Media blog 1 - Mr Halsey

Cultural Industries: Blog Tasks 1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? 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? Cultural Industries are seen as adding value to society and individuals, as they focuses on intellectual property and are knowledge-based and require a large number of people in their production which will therefore create employment and wealth. They are also highly profitable as they 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 industries often produce texts that do not support these conditions instead text tend to offer ideologies which challenge capi...

1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Media regulation is the control or guidance of mass media by governments and other bodies. This regulation, via law, rules or procedures, can have various goals, for example intervention to protect a stated "public interest", or encouraging competition and an effective media market, or establishing common technical standards.The principal targets of media regulation are the press, radio and television, but may also include film, recorded music, cable, satellite, storage and distribution technology (discs, tapes etc.), the internet, mobile phones etc. media regulations gives the population an access to more than one side or view of media as it means that not any one person or company can control the media we get to see read and hear allowing us to gather our own opinions and view of media sources from hearing both sides. 2) ...

MIGRAIN updated index Keeping an index of all your work is extremely good practice from a revision perspective. Not only does this keep the concepts and media terminology fresh in your mind but it  will also highlight if you've missed anything through absence or trips. Your index should now include the following: 1)  Media consumption audit 2) Language :Reading an image - advert analyses   3) Reception theory 4) Semiotics : icons, indexes and symbols 5) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 6) Narrative: Factsheet questions 7) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation 8) October learner response 9) Audience theory 1 10) Audience theory 2 11) Audience theory: Media Effects factsheet You'll have done half of this index already - a quick time-saving tip is to copy the HTML from your original index blogpost and paste it in your new index blogpost. This will give you the first six links and you can add to it from there. Remember, this...

1) Complete the questions in the first activity box (beginning with 'Do you play violent games? Are you violent in real life?') Yes I play violent video games but it does not make me violent as I am able to control what I do Do you ever see a product advertised on TV or on the internet and decide you want to buy it? yes if I have an interest in the product type being advertised Have you ever seen a documentary which has drawn your attention to an issue which you now feel strongly about? no as if I watch a documentary i will already have a strong view on the topic and it may weaken or emphasise my original  idea. 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?  Some texts which have been blamed for specific events: • Child’s P...

Create a new blogpost called 'Blog feedback and learner response' and copy and paste ALL your feedback below - WWW/EBI/LR. Read your feedback carefully and discuss any issues with me if something doesn't make sense. Then, complete the learner response tasks in the blogpost below your feedback. WWW: This is a very mixed picture – there’s some positive work here but also a lot missing. If you’re serious about achieving the A grade you state in your opening questions then frankly things will need to change significantly. This isn’t currently the blog of someone who will go on to secure a top grade in the subject. EBI: There are several major issues to address here. Firstly, you are missing key aspects of the work: the media consumption audit is missing entirely ( https://mediamacguffin12.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/introduction-to-media-media-consumption.html ) and the Reading an image and Reception theory tasks are only half done. You were supposed to find your own advert...

Give an example from film or television that uses Todorov's narrative structure of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium? An example of a show that uses disequilibrium is a show called game of thrones as it has heroes or main characters that share a common enemy and when the peace is disrupted by the villain the heroes team up and fight against the villain and defeat him. In this film the superheros are the saviours and presented as the main characters and they join together to take down the villain.this fits props theory of new equilibrium as there is heroes and villains and the villain disturbs the peace and conflict occurs and the villain is defeated by the heroes and peace is restored once again. Give an example of a binary opposition? A binary opposition is someone who is scared of planes or heights is put in a position where they have to jump from a plane. What example is provided in the Factsheet for the way narratives can emphasise d...

1) What example is provided of why visual iconographies are so important? The example that is provided of why visual iconographies are so important is the film Star Wars and Star Trek. They both have recognisable iconographies which bring out the themes of nature and also the genre of the film which is Science Fiction. 2) What examples are provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre? The example that is provided of the importance of narrative in identifying genre is Independence Day (1996: dir. R. Chimeric), Deep Impact (1998: M. Leder) and, more recently, The Day After Tomorrow (2004: dir. R. Emmerich). In The Day After Tomorrow a father has two goals: to persuade the government to act on his advice and then to rescue his son. In both plots he accepts the help of others e.g. accepting information from other scientists or letting his colleagues accompany him as he travels to New York where his son is trapped. He is shown putting his trust in others and a...