Anti War movements opposing war with Iran

Since the assassination of the Iranian general Qasem Soleimani tensions between the US and Iran have increased immensely. The president of the United States stated that the US has invested 2 trillion in military spending and are prepared to destroy cultural sites in Iran which is a war crime. Since this statement, over 80 anti-war demonstrations have taken place across America. This article is a in the political section of Teen Vogue as it relates to current affairs.

Fentanyl is likely behind a mass overdoes in California

In California one person has died and more than a dozen are in hospital. This is the latest wave of overdoses reportedly caused by the synthetic opioid “Fentanyl” which has terrorized the US. Fentanyl is an opioid pain killer that is 100 times more powerful than morphine and is used by drug dealers in drugs such as Heroin and cocaine. This article is part of the Identity section

Ariana Grande Fans Criticize Eminem’s Lyrics Referencing the Manchester Bombing

• Young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues – I don’t think my case study is superficial because it discusses important and political issues in a way that teenage girls would be interested.
• The codes and conventions of a website – I would expect to see a main picture to sell the story on a website and they did have that.
• How does the story construct a particular representation of the world – This story gives a mixed view of attitudes and behaviors within society and the world as it shows Eminem mimicking terrorist attacks within his lyrics (  “But I’m contemplating yelling ‘bombs away’ on the game / Like I’m outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting.” ) and people criticizing him and supporting the victims and families ( “Real talk, Eminem is such a piece of trash for making a punchline out of the 22 people who died in the Manchester attack,” ).

Technology and News Production
Production	Distribution	Consumption
> digital audio recorders > digital cameras >Photoshop >In-design >Microsoft publisher >Computer	> the internet > social media > broadcasts (satellite or terrestrial) >Online shops	> phones > televisions > DAB’s >Social Media >Websites >Computer >Tablet

political, social, cultural and economic contexts:

During the climate strike in September 2019 there was protests about the global climate strike where world leaders met and listened to scientists and those passionate to make a difference in the world. The protesters all wore second hand clothing and the majority being teenagers of a young age to stand up to world leaders such as Donald Trump who don’t care about the environment.

Socially the younger generations are trying to stand up to the capitalist leaders as my generation attempts to make a statement that we will not be pushed over and that we care.

Media language:

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fans-think-mac-miller-posthumous-album-circles-features-ariana-grande

• a relatively radical voice – I wouldn’t say so with my example, because it is pretty typical / reactionary ie young people tatoos, in a club, doing nothing worthwhile
• construction of a young female identity. again very reactionary, showing subservience to males, overtly sexual, lots of pink, make-up very stereotypical
• interested in more superficial issues – yes definitely agree that it is superficial because its not focusing on the real issues like the austrailian bush fires which is a major issue killing many animals and some people however they only made one post on it.

Teen Vogue is a former US print magazine and current online publication launched in 2003 as a sister publication to Vogue, targeted at teenage girls. Like Vogue, it included stories about fashion and celebrities.

 In November 2017, it was announced Teen Vogue would cease its print edition and continue as an online-only publication as part of a new round of cost cuts.

Vertical Integration – Advanced publication ,Condé Nast, Vogue, Teen vogue

Condé Montrose Nast owns teen vogue and he founded his company, Condé Nast

Conde Nast published and maintained brands such as Vanity Fair, Vogue, and The New Yorker.

Its parent company is Advanced Publication, which earns 2.4 Billion a year

Teen Vogue stopped printing magazines in Dec 2017 as technology became the best place to find articles instead of buying a magazine

Teen Vogue has an active following on twitter; as this recent post has 40 comments, over 175 re-tweets and over 1,000 likes. This also tells us that they are posting about the right content that their followers want to read about. They also talk about topics that are often overlooked such as disabilities and negative events that happens in the world. It informs teens (the target audience) about these topics in a way that they can relate to; such as new released TV shows and movies etc. The tweet has a quote that is in the article from an interview with George Robinson asking about his new character in “Sex Education” season 2, while also looking at his past and his acting plans for the future. The tweet then links to the article on their website (link below). Tweeting the link with a powerful sentence from the article is a good way to draw people in and is a quicker way of finding a good article to read. Also the picture is about double the size of the caption above it.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sex-education-george-robinson-isaac#intcid=recommendations_default-popular_8f0b148f-1152-446d-bef7-c74b3c85563a_popular4-1

