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Audience theory 2: blog tasks

  Theory questions and your opinion 1) Social learning theory has been criticised for simplifying the causes of violence in society. Do you think the media is responsible for anti-social behaviour and violence? Yes, I think the media is responsible for anti-social behaviour and violence because the producers know that some of their media products would be shown or exposed to younger aged audiences and if they want their product to gain more audiences, they should be producing a media that is suitable for both adults and younger audiences. 2) How is social learning theory relevant in the digital age? Are young people now learning behaviour from social media and the internet? Give examples. Social learning theory is relevant in the digital age due to audiences learning through virtual interactions and observing. Young people are now learning behaviour from social media and internet such as celebrities influencing fans with their own preferences such as how to revise or do their make-...
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November blog feedback and learner response

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  WWW: I like your answers to the first 10 questions – particularly you continuing to study it at A-Level after studying it at GCSE! I am glad that you have high aspirations of yourself with wanting to achieve an A for A-Level. The level of detail in all your blogs is very impressive - in particular the Reading an image blog task you sophisticatedly use a variety of media terminology when analysing the RBK 50 Cent advert Next steps: In order to achieve top grades you need to be completing A/A* extension tasks in blogs e.g the narrative blog task Correct your spelling of the blog title Psychographics  Learner response: Correct the above and then answer the questions below: Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far: What is your strongest piece of work?  I feel like my strongest piece of work would be finishing all the blog tasks on time and in detail What is your weakest?  My weakest work would be attempting or doing the extension works that had been given to get ...
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Audience theory 1: blog tasks

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  Hypodermic needle model 1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? The article link to the hypodermic needle model because it shows how people who play games like call of duty think that the outside world acts violent and aggressive, showing how the game injects ideas like violence to audiences. 2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case (see Daily Mail front page below) link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone criticise this front page?  The Talk Talk hacking case link to the hypodermic needle model becuase it shows how the son was addicted to the violent video game as he doesn't leave his room and it also seperates the person's ideas with the real life world and the game as it ended up as an escapsim for him. Someone might criticise as it only focuses on the idea of how the game affects the mindset of the person, not other factors like what the person's ...
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Audience Classification: blog tasks

  Read Media Factsheet 232 - Approaches to Studying Audiences.  You'll find all our factsheets in our Media Factsheet archive: M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets. You can also  access them online here if you use your Greenford Google login .  Read the factsheet and a nswer the following questions: 1) How is audience defined in the Factsheet? The audience is defined in the factsheet as the general term for all the individual people who consume a media product and someone who consume a mixture of products varying from a manstream to niche audience. 2) What does the infographic for Gen Z in the age of Covid-19 suggest about the media Gen Z consumes?  The ifnographic for Gen Z in the age of Covid-19 suggest how Covid-19 affected media consumption in a particular age consumption.  3) How do media companies target and measure their audience in the digital age? Media companies target and measure their audience in the digital age through platform, sch...
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Psychographics: presentation

  Structure Who you are working with : Lea The psychographic group you are researching: Resigned Introduce your example couple that represents your group: 1) Make up their names: Frederick and Jack 2) Where do they work/study?  -Frederick used to study and work in London, he gained money from money laundering and scamming school children.  -Jack used to work at a petrol station, whcih lasted him for only a few months, he only relies on state pension. 3) What do they do in their spare time? - Frederick uses his spare time by collecting stamps and postcards, he also likes to spend large money on his grandchildren, and he enjoys watching the 10 am news everyday. -Jack uses his spare time by watching people walk past by his house as this is his only source of entertainment. Now suggest their media consumption: Print: What newspapers/magazines does your group read (if any)? Is this on paper or tablet?  - Frederick uses a device for reading which is his iPad, he read ...
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MIGRAIN Introduction to Media index

  1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)  Media consumption audit 3)  Semiotics blog tasks 4)  Language: Reading an image - media codes 5)  Reception theory - advert analysis and factsheet 6)   Structuralism: Factsheet questions and film trailer analysis 7)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 8) Narrative: Factsheet questions
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Narrative: blog tasks

  Read  Media Factsheet 14 - Telling Stories: The Media's Use of Narrative  and answer the following questions: 1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  An example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure is Wallace and Gromit in the Curse of the Were-Rabbit.  2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a clip on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). Embed the clip in your blog and write an analysis of the narrative markers that help establish setting, character and plot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sNu11Om7lg The use of the frame as props for each of the characters shows how the design seems very elegant and old fashioned which could suggest how the story may be in a middle class perspective. Also, it shows how setting seems very dark during the opening titles which could give an idea...
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