Shreyam's Media Exam Blog 1 - Mr Bush

1)  Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)  Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 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

1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Rules and regulations to ensure that organisations operate fairly. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? Broadcast media (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? Protecting the Under-Eighteens Harm and Offence Crime 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? Yes because they should stick to the rules made by OFCOM. 5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.  Section 1: Accuracy Section 2: Opportunity to Reply Section 3: Privacy* Section 4: Harassment* Section 5: Intrusion Into Grief and Shock 6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised? The lack of statutory powers means that when a  newspaper has been found to breah the rules, the best a victim can hope  for is an

Ofcom review of PSB in Britain 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? Audience viewing habits continue to change  rapidly and competition from global content providers is ever-increasing. 2) Read page 4. How has TV viewing changed in recent years? Live broadcast  viewing has declined, as audiences increasingly choose to view content at a time that suits them  on global online and on-demand content services. 3) Still on page 4, what aspects of PSB do audiences value and enjoy? ‘informs, educates and  entertains’.   4) Look at pages 4-5. Find and note down the statistics in this section on how much TV audiences tend to watch and how they watch it. 5) Read the section on page 5 discussing the importance of PSB. Again, find the stat

1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? Cultural industry refers to  the various businesses that produce, distribute, market or sell products that belong categorically in creative arts . 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? Societies that support the conditions where large companies, and their political allies, make money. 3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? This happens because the cultural industry companies need to  continuously compete with each other to secure audience members. As  such, companies outdo each other to try and satisfy audience desires  for the shocking, profane or rebellious. There are also longstanding  social expectations about what art and entertainment should do,  and challenging the various institutions of society is one of those  expectations. 4) Look at page 2 of the factsheet. What are t