Rishi A Level Media Blog 1 Mr Pall

  1) Introduction to media 10 questions:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/09/first-blog-task.html 2) Semiotics task:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/09/semiotics.html 3) Language: reading an image - media codes:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/11/reading-image-media-codes.html 4) Media consumption Audit:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/09/my-media-consumption.html 5) Reception Theory - Advert analysis:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/11/reception-theory.html 6) Genre: Fact sheets and genre study questions:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/11/genre-blog-tasks.html 7) Narrative: Fact-sheet Questions:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/11/narrative-factsheet.html 8) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes:  https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/11/audience-classification.html 9) October ass...

  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Systems of regulation are required to provide rules and regulations to ensure that organisations operate fairly. In the media industry there are several regulatory bodies that exist to monitor the way that their industries work. The media needs to be regulated as it can be a dangerous place for people such as children as if it not regulated people can see or access illegal things  2) What is OFCOM responsible for? The Office of Communication (OFCOM) is responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet, although the areas most relevant to media students are TV and radio. OFCOM is responsible for granting licences to TV and Radio stations  and it is illegal to broadcast TV or Radio signals without a licence from  OFCOM. 3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you thi...

  Ofcom review of PSB in Britain In 2020 Ofcom published its findings from a five year review of public service broadcasting in Britain. Read  the introduction to their report - pages 3-7 . You'll need your Greenford Google login to view the document. 1) Look at page 3. Why is it a critical time for public service broadcasting?  Audience viewing habits continue to change  rapidly and competition from global content providers is ever-increasing. 2) Read page 4. How has TV viewing changed in recent years?  Live broadcast  viewing has declined, as audiences increasingly choose to view content at a time that suits them  on global online and on-demand content services. These trends are affecting all  broadcasters, including the PSB channels 3) Still on page 4, what aspects of PSB do audiences value and enjoy?  We recognise the large volume and wide range of content that other television, audio and online  services have provided for audie...

1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? The concept of cultural industries or creative industries embraces  industries that combine the production and commercialisation of creative content which can have the form of a good service . 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? Societies who have profitable cultural industries are more dominated by large business     3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? Because they consistently need to compete with each other trying to become more dominate then the other products  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 commerce • High production costs and low reproduction costs • Semi-public goods; the need to create scarcity 5) Why are so many cul...

  Media conglomerate research 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. Disney is one of the biggest and best-known companies in the world and has been ranked number 53 on the 2022  Fortune  500  list of biggest companies in the United States by revenue. Since its founding the company has won 135  Academy Awards  26 of which have been  awarded to Walt .  Disney Company  American corporation best known as a purveyor of family entertainment. During the 20th and early 21st centuries it became one of the...

  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 believe social media has some responsibility for anti social behaviour as it allow so much stuff to be access from your phone u just zone out and just only concentrate on that therefore you don't really go and socialise and sometimes they will be messaging someone so they just focus on that. Social media doesn't promote violence it just depends on how the audience reacts to it if they look at it when social media talks about violence its just additional information on what happening in a local area and that people should be safe  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 use social media for school learning for example social media was a big thing during Covid lockdowns as many schools...

  1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? The article shows that people who play video games passively can encourage aggressive behaviour therefore people may infer that video games cause a violent aggressive behaviour amongst people   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?  Someone may criticise this front page as it is a bad picture as the kid is only 15 and everyone is criticising him and this article is just blaming the video games and not taking account of the kid itself it could be many reasons why he doesn't leave his bedroom. The wording "Baby face loner" is very harsh for this child as he is 15 and is getting hated against this article even tho they blurred his face for his protection they called him a "baby face loner" therefore ...