Media exam Khaterah

1)  Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)  Semiotics blog tasks 3)  Language: Reading an image - media codes 4)  Media consumption audit 5)  Reception theory - advert analyses 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7)  Narrative: Factsheet questions 8)  Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes 9)  October assessment learner response 10)  Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G 11)  Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen   12)  Industries: Ownership and Control 13)  Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries 14)  Industries: Public Service Broadcasting 15)  Industries: Regulation

Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks:   1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Regulation  is a system that  provide rules and regulations to ensure that organisations operate fairly they do this to monitor the way that their industries work. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? OFCOM regulates broadcast media such as TV and radio. 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? I think protecting children is the most important section as they are trying to keep kids safe from the internet and subjects they should not be seeing there such as offensive language, nudity or any news that try's to attract children. 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? I partially agree with OFCOMs statement as children usually stay up late watching television as its a s

In 2020 Ofcom published its findings from a five year review of public service broadcasting in Britain. Read   the introduction to their report - pages 3-7 . You'll need your Greenford Google login to view the document. 1) Look at page 3. Why is it a critical time for public service broadcasting?   It was a crucial time for the PSB as the UK was facing challenges where the audiences viewing habits continue to change. This makes rapid and global content providers increase even more.  2) Read page 4. How has TV viewing changed in recent years?  The way which people watch television has changes as live broadcast viewing has declines as audiences increasingly  choose to view content at a time that suits them  on global online and on-demand content services. People are watching the PSB channels less, as they are no longer the  only or necessarily audiences’ preferred source of content. 3) Still on page 4, what aspects of PSB do audiences value and enjoy?  The aspect that audiences usual

  Read the Factsheet and complete the following questions/tasks: 1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? The term refers to the creation, production and distribution of a cultural or artistic natures product.   2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? He identify that industries that support conditions where larger companies and their political allies make the money. These conditions are constant demand for new products,minimal regulation outside of general competition law, relative  political and economic stability; workforce that are willing to work hard. 3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? Some media products offer these ideologies because the cultural industry companies need to continuously compete with each other to secure audience members. Companies usually outdo each other to try and satisfy the audiences desire