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February 27, 2017

Media factsheet: Applying Feminism F ind and read Media Factsheet #86 Applying Feminism . Save it to USB or email it to yourself so you have access to the Factsheet for homework. You can find the Factsheet on the Media Shared drive - M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets. Once you have read the Factsheet, complete the following tasks: 1) What are the five types of feminism outlined on the first page of the Factsheet? Radical Feminism - This type of feminism sees the cause of women’s oppression as men. It assumes that men deliberately exploit women as this benefits them. One of the main aims of this theory is to address concerns over violence against women, especially is sexual relationships Liberal Feminism - This type of feminism is mainly concerned with gender socialisation in order to show that gender roles are not biologically determined. The main aim of this type of feminism is to change the ways children are socialised into stereotypical gender roles and to attempt

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October 17, 2016

Donald Trump as president 'would be a threat to press freedom' https://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2016/oct/17/donald-trump-as-president-would-be-a-threat-to-press-freedom My summary: The Committee to Protect Journalists says that if Trump is to win the presidency it would represent a threat to press freedom claiming he is a "threat to the rights of journalists and to CPJ’s ability to advocate for press freedom around the world” “mocked a disabled New York Times journalist and called an ABC News reporter a ‘sleaze’ in a press conference”. He is also said to have stated “open up our libel laws so when [newspapers] write purposely negative stories… we can sue them and make lots of money”. Some even claiming “Without the unending, one-sided assault of the news media, Trump would be beating Hillary Clinton by 15 points”. My opinion: This shows how the newspaper can impact politics and democracy directly, by revealing the hard truths needed for the public

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February 26, 2017

Trump’s War On The Media Echoes 2009. But The Press May Find It Harder To Fight. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-media-war-obama_us_58b0e42ce4b060480e0836d6?section=us_media Summary: " Solidarity seems more elusive in the Trump era than when the Obama White House marginalized Fox News." " In October 2009, as the Obama White House felt besieged by what it viewed as advocacy journalism masquerading as “fair and balanced” news coverage, top aides to the president declared a de facto war on Fox News. " Key facts/ opinions: White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said the network was “not a news organization so much as it has a perspective.” (regards to fox) Shepard Smith and Chris Wallace , who have criticized the Trump administration’s most recent anti-press rhetoric. It’s harder to run the country because these dishonest people are undermining the whole process,” O’Reilly said. “ Fox & Friends” co-host Steve Doocy referr