Weekly news 32

WINTER IS COMING 

Game Of Thrones fans confused as Kit Harington spotted selling Christmas trees in Aberdeenshire

Source: The Sun

I choose this story because it is nice to see a positive representation of a male celebrity among all the recent accusations, especially one that's simply spreading Christmas cheer. This comes under the representation of both Events, in the Christmas themes, and gender as it shows a vulnerable Kit Harrington who's simply doing some manual labour with his family. If we compare this representation compared to most male representations in the media lately, we can see that perhaps the defining difference is the age. The only difference between Harrington and a lot of the other accused sexual offenders is he's not considered middle aged and I have yet to see a young celebrity be exposed in this latest storm of sexual offences. Granted, a lot of the accusations are from years ago, when the celebrities could perhaps be considered young, so it's possible that once current, young, male celebrities grow older, dark pasts could surface as well. In my opinion, it's a story that is pure and innocent in a time that needs it, yet it could still be used to compare and contrast other modern news stories.

Weekly news 31

RHIAN'S RACY LACY 

Former Page 3 star Rhian stuns in bunny ears for her saucy new calendar

Source: The Sun

Warning: Slightly NSFW article, so I'm purposefully not going to include any images.

The reason I picked this article is because it's from the Sun, who were previously famous for their page 3, in which models often posed nude. It was recently abolished and it was considered a huge step in the right direction feminine equality in terms of media representation, since the infamous page had been such an undisputed thing for so long. However, I believe this is the Sun's way of still getting in their fair share of 'page 3'. By putting this story on the front page, open to anyone, they're still pushing their old agenda, but spinning it in a way that's tongue-in-cheek about it's intentions. It's just ensuring they have deniability, while still doing the same thing. This is obviously a representation of gender, and can easily be compared to many other news stories recently about Hollywood's sudden intervention about perverted white, middle-aged men. Perhaps The Sun believes that it can sneak this in among the chaos.