A level media 1 Obaida Mr Pall

  Factsheet 128:   find it online here - you'll need to log in using your Greenford Google login .  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Regulation is control of industries to ensure they don't display any unsafe products . 2) What is OFCOM responsible for? Ofcom is the  regulator and competition authority for the UK communications industries . It regulates broadcasters . 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? Covering standards in programmes, sponsorship, product placement in the media . They all hold significant value within media industries . 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? I agree as 6.55 pm is before watershed so it shouldn't of been shown as it contains  sex   & Nudity ,  Violence & Gore ,    Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking . 5) List f

  WWW:  I enjoyed your first blog task - always great to have returning students join the course based on their positive experiences at GCSE. I admire your honesty about struggling to complete the filming for your coursework, something to be mindful of at the end of Year 12 and during Year 13, when we turn our attention to Coursework. Really good analysis on your Reading and Image blog post, lots of detail through your ability to include subject specific terminology like narrative codes.   EBI:  Two key areas to improve here: firstly, some of your work is missing or unfinished and it’s important to make sure you are organised and fully completing work, you have not published since the middle of September. Make sure you post the Genre and Narrative blogs as soon as you can. On a side note, try and develop your exposure to other forms of media such as Newspapers, to ensure you are exposed to a variety of newsworthy content.   LR:  Complete any missing or unfinished work.   Reflect on you

  Structure Who you are working with: Rajandeep   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

  Media conglomerate research 1) Type up your  research notes  from the lesson - what did you find out about your allocated media conglomerate? Selection of companies: Alphabet,  The Walt Disney Company,  National Amusements,  Meta,  News Corp,  Time Warner, Comcast. If you were absent or didn't have time in the lesson to make these notes, research  any one  of the companies above and find examples of all the terminology outlined in the notes at the start of this blogpost. A conglomerate is a large company composed of a number of smaller companies (subsidiaries).  A media conglomerate, or media group, is a company that owns numerous companies involved in creating mass media products such as print, television, radio, movies or online. The big 6 in america that own 90% of the industry are COMCAST , disney , CBS , Viacom , newscorp , AT&T . 2) Do you agree that governments should prevent media conglomerates from becoming too dominant? Write an argument that looks at both sides of

  the introduction to their report - pages 3-7 . 1) Look at page 3. Why is it a critical time for public service broadcasting?  Audiences ways of viewing are changing in modern society and PBS is becoming less and less popular . 2) Read page 4. How has TV viewing changed in recent years?  There have been significant changes in the way in which people watch television. 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. These trends are affecting all broadcasters, including the PSB channels. 3) Still on page 4, what aspects of PSB do audiences value and enjoy?  Audiences continue to highly value the purposes and objectives of PSB, including 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.  The average viewer now s