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TikTok Case Study

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  Media Regulation - TikTok The Chinese version of the popular video sharing app called TikTok as we know it is called Douyin. It was released in 2016 and is owned by ByteDance. According to statistics, Douyin has about 500 million daily users. On the other hand, TikTok was released to the US in 2018 and has 1 billion daily users available in 40 different languages.  When talking about media regulation, Douyin certainly has more regulations as compared to the global version known as TikTok. Chilren who are under the ag of 14 has less freedom when accessing the app. From the range of 10pm to 6am, the app is locked and they only have 40 minutes a day to watch videos in Douyin. Not only that, I would like to add the fact that the videos that are featured or shown to these children are all very good natured and aimed to promote education and productivity to these children. Promoted videos by the Douyin algorithm include science experiments, museum exhibits, patriotism and culture videos, e

Digital Regulation

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The US law Section 230 (1996) states that a media platform is not held responsible for the content on their site. The company must regulate its own content as long as it acts in good faith. Twitter's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. ( Twitter Policy ) Companies like Twitter however, can only regulate media that has been posted or published. This means that they can only regulate the content once it has been seen by the world and is out there. A list of some Twitter regulates are as follows: Violence, Terrorism, Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, Hateful Conduct, Perpetrators of violent attacks, Suicide, Illegal or certain regulated goods and services, Graphic violence and Adult content. Twitter has a set of rul

Media Regulation - OFCOM Case Study

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OFCOM Case Study In the United Kingdom, Ofcom oversees the television, telecommunications, and postal sectors. By the 2003 Communications Act, an autonomous body was created. Issue and enforcement of broadcast licenses, fostering competition in the communications industry, and defending consumer rights are all duties of Ofcom. Additionally, it has the authority to impose penalties on businesses that break the law and to enforce regulations on things like child safety, advertising, and content.

COMP 3 - Social Media Research & Development

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Here is our Social Media Research and Development that was made and led by my group member Narent with a little help from Andrew. This blog post was made by Narent. This is the link to his blog:  Narent Here were some post ideas for the social media page, that Narent took from the band Maroon 5, our goal was to include as much things as possible, including merch, nostalgic pics and fan pics. We also made some merch for our social media.  The post on the left consists of multiple pictures compiled together, and separated into several posts, we loved this idea and would like to implement it into our own social media, though we will have different template and themes. As for the merch, we decided to first post them one by one, and then at the end after the release of the album, we would post everything together. The bottom right picture could be an inspiration for an individual post. This was a sort of inspiration for the social media page that Narent took, the post was used for promoting

COMP 3 - Digipak Research & Development

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This section was led and made by Me with Narent's help on some ideas and it covers everything about the digipak ranging from its research until its development. DIGIPAK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT  The style I have decided for the digipak would fit the overall atmosphere of the music video. The digipak would consist of aesthetic and nostalgic elements featuring a polaroid style and a sunset or color gradient in the background which fits with the song's sweet and nostalgic energy. The song we initially chose is "It's You" by Max ft. Keshi. Before changing it to Memories by Maroon 5. My research for the digipak first started when I got inspiration from Aries' album cover named 'Welcome Home'. It provided me with an insight into making aesthetic themed designs. The album cover from Aries had a sunset gradient with a black silhouette. Further research on the song's featured artist 'Keshi' had also given me a good starting point as it includes many

COMP 3 - Music Video Research & Development

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Here is the section for the Music Video research that we all did individually. These are the music videos that I have personally researched in order to help my team visualize what we want for the final product. For your Component 3 project you will need to analyze:  - 2 existing texts in full detail   - 6   existing texts  in less detail. 

COMP 3 - Weekly Progress & Plan

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My group and I made this plan to try and do our best to keep track of our progress and I also made my own weekly progress. To Do... Blog Post Week 1 Form a group Brief Research: 2 in detail, 8 not much detail. Team Start diary Diary Research Week 2 Research: 2 in detail, 8 not much detail. Week 3 Plan (story board/script/idea outline) Proof of plan Progress/Changes/Feedback Week 4 Plan (story board/script/idea outline) Create Week 5 Create How it's made (behind the scenes) Week 6 Create Social Media Page + Research Research+Development (SocMed) Week 7 Edit How to edit Week 8 Edit Self Reflection (Prezi) Week 9 Meeting with Mr Nick Self Reflection Week 10 Final Product Deadline (Wed 15th March) Week #1 : This week we successfully picked out our team members and made a team. We did research on already existing music videos to get an insight on what we want to make or how we'd like to do it. So far I have done 4 small analysis on 4 different music videos. Those 4 being Starboy, Ti

COMP 3 - Team

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  Here is my team for component 3. It consists of me, Narent, Andrew, and Dyfan. (Left to right) Narent's Blog:  http://narent-regentsmedia.blogspot.com/ Andrew's Blog:  https://andrew-mediaregents.blogspot.com/ Dyfan's Blog:  https://dyfan-regentsmedia.blogspot.com/

IShowSpeed Stardom

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I Show Speed Stardom Darren Watkins Jr., or also know by his online alias IShowSpeed, is an every day individual who shot to fame with the help of social media as a result of his unique and crazy personality. He is mainly seen in YouTube and has just recently blew up due to his funny yet controversial clips being shared on the app called TikTok.  Speed is most often seen alone which means that he produces his content by himself most of the time. His content comes in the form of a live stream in platforms such as YouTube and in the early days it mainly involved him playing and commentating on the video game franchise called NBA 2K. Right now, IShowSpeed has an extremely huge fanbase and he relies on his fans to distribute and circulate the content by watching his streams daily and sharing clips of him to other social media platforms such as Instagram or TikTok.  IShowSpeed has proven himself worthy to be a popular and iconic figure in the new media. However, he also has other businesses

COMP 3 - Brief

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  Component 3: Advanced Portfolio This is a coursework component, internally assessed and externally moderated, 50 marks. Candidates build on the skills developed in Component 1 to engage with contemporary media technologies. They produce a media campaign through a combination of three media (video, print and official social media page), selecting from a choice of set briefs. Candidates will record the process of the planning, research and production of their work online in a blog format. Each candidate must also write a critical reflection, responding to four compulsory questions. The final products and the critical reflection will also be presented on their blog. The work may be undertaken individually or by a group (maximum group size is four candidates). Candidates must present the evidence for assessment individually, whether they have worked in a group or individually. Centres must assess candidates on an individual basis. Each candidate’s blog should clearly indicate the candida