Shreyam's Media Exam Blog 1 - Mr Bush

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Some very clear and well argued points EBI: Q2 needs developing - a conclusion, more focus on the question (Hesmondhalgh) and consideration of Shirky as another theorist 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify three specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) Preferred  - Coloured pencils and paint bottle represent creativity and ideal family life (playing with children) Oppositional - Repetition of 'home' may disturb readers, as it suggests that nowhere is safe from the influence of multinational conglomerates such as Google Negotiated - The speaker is a useful product despite the fact that it may exploit user data for monetary gain 3) Now use the mark scheme to i dentify  three  potential points that

Create a new blogpost called 'The Sims FreePlay CSP - Audience and Industries blog tasks' and complete the following tasks. Audience Read  this App Store description and the customer reviews for The Sims FreePlay  and answer the following questions:   1) What game information is provided on this page? Pick out three elements you think are important in terms of making the game appeal to an audience. Screenshots of gameplay are shown Descriptions of gameplay are shown Age rating information is shown 2) How does the game information on this page reflect the strong element of participatory culture in The Sims? There are reviews for the game 3) Read a few of the user reviews. What do they suggest about the audience pleasures of the game?  The game offers the audience pleasure of escapism/diversion Participatory culture Read  this academic journal article - The Sims:  A Participatory Culture 14 Years On . Answer the following questions: 1) What did The Sims designer Will Wright des