Shaan A-Level Media ; Exam💕

Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? The term ‘cultural industry’ refers to the creation, production, and distribution of products of a cultural or artistic nature. 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? They are often focused on intellectual property, the  cultural industries are knowledge-based and require a large number  of people in their production, therefore as an industry it will create  employment and wealth. 3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? This is because the cultural industry companies need to  continuously compete with each other to secure audience members. 4) Look at page 2 of the factsheet. What are the problems that Hesmondhalgh identifies with regards to the cultural industries? • Risky business • Creativity versus commerc...

1) Type up your  research notes  from the lesson - what did you find out about your allocated media conglomerate? Selection of companies: Alphabet,  The Walt Disney Company,  Comcast,  21st Century Fox,  Facebook,  Viacom,  News Corp,  Time Warner. If you were absent or didn't have time in the lesson to make these notes, research  any  of the companies above and find examples of all the terminology outlined in the notes at the start of this blogpost. Conglomerate ownership is a large company composed of a number of small companies. This includes media products such as print, television, radio, movies or online.  2) Do you agree that governments should prevent media conglomerates from becoming too dominant? Write an argument that looks at both sides of this debate. I think government should prevent media conglomerates as it does make that bigger company more dominant the the other smaller companies within it. However some may ar...

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? I think media could have an influence on people as they could admire what they do. They could also see people on social media as role models as they don't have that type of influence in their real lives. However, i also think that social media does not completely influence people as it is their own choice and actions with what they do.   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. The social learning theory is relevant in the digital age as children are influenced on social media through what they see adults do nowadays. Children are learning behaviour from social media as most children do use the media and could use people on social media as role models. Children are also easily influenced and could be...

  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Strong knowledge of narrative theory and reception theory with good grasp of media terminology  EBI: Some of your responses are repetition of theory rather than analysis levelvation of product. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. Question 1: and understanding of the influences of the social and cultural contexts on media products that is consistently supported by highly appropriate and effective reference to the set products. Question 2: Some satisfactory knowledge and understanding of the influences of the social and cultural contexts on media products that is sometimes supported by generally appropriate reference to the set products but inconsistently effective. Question 3;Good knowledge and unders...

  1)   Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)   Media consumption audit 3)  Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 4)   Language: Reading an image - advert analyses 5)  Reception theory - advert analyses par t 2 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7)  Narrative: Factsheet questions  (this week's work)

    1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? This links to the hypodermic  needle model as they are trying to say that video games influences the way people act. In this case, violent video games influence people to cause trouble and do violent things as shooting and fighting may not have a good effect on people and may make them want to commit the same type of violence.  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?    They are trying to argue that the violent video games that the child plays influenced his actions. People may criticise this front page as it isn't a good influence on children as if a younger child sees this they may be influenced themselves. Some may disagree as well because they think that the video games have no invol...

  Genre factsheets Complete the following tasks using the  Media Factsheets  available on the Media Shared drive.   Y ou'll find them in our  Media Factsheet archive : M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets or can  access them online using your Greenford Google login here . Create a new blogpost in your Exam blog called 'Genre blog tasks' and complete the following: Read  Media Factsheet 03 - Genre: Categorising texts  and answer the following questions: 1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? Mise-en-scene: props, costumes, locations etc. Cinematography- non verbal codes. 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? Plot , Typical situations, characters and relationships 3) What is the difference between character representation in action movies and disaster movies? Action: Here the hero tends to be positioned outside a supportive group and he works alone to fig...