Sheldon Media A level exam blog - Mr Bush

 Part 1: Clay Shirky lecture Go to the Nieman Lab webpage (part of Harvard university) and watch the video of Clay Shirky presenting to Harvard students. The video is also available on YouTube below but the Nieman Lab website has a written transcript of everything Shirky says.  Play the clip AND read along with the transcript below to ensure you are following the argument. You need to watch from the beginning to 29.35 (the end of Shirky's presentation). Once you've watched and read the presentation and made notes (you may want to copy and paste key quotes from the transcript which is absolutely fine), answer the questions below: 1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? Accountability journalism prevents, or reveals, civic corruption, which is necessary for a functioning democracy. It  also acts as a mechanism to "discipline elites" by keeping them in check.  Shirky uses  the story of ...

 Read Media Factsheet 76: News Values and complete the following questions/tasks.  Our Media Factsheet archive is available here - you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. 1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage?  The higher a news story scores on this list, the more likely it is to become news. Using the example pictured, Afghanistan, in terms of geographical proximity, is far away from the U.K. but when a young British soldier dies, the story gains cultural proximity as British audiences see the soldier as ‘one of their own’. On an intensity scale, the first female officer to be killed is considered more newsworthy as it is unusual. The ongoing war in Afghanistan is a continuity story but often the interest in the story lies in that fact that deaths, even though inevitable, are not predictable; a bomb disposal expert may be...

 Copy the headline, date and link. Briefly summarise the story in a sentence or two: is this is an example of hard news or soft news? Does it reflect the politics or ideological stance of that newspaper/website? Explain in a sentence how or why this story appeals to the audience of that newspaper (use media terminology and theory if you can). Is it quality journalism or an example of clickbait? Israel launches new wave of strikes on Iran: what we know on day five of war The Guardian Focus: Provides ongoing, evolving hard news with frequent live updates and global context. Emphasizes international reactions, human impact, and political analysis — including legal and diplomatic angles, economic effects, and criticisms of the conflict’s escalation. The guardian reported detailed reports of strikes, casualty figures, and geopolitical consequences Coverage of global criticism, like condemnation from the Global South and legal arguments that the war might be unlawful. It also  Featu...

 Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 5 & 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular?   The BBC is still the most-used provider of news in the UK.   found it interesting as I thought social media would  be the most well known news provider   Despite online being the main platform for news, the more traditional providers are rated more highly for trust, accuracy and impartiality.  most people know that Newspapers  have agendas so I'm Surprised that people use the news as a trustworthy source. Despite the tendency to use online. For new. 12-15 old age rate platforms more highly than online sources. Half (52%) of this age group using social media for news said that it ‘ provide...

 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). www: some  consideration  of the context  EBI: more clear focus on the  question keyword  www: reference to  at the end  EBI: closer analysis of the voice  and industry  inform mise  synoptic coverage- other key concepts  2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your target grade for A-Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2?  got target grade needed  3 marks to reach the next  grade. These are the grade boundaries we've used (out of 84):  A* = 71; A = 62, B = 52; C = 43; D = 33; E = 24 3) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from your the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme. Q1 7/9 to...

 1) Type up any feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).  53/84  grade B  www: a very good effort displayed  in this  paper. Q2 + q3 were of particular strength. Your Q7  was clear  and  supported by BBTL (csp) but remember this Q, ask you to reference other texts  not just  CSP's  we've  studied . EBI: nore emphasis on the  hey words  for the unseen qe.g anchorage and consider proxemics'( framing /positioning) more contextual  factors  or Q4 look at the mark scheme/examiner reports for more context  2) Write a question-by-question analysis of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from the number available and identify and points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme: Q1 4/8   it was an satisfactory analysis  these are a title/caption/tagline: ‘what will take your breath awa...