I didn’t know how to scan images onto a mac so I watched this youtube video which explained it clearly- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1QnldaLjjk

I also didn’t know how to Bluetooth files so I went to http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3042 were there is step by step instructions

To learn how to burn a disk I went to http://www.wikihow.com/Burn-a-CD which gave six steps (with images) of how to burn a disk.

AS Media Coursework: Skills Audit

Using a computer

	YES	NO
Are you confident on a PC?	/
Can you insert text and image into a Word document?	/
Can you find relevant documents and articles on the internet?	/
Can you find images of different sizes on the internet?	/
Have you ever used a Mac?	/
On a Mac, do you know how to open an application?	/
On a Mac, do you know how to cut & paste text?	/
On a Mac, do you know how to copy images from the internet?	/
Do you know how to scan images into a Mac?		/
Do you know how to upload photographs to a Mac?	/
Do you know how to Bluetooth files?		/
Are you confident using Powerpoint?	/
Do you currently have a Blog?	/
Do you know how to burn data to a disc?		/
Do you know how to upload files to email or a Blog?	/

Taking Photographs

	YES	NO
Do you have your own digital camera?		/
Does your mobile phone have a camera?	/
Do you know how to take photographs in B&W?		/

Using Applications

	YES	NO
Have you ever used Photoshop?	/
Have you ever used InDesign?		/
Are you able to crop an image?	/
Are you able to apply any special effects to an image?		/

To what extent teenage magazines should be held responsible for the consequences of their media representations.

 In this essay, I will be answering the question, to what extent teenage magazines should be held responsible for the consequences of their media representations.

When teenagers (especially girls) buy a magazine there will most likely always be a cover line explaining to them how they should dress, how they should do there hair, what make up they should buy or how to get there perfect guy. This in itself has social ramifications because it is making teenage girls believe they have to focus on material items and there appearance to fit into the social roles of being a woman.

Also, teen magazines provide cover lines (as shown on images previously posted) such as ‘sex special: the ultimate bedroom guide’, ‘how to cope when he wants a grope’ and ‘real life body shockers!’   Stories and cover lines like this are sexualising young girls and give them the impression that all there is to being a girl is being fashionable and being good in the bedroom.  It can also lead young girls into believing that in order to be noticed they have to dress like celebrities or spend the money on a new, more ‘feminine’ image.

Not only do many magazines put pressure on teenage girls to look and act a certain way, they put pressure on girls with sexually explicit material. The average age of these magazine readers is between 11 and 16.  For an 11 year old girl to be exposed to reading material like this is not good as it can cause young girls to feel pressured into looking a certain way to fit into society  and give them a false idea of how they should present themselves and act as a teenage girl.

Furthermore, ‘More!’ magazine has the cover line ‘5 easy beauty tricks A-listers swear by’ cover lines like this are making young girls look up to celebrities and there culture as most young girls will not know the majority of images used in these magazines are airbrushed.

‘Bliss’ and ‘cosmo girl’ magazine have cover lines referring to fashion.  A couple of examples of these are ‘fashions most wanted!’ and ‘top ten outfits that will get you to Hollywood’ cover lines like this can make teenage girls feel like that in order to be noticed and make it big in the World they have to dress in these clothes and inspire to look like the female celebrity we see splashed over the media every day.

In conclusion, I feel that magazine editors and the magazine industry in general should tone down the amount of sexual and provocative material that can be found in these magazines. Feeling pressured into being the perfect celebrity mimic is not the answer. I think magazine editors should remember the age of their target audience and print material suitable for that age range and should not fill their magazines with text and images that give teenage girls the wrong idea of what the real world is and what it means to be a woman.

teenage girl magazine covers

Bliss magazine uses lots of feminine codes and conventions including the use of the colour pink, fashion articles and articles in-titiled "fit boys'

more magazine is targeted towards older teenager girls with more high end fashion articles and a"sex special"

teen vogue is a very traditional fashion based magazine for teens.  The colour convention of blue and purple gives a feminine and innocent look and having Selena Gomez (who is a teenage icon) on the from cover would appeal to a wide teenage audience

sugar lad mag uses attractive young males to appeal to a teenage girl audience.  The magazine uses features such as pull out posters and interviews with the 'hottest' male celebrities.

 

Cosmo girl is a spin of the fashion magazine 'cosmopolitan'  which focuses on celebrity culture and fashion.