Media blog 1 - exam - Mr Pall

  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? to monitor the way that their industries work. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? TV and Radio 3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why? Crime to stop young people being influences to commit crimes  4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? “unsuitable for children” and therefore the broadcaster had been wrong  to show the film before the watershed 5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.  Section 1: Accuracy  Section 2: Opportunity to Reply  Section 3: Privacy*  Section 4: Harassment*  Section 5: Intrusion Into Grief and Shock 6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised? It’s critics claim that the lack of statutory powers means that when a  ...

  1) Why did Laura Bates start the Everyday Sexism project? faced sexual harassment frequently  2) How does the Everyday Sexism project link to the concept of post-feminism? Is feminism still required in western societies? feminism is still clearly required as society is still unfair as women have less major roles in society and face more harassment and assa ult  3) Why was new technology essential to the success of the Everyday Sexism project? it was an online website so peoplel from all over the worls could join  4) Will there be a point in the future when the Everyday Sexism project is not required? What is  YOUR  view on the future of feminism? I think that in the future feminism will not be needed as much as society hopefully will be equal  Media Magazine: The fourth wave? Read the article: The Fourth Wave? Feminism in the Digital Age in MM55 (p64). You'll  find the article in our Media Magazine archive here . 1) Summarise the questions in ...

1) Why is representation an important concept in Media Studies? Representations are always, in some way, filtered through someone’s point of view, and carry particular work helps us to identify the way media  products create ideological meaning. meanings or values. In other words, they are ideological. Thus an understanding of how representations 2) How does the example of Kate Middleton show the way different meanings can be created in the media? for two images from the  same event that create different ideas  about the Duchess. 3) Summarise the section 'The how, who and why of media representation' in 50 words. When analysing representations, it  is always essential to question who  is creating them, and why. All media  products have a specific function which  will impact on the representations they  construct. All representations, then, are the  cumulative effect of a collection of  media language choices. Certain choices  a...

  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,  National Amusements,  Meta,  News Corp,  Time Warner, Comcast. If you were absent or didn't have time in the lesson to make these notes, research  any one  of the companies above and find examples of all the terminology outlined in the notes at the start of this blogpost. conglomerate ownership - a large company composed of smaller companies Disney  vertical integration - a media company who owns a range of businesses in the same chain of production and distribution  (Disney) 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. Yes so that there is a range of opinions and more variety of media producers  No - free market  Media Magazine reading...

  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? it has somewhat of an influence but it is ultimately the person free will weather they do violent behaviour  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. people do learn behaviour from social media for example internet trends  3) Research  three  examples of moral panic from the last 50 years. To what extent was the media responsible for these moral panics? Was the concern in society justified? How have things changed as a result of these moral panics? marylin mason - school shooting , killer clowns - prank culture , call of duty causing violence amongst kids   4) Read this  introduction to an academic paper on technopanics . What examples are given of technopanics that cr...

  WWW: Frankie, in regards to your blog work - you made a good start to Year 12 at the beginning  however recently there are lots of gaps and late submissions which means you are currently falling behind. Your first blog task demonstrates you have high ambitions and expectations which is great to see however we need to improve the level of detail in order to achieve this. Next steps: Complete the missing blog work that is currently in yellow (see above) Ensure that you are adding plenty of detail to each blog task (there is a number of questions with one word answers - we need more depth and detail in post-16 compared to GCSE 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?  the audience psychographics presentation What is your weakest? - reading an image What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course? social and cu...