Media Blog 1 Mr Halsey

1) Complete the questions in the first activity box (beginning with 'Do you play violent games? Are you violent in real life?') -Yes I do play violent video games and watch violent films but I am definitely not violent with my real life actions  -I frequently see products advertised on TV or the internet and they make me want to go out and buy it for myself -I've watched many documentaries on sea pollution which have made me think strongly towards how people treat the ocean as they are killing all the sea-life 2) What are the four categories for different effects theories Direct effect theories  Diffusion theories Indirect effect theories The pluralist approach 3) What are the examples provided for the hypodermic needle theory - where media texts have been blamed for certain events?  Childs Play- The muder of Jamie Bulger Marilyn Manson- The columbine High School shootings Natural born killers- a number of murders committed by romantically linked couples. ...

Create a new blogpost called 'Audience theory 2 - blog tasks' and answer the following questions: 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? A lot of the time the media can be at blame for violent behaviour as there are certain films and TV shows that are centred around violence and some younger people can be heavily influenced by this and this then can lead to the child committing a crime  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. I think it is still a bit relevant but not as much as before as now in the 21st century we as audiences are able to recognise what is morally unacceptable and acceptable so we are able to control what we are influenced by and not do violent acts because we have witnessed it in maybe a film or TV show. ...

1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? -This article links to the hypodermic needle model as it explains how students consecutively played shooting games and whether it had a negative or positive effect on them . Questions like, do video games lead to aggression  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?  The first page is a good example of the hypodermic needle theory. The use of 'Son of single mother' in the article gives a good reason why a child would hack a phone giant to help solidfy that without a male parental figure in a family it will fall apart. This article also supports that young children are being taken over by technology 1) Summarise the two-step flow model.  In your opinion, is the two-step flow theory still relevant today?...

Total=20 1) WWW- Your answer to Q2 shows great potential: genuine insight into the two products with thoughtful, creative meanings deconstructed. If we can get the rest of your answers to that standard then you wont be far away. EBI- You didn't take the assessment when it first ran so imagine this impacted on your revision. Clearly you need to revise narrative, genre and reception theories as these are seriously lacking. Theory and terminology is crucial at A level. - For Q4 you haven't got nearly enough written. Perhaps a timing issue? For 20 marks, you basically need a short essay. 2) Q1: Frequent appropriate use of subject specific terminology throughout was not used Q2: Consistent highly appropriate use of subject specific terminology throughout wasn't used Q3: Frequent appropriate use of subject specific terminology throughout wasn't used Q4: Excellent and accurate understanding of the theoretical framework that is demonstrated by consistently appropria...

YOUNG AND RUBICAM: PSYCHOGRAPHICS  Structure Who you are working with: Samie Miah, Dalia Kerim and Zayna Malik  The psychographic group  you are researching: The   Strugglers  Introduce your example couple that represents your group:  John Smith, Eva Smith  Where they work/study:  Free public education  Working class job- Teacher   What  they do in their spare time: Alcoholic  Consumes a lot of junk food  spends their time watching Tv on their sofa  Media consumption: Print :   What newspapers/magazines does your group read (if any)? Is this on paper or tablet?  Newspaper- The Sun  Broadcast :  What TV programmes/channels do your group watch? Radio stations? TV package – Freeview or Sky? Films? Tv Programmes- Eastenders  Online :  What technology do they own? What websites do they visit (if any)? What social media do they use? Technology  Mobile phone- Iphone 6...

1) Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium.  An example of Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium is the film 'Taken'  The equilibrium of the film is how at the start the daughter is really excited about going on a trip to France with her friend and is finally given permission from her unwilling father and leaves to travel. The disequilibrium  is i ntroduced is when the girl and her friend get to there hotel and the man that gave them a ride there takes part in invading the girls' room and kidnapping them to use them for sex trafficking and Liam Neeson has to track them down and rescue them. The new equilibrium is when Liam Neeson kills the antagonist and saves his daughter and her friend and brings them back home safely 2) Complete the activity on page 1 of the Factsheet: find a  clip  on YouTube of the opening of a new TV drama series (season 1, episode 1). E...