Sheldon Media A level exam blog - Mr Bush

  Newspaper regulation: blog tasks Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article  in our Media Magazine archive here . Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 1) Keith Perch used to edit the  Leicester Mercury . How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time?    Once employed 130 journalists, in ten years  time? Perch thinks that if it is still in print, it will be weekly, extremely expensive, and have a very  small circulation; if it is online only the likeliest outcome it will be unlikely to make money,  and so would employ as few as five or six staff. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? The biggest single issue is that something illegal was going on which obviously should not have been , and which wasn’t dealt with by the police, and unfortunately th...

 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? Headline: “Trump counter-terrorism chief quits over Iran war, blaming Israel” Type of news Hard news What the story focuses on The Guardian focuses on the resignation of Joe Kent as a serious political and global issue. Explains why he resigned (disagreement over the Iran war) Includes his claim that Iran posed “no imminent threat” Mentions accusations about Israeli influence on US policy Gives background context about his political views and controversies It also reports wider consequences, such as: Political reactions Divisions within the government Possible investigations into leaks ...

 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...