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  Audience 1) Who is the intended audience for the Kim Kardashian Hollywood game? Why do you think this? Fans will play this game because they will be expir of her lifestyle. 2) What audience pleasures are provided by the game? Use Blumler & Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory. Blumler and Katz's uses and gratification theory  suggests that media users play an active role in choosing and using the media . 3) Why is the game so addictive for audiences? The game is popular because of people who are inspired of her life. Read  this article from Forbes on why the Kim Kardashian game is so successful . If the website is blocked in school, you can  access the text of the article here . 4) Why does James Liu think Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is so successful? Her star power gives the game a significant advantage Representations 1) What representations of women can be found in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? Kim Kardashian: Hollywood contains quite controversial representations of women

  Language 1) What is the objective when playing the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game? That people play the game that are inspired by her lifestyle. 2) What is an A-list celebrity? Why is it important in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? A list celebrity in the game are super rich and famous. Z list is a person that isn't rich and famous. 3) How do you download the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game? Download and install BlueStacks on your PC. Look for Kim Kardashian: Hollywood in the search bar at the top right corner. Click to install Kim Kardashian: Hollywood from the search results. 4) What is the narrative or storyline of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? Where is it set? The aim of Kim Kardashian Hollywood is  to work your way up the celebrity scale from Z-List to A-List . As you play you will interact with a range of real and fictional characters in the United States and around many of the world's most glamourous and famous locations. 5) What characters can you play as? What characters appe

  How are women represented? Women in games are represented as  How is celebrity represented? Celebrity are represented famous and rich in the game. How is race/ethnicity represented? Race and ethnicity are represented in the game with different and no swearing.

  Optional extension tasks Language 1) Watch some Lara Croft Go gameplay online or, even better, play the game yourself. How is the game constructed to attract and maintain the engagement of an audience? Construct, enemies, traps, parkour The game has good graphics The game makes it more real 2) How is narrative, character, iconography and setting used to create intertextuality? (Links to other genres and media texts)       Narrative- you follow the game story and play it to the end and face multiple enemies. Character- The producers are the first to make the character a female that is strong and intelligent in the game. Representation 1) Read  this NME feature on the history of the Lara Croft character . Do you agree that she is now a 'feminist icon' rather than a 'trapezoid-boobed pinup'? What do these terms mean? - She is empowered feminist icon because of holding a weapon in her hand. - The clothing she is wearing is dirty, this symbolises a strong and intelligent w