Tuesday 26 February 2008

more stereotypes of how a asian women is ment to be

Refugee camp...

sterotype of asian families... shown to be uncivilised, poor and looking for food along with the stereotype of asian famalies being large.

son trying to explain hes gay..

This clip is funny because the parents dont realise what hes trying to say and link it back to things they have done and it shows how narrow minded asain culture is , being gay isnt accepted in the culture and the funniest is when they say at the end "you could of found a nice indian boy" which also links to they do accept it to an extent.

SeLf EvAlUaTiOn....

Attainment: B
I haven’t been as focused as much as I should have, maybe due to other commitments, ucas, c.w etc


Effort: 3
my effort levels have decreased but I will make sure this does not maintain the same and will start to improve.

Punctuality: 2
I am on time however at times I do not attend lessons for various reasons

Submission and quality of homework: 2
I tend to give in h.w on time most of the time.
Ability to work independently- 2
I am able to work by myself and may need help at times
Quality of writing: 2
I need to improve this especially in Ms Jones’ lesson.

Organisation of media folder: 2
I believe my folder is well organised and neat.

Oral contribution: 2
I make oral contribution and im sure my teachers will agree on the fact I talk when I shouldn’t even be talking

Comments and contribution to the media Macguffin blog: 2
I use the media blog and contribute to it

Contribution to the debate team
I haven’t contributed as much as I should have and I am working on this by doing as much research as possible before the debate

Standard of Module 6 blog
I can’t get into my blog therefore I have posted it all on my med 5 blog

Standard of Module 5 blog
I include everything on this blog and believe it is well prepared.

Tuesday 12 February 2008

Subcontinental drift by Nitin Sawhney

- 10 years for British Asians
- artists such as , cornershop...Asian Dub foundation, FUN-DA-MENTAL, joi, Talvin Singh
- "asian underground" image given to edge an imagery.
-Bombay dreams has been a success...films like "bend it like Beckham" etc.

Ethinic minority push my BBC - Matt Wells

-Radio 5 live ...cover Afro- caribbean communities in Britain.
-BBC Asian Network expanding to coverr the whole country on digital radio.
- Ceri Thomas, head of news, cover Afro- carribeans aswell!
- building a bridge between the target listeners and the BBC

Black actors win more TV roles. - Matt Wells

- increase in people from ethnic minorities
- casualty, eastenders, crossroads...reflecting cultural diversity.
- Greg Dyke: "not enough people from ethnic minorities in senior positions"
- ethnic minorities had risen slightly from 8% to 8.5%

The colour of Money - Anjna Raheja

- 7.9% of the U.K population is made up of people from ethnic minorities.
- market of over 4 million people who represent a growing economically astute and powerful audience for our clients
- ethnic minority communities have grown by over 50% since the last census 1991
- 72% of the south asian community live in a pay tv homes compared with only 39% of the UK