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MIGRAIN Final index

  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

10) Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G: https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/12/audience-theory-1-blog-task.html

11) Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen: https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/12/audience-theory-2-blog-task.html

13) Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries: https://alevelrishimedia1.blogspot.com/2023/12/cultural-industries-blog-task.html



16) Representation:

17) Feminisms:

18) Feminism theory:

19) Jan assessment:

20) Collective identity 

21) Ideology


 

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