Teen Vogue does talk about superficial issues that its target audience (teenage girls) would like to read as well as more genuine issues. This article about Lili Reinhart’s favourite blush is definitely a more superficial issue. The reason Teen Vogue include articles like these is to let their readers escape from “proper” issues. This is because we consume media for different reasons, as the Katz, Gurevitch and Haas theory. This talks about how we consume media for personal needs (understanding self, enjoyment and escapism) or social issues (knowledge about the world, self betterment and strengthen connections with family and friends). As we can see this article is to for escapism and enjoyment as the readers will have an interest in this topic and it lets them escape issues around the world for a couple minutes; however, the other article is more for knowledge about the world.

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/lili-reinhart-beauty-must-haves-covergirl

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/sex-education-george-robinson-isaac

Representation: In the Article, it explores how representation and diversification is in the show “sex education”, specifically George Robinson who plays the role of “Issac” who is a 22-year-old actor and student from Peterborough, England.

George is actually disabled

BTS Will Perform “Black Swan” for the First Time on “Late Late Show With James Corden”

The language of composition and layout: The main image has been displayed clear and large at the top of the article in order to give the reader an idea of what the article is about.

The genre conventions of websites:
presenter James Corden – suggesting a potential interview with BTS.
genre is music

target audience: teens with an interest in KPOP, more specifically BTS

representation: message sent – BTS will perform on The Late Late Show to their new song “Black Swan”

Teen Vogue is culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues: I think this article challenges the dominant ideology as this article focuses on the music industry rather than the fashion and politically side. However, i feel that there is a reactionary response as it does initially target the younger generation, as they are a young KPOP group.

“YouTuber Behind NikkieTutorials, Nikkie de Jager, Came Out as Transgender”

The language of composition and layout: The main image has been displayed clear and large at the top of the article in order to give the reader an idea of what the article is about.

The genre conventions of websites: youtuber – makeup industry – transgender society

target audience: youtube industry – surporting transgenders to speak out

representation: represents transgender society

Teen Vogue is culturally significant in its marrying of the political with fashion and lifestyle to target a young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues:

ENERGY https://t.co/KXfozj19sm

— Teen Vogue (@TeenVogue) January 17, 2020

• Young female audience more traditionally seen as interested in more superficial issues
  • This is not a superficial article because it is about an issue that is very important and would appeal to teenage girls.

• The codes and conventions of a website
  • The caption of this tweet is “ENERGY” and this can appear quite radical because it is giving empowerment to the females and in today’s society, men are seen as more powerful.
  • The cover image displayed on the link to the article is quite empowering and is enticing the target audience to click on the link because the posters about the climate strike highlight the important issue which will be covered in this article.
  • The cover image has no stereotypical assets that will appear to certain genders (such as a female on an article aimed at females) therefore it is being all inclusive and emphasizing how this article as aimed at anyone because it is such a big political and environmental issue at the moment

• How does the story construct a particular representation of the world
  • This article highlight an important social issue that needs to be addressed and therefore it is empowering more people to help create a change in the world.
  • This article is very political and is showing the extremities of what climate change is doing and therefore announcing how people are able to get involved.
  • The strikes have been advertised on the Teen Vogue website because it is radical as it is trying to influence people to change and get involved in the strikes, however it is highlighting a political issue which has been big in the news recently.
  • It has also been an article on the Teen Vogue website because the website attracts a large audience of teenagers, therefore it is educating people on important events that are happening around the world.

Teen Vogue is a former US print magazine as a sister publication to Vogue to targeted at teenage girls. The first issue was made in January 2003 and the final issue was made in December 2017.  The magazine expanded its focus from fashion and beauty to include politics and current affairs that are occurring in the world.

• Its single-copy sales dropped 50 percent in the first six months of 2016.
• Advanced publication is the parent company to Conde Nast, who publish teen vogue as well as other publications including Vogue.
• Advanced publications earned $2.4 billion a year.
• Vogue and teen vogue are sister companies