Alevel Media rajandeep mr pall

  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated?  Regulation is rules. Media industries need regulation because numerous amount of times there have been people  killed due to the freelance of social media. 2) What is OFCOM responsible for?   The Office of Communication (OFCOM) is responsible for regulating  television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet,  although the areas most relevant to media students are 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?               Section 4: Religion - A persons religion is personal Section 1: Protecting the Under-Eighteens- Under-18's are easily influenced therefore can lead to death. Section 2: Harm and Offence- A person killed themselves because of harm and offence. 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? W

  1) Look at page 3. Why is it a critical time for public service broadcasting?   It is a critical time for PSB because times are rapidly changing and people are discussing whether in the generations PSB would have the same outlook it has on people today.   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?  Trustworthy news and programmes that show different aspects of UK life and culture. 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.  On average, over three hours of live broadcast TV each day and over half of that is to the PSB channels. 5) Read the section on page 5 discussing the importance of PSB. Again, find the statistics and explain the value of

  1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? The term ‘cultural industry’ refers to the creation, production, and distribution of products of a cultural or artistic nature. 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? Hesmondhalgh identifies that the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable tend to be 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 4) Look at page 2 of the factsheet. What are the problems that Hesmondhalgh identifies with regards to the cultural industries? Risky bu

  Theory questions and your opinion 1) Social learning theory has been criticised for simplifying the causes of violence in society. Do you think the media is responsible for anti-social behaviour and violence?  Yes and no because most of the violence consumers of media see are from the internet.    2) How is social learning theory relevant in the digital age? Are young people now learning behaviour from social media and the internet? Give examples.  Yes because nowadays young people aspire to become cool and their interpretation of cool is being in a gang  3) Research three examples of moral panic from the last 50 years. To what extent was the media responsible for these moral panics? Was the concern in society justified? How have things changed as a result of these moral panics?  Increase in crime.-The media may be responsible for this as they are now showcasing lots of crimes. The millennium bug. This is because back in the early 2000's technology and the digital age was quite n

  1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? This links because the hypodermic needle model is where the consumer consumes the information and changes the way they act to be like what they are watching and so on. 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?   He always plays video games meaning all he is feeding his mind with is video games and violence.    someone might criticise  this because  the daily mail have used 1/4 of the page to say plead  Kate rather than focusing on a hacker that affects people. 3) What do   you  think of the hypodermic needle theory? Do audiences believe everything they see in the media?  I think that with the hypodermic needle theory is true because whatever you read and watch will become  how you think and function. Two-step flow model 1) Summarise t

  Who you are working with: Obaida   The psychographic group you are researching: Succeeder  Introduce your example couple that represents your group:  Married couple that live in Chelsea 1) Make up their names:  Tom and Dom  2) Where do they work/study?  Dentist and Newspaper journalist  3) What do they do in their spare time?  Gym , travelling and golfing  Now suggest their media consumption: Print:  What newspapers/magazines does your group read (if any)? Is this on paper or tablet?   Daily mail  Broadcast:  What TV programmes/channels do your group watch? Radio stations? TV package – Freeview or Sky? Films?  Sky TV  Online:  What technology do they own? What websites do they visit (if any)? What social media do they use?   Iphone 15 , samsung TV  , Imac  1) Post the details from your in-class  psychographics presentation  to your blog with  all  details of the couple you created and their media consumption (it needs to be on your blog individually but can be a duplicate of your par