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


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