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BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat: Blog tasks

  Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Read  Factsheet #246 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat . You'll need your Greenford google login to access it. Answer the following questions: 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? If you studied this as part of GCSE Media you will already know much of this. It was created on the 30th of September 1967 to embrace the new DJ style of radio which at the time was only available on pirate radio stations.   2) Look at page 3 of the factsheet. How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15-29 age demographic?  They try to mix contemporary music and speech and they also focus on new and up and coming UK artists which appeals to a younger audience through personal identity.  3) What did young people used to get from radio? Focus on audience pleasures / Uses & Gratifications here (see top of second column on page 3). Young people used to use radio to connect to pop culture and find identity. 4) How has...

Introduction to radio: blog tasks

  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  Still globally accessible, very versatile and supports local identity.  2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton: Media is controlled by a few large conglomerates which limit diversity and prioritise profit but PSB challenges this by focusing on public interest.  Hesmondhalgh: Media often puts profit before creativity but PSB allows for creative and diverse content  Livingstone and Lunt: PSB helps serve underrepresented audiences  3) What is the definition of public service broadcasting? broadcasting that is made for public benefit rather than to make money. 4) Look at the list of eight key principles for BBC Radio on page 6 of the factsheet. Choose the three you think are most significant and explain why...

Music Video: index

  1) Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)  Mus ic Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4) Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

Postmodernism in music video: Blog tasks

  1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? Post modernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies and frequently experiments with the medium it is presented in. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? He said that a writers opinion/interpretation/intention of their work is no more valid than the readers which suggests he believes readers should be free to interpret a text in any way they believe to be right. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws attention to the fact it is a text.This reminds the reader what their consuming has been constructed. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? Post modernism is a cultural movement. 5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality? Postmodernism links to representation and reality as it brings light to the medias ability to dist...

TV assessment learner response

 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: Good attempt at providing a balanced answer  EBI: Debatable conclusions to do with Deutschland 83 2) Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). 1= Could discuss the range of genres being represented by the poster including sci fi and Kung Fu  2= Dramas are constructed for entertainment and escapism.  3) The first question demanded a response using postmodern terminology. Write a definition here of the three main terms: Bricolage: Mixing old and new Pastiche: Paying homage to old media products Intertextuality: Reference to another media product 4) Read this exemplar answer for the 25-mark question in the assessment. Select a quote from the essay for each of the following aspects from the ma...