1. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/apr/19/some-men-are-intimidated-when-women-step-into-their-magnificence
This article is about Feminism and how men are intimidated by women when they are able to exceed their gender stereotypes that they've been labelled with.
2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39665711?intlink_from_url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/911f368c-e756-4ac3-9667-ec8900ceb4ce/lgbt&link_location=live-reporting-story
A man having to leave his home due to his sexuality. The man who is gay was tortured by people where he lived. Even til this day he hasn't revealed who he is due to being frightened of what happened.
3. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39689354
A patient, who has been diagnosed with a serious mental health condition, learning disability and physical health problems, has been in a hospital bed for more than 1,338 days.
4. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/black-men-killed-us-police-more-likely-white-men-black-lives-matter-study-a7487271.html
Those who are black are more likely to be killed than white men. This compared with 4.1 per million for Hispanic men, 2.5 for white men and 1.5 for Asian men or those from the Pacific islands.
5. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/syria-civil-war-five-million-refugees-conflict-resettlement-un-geneva-donald-trump-europe-migrant-a7658606.html
More than five million men, women and children have now fled the Syrian civil war. More than 5,000 migrants drowned, suffocated or froze to death in the Mediterranean in 2016 and almost 1,000 have already died this year.
6. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/dec/23/north-carolina-lgbt-bathroom-hb2-repeal
The law on LGBT in North Carolina.
7. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14450248
The London riots had targeted the youth as being the folk devils creating a moral panic around them and gave them a negative identity.
8. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37150938
British identity through the 2016 Olympics as people see their country competing or themselves as sportsmen/women.
9. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/theresa-may-labour-supporters-general-election-lend-me-their-vote-brexit-success-eu-tory-leader-a7706096.html
People views on voting to stay in or out of the EU and the decision that was made and people can identify themselves through the choice that they made,
10. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2017/apr/27/general-election-2017-zac-goldsmith-boris-johnson-brighton-tactical-politics-live
The country can identify themselves with the political party that they're voting for during the general election.
Task 2: List 10 stories/debates/examples that you could use for the New/Digital Media question.
1. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/sep/09/facebook-history-censoring-nudity-automated-human-means
Facebook as a company have intervened in stopping things such as pornography to corrupt their business, they've stepped in because people may be sensitive to the content which is seen on Facebook due to age or cultural background.
2. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/19/stephen-hawking-says-artificial-intelligence-could-be-humanitys/
Stephen Hawking has suggested that artificial intelligence would be the end of civilisation, as well as the advantages it will bring to society it will also have a lot of negative impacts to us as well. He suggests that it could be harmful economically but also in terms of our safety as humans as well.
3. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/oct/14/spotify-uk-revenues-surge-to-almost-190m-as-mobile-subscriptions-take-off
Spotify is now the leading app in terms of getting music and listening to it. this has been done with a 44% surge in subscriptions. There's an online and offline version of Spotify, the offline one being the premium one which costs £9.99 and the online one which is free and had adverts throughout.
4. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/02/facebook-privacy-data-admiral
This article is about Facebook not wanting to protect us to a certain extent so that they can learn about us and what we do whilst we're online. This is done through the use of cookies that are left which Facebook can see and then they design out Internet experience for us specifically.
5. http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/10/technology/snapchat-vending-machine/index.html
Snapchat are now selling smart glasses with a built in wireless video recorder in it. Now those glasses, called Spectacles, are finally going on sale for $129.99. They were then listed on ebay later for $950. The glasses are used like snapchat but are able to record from the glasses itself rather than using the snapchat app on their phones.
6. http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/12/8/13868826/my-friend-cayla-ique-intelligent-robot-privacy-policy
Children have had their privacy invaded without the consent of their parents because of the dolls that they've bought. The dolls have been equipped with equipment which is able to detect what is being said and recorded. There has been a number of complaints which have been sent to FTC.
7. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/11/grand-tour-most-illegally-downloaded-tv-programme-jeremy-clarkson
Grand Tour is the most illegally downloaded TV programme, viewers have downloaded up to millions of copies due to online streaming. Amazon have Potentially lost £3.2million because of this as people aren't paying for the full service which they can receive for free.
8. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/19/how-tv-news-failed-to-keep-up-in-2016
TV has been in trouble recently and this is because of the Internet. There has been a rapid decline in the amount of people who are watching TV news and this is a resulting affect of the introduction to social media. Social media is a more convenient scource for people who are younger as they can go out and get news whenever they're free rather than waiting around until 6 to view the news on BBC for example.
9. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/29/putin-china-internet-great-firewall-russia-cybersecurity-pact
China have always had a firewall which stops the people of their nation from accessing certain material online. This is seen to protect them but also blind them from what is going on around the world. Russia have also made it clear that they're not going to follow in the footsteps of China by putting up a firewall.
10. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38529437
The article highlights that cyberbullying is something that is still going on and how patents can pick up on this. One in five 13-18 year old claims they've been bullied online. A mother who had found out her child had been bullying another girl removed all of her daughters social media websites as a result. The article also discusses the different ways to prevent people from cyberbullying.
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