The Time I Studied People

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The Time I Learnt Who I Supposedly Am

Demographics.
This defines the adult population largely by the work they do. It breaks down the population into 6 groups and labels them by using a letter code to describe the income and status of the members of each group.

The first task that I produced today was a list of social grades, social statuses and professions which I had to order correctly. 

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According to this social grading, I am in 'Working Class', with the social grade of D because of my part time job as a sales assistant.

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The Time I Wrote An Essay

There are many different types of Media, types that I have not come across before because of the fact that I was not aware of what the term was actually called. We are all constantly in the presence of media.

The Internet

The first obvious form of Media is the Internet. This form of media is extremely popular, with everything being based on the internet. This includes basic necessities such as grocery shopping or handling your bank information.

More and more people rely on the internet as a source of information such as the news. Websites in general contain information, audio, video and images. The variety of websites are endless and are all used to satisfy different people for different purposes. In this day and age, technology has come to it's ultimate high where you can even document your own online diary and call it a weblog (blog). 

Speaking from personal experience, weblogs are a powerful tool which can be used to attract a large audience and captivate them with your opinions on social issues, something which I fully commit to. Weblogs have high influence on groups of people too, persuading them to think deeper into social issues and third world problems. On the flip side, weblogs are used in order to inspire audiences or help them with tutorials whether it be makeup, fashion, gaming or DIY.

Print Media

Print Media is the oldest form of media which consists of magazines, journals and even newspapers. Ultimately, physically printed media forms are known as print media. Over the years, print media has been decreased in the amount of readers it gains. This is due to everything, again, being based on the internet. RSS feeds and podcasts are forms of personally gaining access to information that users want to read. 

Overall, print media is responsible for most of the news that goes around in the world. Newspapers are printed out everyday and contain new information and articles

Broadcast Media

This form of media is used on radios and television. Broadcast media are usually news reports that are televised or announced on radio stations all around the world. This can be very influential on listeners as the public listens to radio stations on a regular basis, whether they are driving home from work or using it as a background in classrooms. 

Online Advertising

Online Advertising is the placement of advertising messages on websites. A form of online advertising are banner ads. This strategy of advertising (popping up and interrupting the readers web surfing) is effective and grasps the readers attention straight away whether it is in a negative way.

Speciality Media

This method of media is inexpensive with the company's/advertisers name on objects such as pens and calendars. 

Television News

There are many broadcast networks such as Sky News and Fox News. Audiences who wish to follow stories in a deeper perspective usually tune in to these television networks. This is so that they can view the information first handedly. By broadcasting on TV, the audience is automatically widened as there is a huge viewer percentage that watch TV every day.

Overall, there are many forms of Media. Media surrounds us and everywhere we go there is a form of media, whether it is a billboard for an advertisement about a cosmetic product or a radio station on full volume from your neighbors house. 

The Time I Made My First Video

Instead of writing an essay on what forms of media I use everyday, I thought i'd attempt creating a video explaining it on iMovie: a software i've never used before.

Overall, these are more or less the different types of social media's I use on a day to day basis. I don't really use Facebook and I hardly watch TV nowadays. If I do watch films or TV programmes, I will watch them online on my phone because I can watch it anywhere at anytime. 

The Time I Studied Colours

In the second lesson of my Media class, we had to study the psychology of colours. This was interesting as it changed my perception on what each colour meant.

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The main colours connoted many emotions that are said to mentally affect the audience.

For example, if a TV popped up with the main colour scheme as orange, many people will become annoyed with the advert as orange connotes annoyance. Additionally, an advert about speed or cars could use the colour scheme of orange because orange also connotes the idea of being energetic. 

Overall, the many emotions that were discussed about colours was truly intriguing as it explored a whole new mindset for me personally about how colours mentally change the way I feel about specific medias: adverts, magazines etc.     

The Time Where You Got To Know Me

Greetings fellow examiner, my name is Tasneem Ahmed and this is my Media Studies Blog, the place for preparation and progress of all things related to my AS Media Journey. I hope you enjoy it.

This is my face:

My hobbies consist of songwriting, rapping, blogging about social issues which are never really spoken about (findingneem.blogspot.com) and much more. I won't list all of them because then this post will never end.

A major interest I have in life is WWE. Wrestling is my life and I have grown up with it. It may be a joke to some people but one day I plan to actually see a live event and witness my inspirations in real life.

I chose AS Media as a way for me to get into a career which involves how and why we use Media. I consider myself as a photographer/videographer as I already made my own music videos before, directing, writing and shooting them. I'm hoping that I get an A/A* by the end of this AS course and plan to keep studying Media at A2 and in university. Media is very important to me and I use it on a regular basis. The criteria for this course suits my abilities although I have never used complex software such as PhotoShop before. Hopefully, i'll be able to become an expert at it soon and master all the tricks in order to get the highest grade.

The brief I am working on is a new music magazine for a young target audience, preferably aged 15+. I will be creating a front cover, double page spread and a contents page for this magazine. However, I will start off by creating my preliminary task of a school magazine with a front cover and a contents page. 

Well that was my very first blog post on my Media journey. I hope I didn't bore you too much. Don't worry, my future blog posts will be much more creative than a whole paragraph filled with just text. Stay tuned.

"Technology and social media have brought power back 
to the people"