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OSP: Language and Representation Blog Tasks

Language 1) Make two lists - one of website conventions used on Marcus Rashford and Kim Kardashian's official website and one of social media conventions found on their Instagram pages.  Colour scheme - dark/minimalistic, shirt contrasts background Profile picture - reinforcing website  2) How does Marcus Rashford's website and social media promote his brand? Give at least three examples of different pages / posts / images from his website or social media.  Book club -  promote children to read his books Profile picture - His brand's logo Tweets - Tweeting and promoting his book online 3) How does Kim Kardashian's website and social media promote her brand? Give at least three examples of different pages / posts / images from her brand websites or social media.  Navigation Top menu - pages promoting clothes and make-ups Twitter bio - contains links and mentions to her brand Tweets - promoting her brands and products 4) How does Marcus Rashford's online presence ...

OSP: Introduction to influencers

 1) What years did YouTube, Twitter and Instagram launch? Youtube - 2005 Twitter - 2006 Instagram - 2010 2) What is the definition of an influencer? a person who has become well known through regular social media posts and is able to promote a product or service by recommending or using it online 3) Give an example of an influencer and how many followers they have. Try and add some additional information, brand associations or other statistics if you can. KSI: Instagram: ~12.8 million followers YouTube: Over 44 million subscribers across his active channels 4) How big is the influencer industry according to the article? "By the end of 2019, the influencer marketing industry was worth some $8bn a year" 5) What are the problems associated with being an influencer? There’s the pressure of always seeking to increase your follower count to drive up revenues. 6) Why is it suggested that audiences actually like being sold products by influencers? A decade ago, shilling products to y...

Preliminary exercise feedback and learner response

1) Type up your teacher's feedback  in full . If you've received your feedback via email, you can simply cut and paste it from the email into your blog. WWW:  Attempted to write a statement of intent about the preliminary exercise Next steps: 1. Complete coursework to a high standard 2. Meet deadlines by being organised and proactive – take your photos and plan your production 2) Using a combination of your own reflection on the preliminary exercise and the feedback you were given, write  two  WWW bullet points (What Went Well) and  two  Next Step bullet points for your preliminary exercise.  WWW:  1.  I wrote over 300 words for the statement of intent. 2. I gave a brief information on what my magazine will look like Next steps: 1. Include more information on what my magazine will be about and what i will include in it 2. Be more proactive by planning my production and take my photos before the deadlines. 3) What have you  learn...