why o believe the summer riots was ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ because it had some sort of an impact on everyone. And the fact that teenagers that are my age were the main group involved and what they done affect everyone which is why it is pivotal for my generation. In addition, I think the riots is ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ because the only time we hear of teenagers is when they do something negative, and the riots is one of the most negative things teenagers have done, therefore they are the main class that everyone looks out for now because of these riot. Like Labour MP Stella Creasy said in Young voters Question time “We never dwell on the positive side of teenagers and we never embrace there intelligence/talents”. Which is another point why the summer riots is ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’  

Subsequently the summer riots links in with Vladimir Propps theory about the seven sphere’s of action. He stated in his theory that everything we watch or anything that happens to us seems like a fairy tale, and there are seven characters in the fairy tale. The first character is the hero, in which the case of the riots, the hero is the police because they are there to save the day. The second character is the villain which is the rioters because they are meant to struggle against the hero. Then comes the donor which is the government because they are the ones to prepare the hero. Next is the dispatcher who is the public because they trigger the hero to go do their task. Moreover it is the helper and father which in this case the government plays both roles because they government are the ones that give consent for every action. So as you can see this the summer riots links perfectly with Propps theory because that is how much of a big event it was that everyone had a role tp play which is why I believe it is ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’.

On the other hand some people may argue and say that the summer riot was not ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ for several reasons. The main argument against for this is that they will say it is not the biggest event that has happened during our generations because as time goes past we will eventually forget about these riots that happened. Whereas an event like 9/11 is probably ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ because even ten years from now we still talk about it and we have realised how much it has changed our lives. For example the war of terror is still going on since 9/11 has happened. Therefore that clearly shows how much 9/11 has affected us, and the summer riots won’t be the same.

In conclusion, the summer riots to me, is defined to be ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ mainly because teenagers my age were the main ones involved in all of this. Even though there are some good arguments to say likewise, I still believe that the summer riots is ‘the most pivotal year of my generation’ because ever since the riots, people have an even worse stereotypical view upon teenagers and our life’s have changed dramatically.

Media Studies A2 baby! =D

I am currently doing preparation work for my coursework that i will have to produce this year. The whole class have been given the statement "The most pivotal year of my generation" & then have been given a separate issue to focus on.
The topic that i have been given is the summer riots which happened on the beginning of August just a over a month ago. I have been collecting as much research as possible on how key debates & issues about the riots have been portrayed in a different ways. For example i have been looking at a wide range of different media platforms (Broadcast, print & e-media etc) to see how each of them present the summer riots. I have found several video & articles about the summer riots & i will continue my research so then i could create a formal presentation along with a formal essay. =)

http://www.thcu.ca/infoandresources/teensaudienceprofile.htm

http://www.mmc.co.uk/Knowledge-Centre/Presentation-Ready/Teen-market-in-a-nutshell/

Health/lifestyle research...

Different health and lifestyle issues that teenagers suffer from:
Drugs, obesity/eating disorders, bullying, exam stress etc. These are just a few issues that teenagers suffer from, and the most common one in the media (Programs, articles and reports)