MIGRAIN Introduction to Media index blog task

 


1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions

2) Media consumption audit

3) Semiotics blog tasks

4) Language: Reading an image - media codes

5) Reception theory - advert analysis and factsheet

6) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions

7) Narrative: Factsheet questions


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Audience theory 1: blog tasks

Image
  1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model?  the article suggests that violent  games such as  call of duty  injects an aggressive emotional response into the gamers playing  it  like  the  hypodermic needle suggests and therefore can have a dangerous effect on the people playing it.  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?  This article about  the son  of a mother   who is a violent video game addict links to the hypodermic needle model as it suggest his violent actions are coming from playing the video game. However someone may criticize  the article as it objectifies the video games when the the child has full control of his actions. 3) What do  you  think of the hypoder...
Read more

Media consumption audit: blog tasks

 Newspapers Which daily newspapers (if any) do you read?  I do not read  any newspapers but if I was to read any Newspapers  it would be the daily mirror as my grandparents  and parents usually vote Labour  and  as I  study GCSE media  I  am already familiar with  them .  What sections of newspapers do you turn to first, and why?   When  I Rarely do read   a Newspaper  I usually just look at the first page  because the most important  stories and information are  usually on the first page but afterwards I do skim through the rest of the paper to see if is there any other important story's happening .  What sections do you never read, and why?  I never read the rest of the newspaper most of the time but if there was one section I  avoid it's usually  the section that  mentions knife crime increasing . This is because most story's about knife crime are the...
Read more

Media regulation: blog tasks

  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? the rules and laws that govern what can be shown or expressed in films and media .  Systems of regulation are required  to provide rules and regulations to ensure that organizations operate  fairly. In the media industry there are several regulatory bodies that exist  to monitor the way that their industries work. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? (OFCOM) is responsible for regulating  television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet, 3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why? Section 1: Protecting the Under-Eighteens  I think this is important  young people are shaped on want  they see and hear therefore  protecting and censoring them from certain thing is important. Section 4: Religion- I think religion is important as faith is something th...
Read more