Gurleen Alevel Coursework

  Newsbeat analysis Use  BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options)  and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? Political conflict and sports 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? The upbeat music is appealing and the fast pace requires more attention. 3) How might Newsbeat help  fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  It helps inform and educate  Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat Read  Factsheet #246 BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat . You'll need your Greenford google login to access it. Answer the following questions: 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? If you studied this as part of GCSE Media you will already know much of this. Radio 1 was launched at 7:00am on 30th September 1967, with Tony Blackburn presenting the first broadcast. The station aimed to...

  Introduction to radio Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . This will give you a wider perspective on industry contexts for radio with particular focus on the industry theorists (Hesmondhalgh, Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt). Answer the following questions:  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  Radio is still a dominant source of information and can provide entertainment, especially where there is lack of internet  in some countries.  2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton- due to horizontal integration there is  a lare amount of radio owned by conglomerate industries. Hesmondhalgh- media choses profit rather than creativity and the small radio stations provide more unique reading as th...

  Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism 1) How does the article define postmodernism on the first page of the article? Postmodernism is a cultural movement that questions traditional beliefs and ideas. It often experiments with form and style, breaking the usual rules and challenging established conventions of the medium it uses 2) What did media theorist and semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? Barthes believed that after a work is created, the author's interpretation is no more important than anyone else's. He argued that the meaning of a text should be shaped by the audience, not controlled by the creator. 3) What is metatextuality?   Metatextuality is when a media text is self-aware and draws attention to the fact that it is a constructed work. It often breaks the illusion of reality by referencing its own creation, format, or storytelling techniques. 4) What is the repeated phrase in the cartoon on postmodernism on pag...

  Music Video: index 1)  Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)  Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)  Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video