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Working title "To what extent does the music industry reinforce an unrealistic and negative representation of women, with a specific reference to the track 'Yo Darlin- NSG ft Geko' INTRODUCTION As the music scene grows, it seems the objectification of women within music videos has become glorified and  exacerbated. This is deemed as problematic as inclusive genres to this topic such as  Hip-hop and Afrobeats are highly complicated  and  multifaceted genre which are rooted and heavily revolve around complex social and political commentary, dating as far back to the 1960s and 1990s.  The lack of empowerment and the emancipation of women in the music industry is symbolised and particularly evident in NSG's music video 'Yo darling' featuring Geko. The music industry   fundamentally   provides a platform, not only for the young black youth to self-identify but to also raise awareness to wider  discussions and issues of universal themes that have been p

Critical Investigation: Task #5 Essay plan

Working title "To what extent does the music industry reinforce an unrealistic and negative representation of women, with a specific reference to the track 'Yo Darlin- NSG ft Geko' Hypothesis Women in the music industry primarily serve a single objective and this objective is to please the male viewership. (however within the essay, i will strive to show multiple sides of the argument, both agreeing and disagreeing with my statement) (Example/Point) the mass of the music industry is controlled by men therefore has a higher accurate representation of males within the music scene. In addition, the record label is dominated by males as well therefore the male viewership and concerns are valued more and prioritised. (Another example/Point) “American youth are being sold the concept that women and girls’ value lies in their youth, beauty and sexuality” Women and men are often visualised as hyper sexual beings in the media however we could argue

Tutorial 7/12/17

Update bibliography  More Detail for task 1 (Textual analysis) -Enough for one example paragraph Task 3 update - what are the similarities/differences of early afrobeats/late afrobeats and does it reflect changes in society? Task 4 update (Media Analysis) add at least 5 quotes from Media Magazine Go to bfi library during the following upcoming week.

Notes 07/12/17

"One head is a head, two heads are gold" Co-created virgin media brand When in doubt then do something unusual Mannerism and  kind approach are essential  The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement                          (NICKPOWELL)                 Everyone should at least be doing some form of  media studies New/digital media allows for smaller stories to be significant  BBC have to embrace the way young people use the media  There is an inherent superiority that white middle class male have over minorities when it comes to be represented and portrayed accurately and positively in the media. (SAMIRA AHAMED) "Social media now has the same power and drive that cable tv use to have back in the 80s" The audience have the abiltity to manipulate how the tv is presented/constructed In addition, tv can also maniplute the audience in terms of how they taken in the information given to them. (LESLIE MANNING)