Feminism

The web based definition of feminism is the following: The advocacy of women's rights on the ground of the equality of the sexes.
This definition of Feminism here in simpler terms means the fight of women to gain equal rights that men have been accustomed to for generations, even in today's society women are treated as inferior to men in some cases especially fields such as sport.

Brief Feminism introduction 
Feminism has been around since the 18Th century, but there is evidence to suggest that advocates for women's rights existed way before this time some 24 centuries ago. Back in the 1920's especially women were seen purely as housewives who should, cook, clean and look after their husband and family, by the time WW2 came around their voices were heard and many more women got involved in the war, women have been documented as fighting in wars since the bible was wrote, and WW2 was the biggest example of women become more active in fields typically dominated by males, as a record number of women signed up to serve their country even propaganda played its part in recruiting females.

What's next for Feminism?
Feminism I personally don't think will ever end, women are going to keep continuously fighting and protesting to get the same or even better rights than men, the media will still "fetishize" women and show them as sexy rather than professional, if you look at any newspaper of  magazine women are shown as sexy rather than their ability in their line of work. Only 2 years ago when a female linesman was first used in the premier league was she a target of sexual jokes from two sky sports pundits, this was solely because of her gender and the two men were fired immediately, back in the 1970's women were often the but of the joke and accused of being inferior to men and everyone turned a blind eye to this so this is evidence to how Feminism has made an impact within the world of media.

Typical of society to see gender as a dominating factor in certain fields when it doesn't make a huge difference, Women can do about 99% of everything men can do and men can also do about 99% of what women can also do. women in the media is an issue brought up whenever a female is sacked and replaced by a male colleague whether this has anything to do with their gender remains to be seen but we as a society are able to accept people for who they are regardless of their gender. Women are often seen as having long hair, dressed in frilly pink dresses with make up and high heels this is just the stereotypical image presented to us from years of being glued to media through television and newspaper etc. Music videos and magazines often glamorise women as sex objects rather than talented female performers, Madonna is often claimed as a feminist and she is often quoted to "Broke the glass ceiling of women to show they can be sexy in their 40's onwards" but we never hear from this who were the first women in the media? Angela Rippon became the first regular female presenter back in 1975 and showed women they can compete with men for jobs in male dominated fields 

Magazine Analysis

Below is a screenshot of a magazine analysis that i have created complete with the necessary magazine terminology:

College Magazine double page spread analysis

This is a double page spread for a college magazine instantly I can tell that it is very well created and it looks very professional. The magazine uses a terrific colour scheme that works well throughout the whole page with the focus of the main image being split between the banner and itself.

The way the main feature text is spread out is in a book style as if its a part of a story which I think is a very clever format to present the magazine. The questions and answers are very well set out and very believable, its almost as if you can image the interviewer asking the interviewee these questions personally.

The images used don't come into contact with each other and like I said before make it seem as if the audience is reading a story directly out of the magazine. The way the notes lap over the main image make it seem 3D which is a really cool effect and makes them stand out.

This double page spread, is one of the best I've seen from any magazine and because of this I will try to replicate this when I aim to create my music magazine and also my sixth form magazine. Everything about it works well, the only thing that I could say that is bad about it is that the image does not contain a caption and the masthead is not visible anywhere on the page but other than that it is a very well put together college magazine.

Cohens Moral Panic

A moral panic is an intense feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order; and is when something that could affect society in the wrong way is published like it is nothing.

Cohen's moral panic is a theory that there is what is known in media as a "Folk Devil" which means that an individual in the music business is doing something out of the norm in which the press and public don't agree with on a majority.

People such as......

Lady Gaga is idolised by her fans but regardless of her singing abilites a majority or a lot of people find her strange and weird. Her outfits and comments are seen as controversial as she is definetley out of the norm of the social normality. Another character who appears in the same boat as Lady Gaga is Nicki Minaj (as seen below).

 Nicki Minaj is controversial in almost every action she does, her outfits are constantly ridiculed, her singing/rapping talents are questioned repeatedly, her cosmetic surgery is often brought up in arguments as she gives of the messages that to be idolised you have to be fake. Her song lyrics are also frowned upon by many her provocative lyrics of sex and violence make her a very questionable performer.

People have often been accused and portrayed as folk devils, in the olden times this is in relation to witches who caused huge attention to the when there is no real danger to be seen. There's no danger in new bands theoretically as a new type of music will not make the world blow up but people who don't like change will always appeal against it shown by the "new" upcoming artists like Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga.

Justin Bieber is a perfect example as when he first appeared on the music scene he was just a young teenage boy singing which many people disliked while others adored him, but as more and more of people start to like him he becomes more socially acceptable rather than the former folk devil that he was.

College magazine Contents page analysis

This Contents immediately tells me it was done by a student or an amateur. This contents page seems very bland and boring as only one image is used and the image itself doesn't tell us anything about the magazine nor what to look for within the magazine
The fonts used are very bland and not entertaining, although the actual storylines seem very well put together and seem very believable and interesting.
The title of the page doesn't seem to fit in with the overall style of the magazine and I still cant workout what the colour scheme of the contents title is related to, using a red or blue would of made it more effective and made it match the style of the contents page.
The house style seems very well put together with the repeated blue page numbers standing out against the orange background. The red colour used for the subtitles match the colour used on the main image which works well here. As for the effort that seems to be put into the magazine it seems very minimalistic, compared to others that I have researched, it doesn't seem very formal enough to be a sixth form or college magazine also it seems as though the magazine is only ten pages long which seems like an error
Overall this contents page is very bland and boring and does not make me want to read on, if this was in the shop and I turned the page to find out what else was inside the magazine I would quickly put it back, more attention to detail and more pictures would of made it better and more entertaining.