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MIGRAIN: Industries - Regulation

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 1.) Regulations are rules that organisations follow so that all organisations can be operated fairly.  2.) Ofcom is responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some aspects of the internet.  3.) I think that the 3 most important parts of the broadcasting code is offensiveness, protecting and impartially because these are most likely to cover all basic level concerns that audience members may find offensive or wrong to be shown.  4.) I believe that Chanel 4 was in the right for broadcasting Wolverine on a Sunday at 6.55 since it would assure that young audiences would not be exposed to the film since the films context would not be suitable for young audiences who would likely be getting ready for school the next day whilst older audiences would be available.  5.) Accuracy, children, discrimination, privacy and harassment 6.) It wasn't completely enforced on companies so corporations could choose whether they wanted to follow those rules ...
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MIGRAIN: Industries - Public service broadcasting

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Ofcom review of PSB in Britain  1.) It is a critical time for public broadcasting since audience viewing patters have continues to change rapidly and content from global content providers is increasing.  2.) Live broadcast has been declined, audiences increasingly prefer to at times which suit them online using global services with on demand content services.  3.) People do enjoy public broadcastings trust worthy news and programmes that showcase different aspect of UK life and culture. Audiences who indulge in PBC are most usually people who prefer content which "informs, educates and entertains".   4.) As competition for views increase, cost pressures rise and traditional broadcast revenue streams are reduced.  5.)  PBC provides audiences with approximately 32000 hours of hours of UK news along with a large range of subjects like children's programmes, dramas and current affairs.  6.) Between 2014 and 2018 net advertising revenue has fallen by 3...
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MIGRAIN: Industries - Ownership and control

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Media conglomerate research 2.)I do agree that governments should prevent media conglomerates from becoming too dominant since a dominant media conglomerate could leave little to no room for audiences since they bias views could force their own views onto the audience, similar to how it is portrayed in the hypodermic needle theory.  Media Magazine reading and questions 1.) Production is everything between content creation to ideas along with final products. Promotion involves marketing to build audiences and distribution is delivering the content to the audience.  2.) The different funding models in media institutions are things such as advertisements, subscriptions and licensing fees.  3.) The article states that ITV relies mainly on advertisement and that it appeals to both mainstream and niche audiences.  It also states that Sky One makes their profit off of subscription bases payments, an audience who is more likely to invest in a long term subscri...
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MIGRAIN: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries

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 1.) The term "cultural industries" refers to the creation, process and distribution on products of cultural or artistic nature. 2.) Hesmondhalgh acknowledges that the media does have an impact on their audiences interpretations of things due to the medias potential biases. Audiences spend large amounts of time consuming and experiencing things provided by these media companies and this is what gives them their money.  3.) In contemporary societies the media tends to supply ideologies which challenge capitalism and inequalities and race.  4.) Risky business, commerce vs creativity and high production cost: low reproduction cost 5.) Because those risky businesses are often unpredictable and and use cultural commodities in high volatile in order to express their differences from others. Risks of consumerism also add to the risk factor due to the limited autonomy and the companies reliance on other cultural companies to make audiences aware of new products.   6.) F...
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MIGRAIN assessment 1 - learner response

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1.) "WWW: strong effort overall for this assessment. Your question 1 and 2 in particular demonstrate your ability to analyse media products with explicit media terminology to support. NEXT STEPS:      1. Timing - bit too much focus on question 1 which may have impacted your time on question 2 which was worth more marks     2. Revise genre theories for question 3, make flashcards" 2.) I need to make sure I include theories instead of just ideologies, for example I could have discussed Abercrombie's theories on genre.  3.) Using the other students work as a guide I could have included Abercrombie's theory including media in my question 3.  4.) I had used the right media terminology, however I did not include any theories which was my issue. I must remember for the next assessment to include media theories.    5.) My weakest question was question 5 since I had not understood the question and I also did not revise any theories surrounding genre. ...
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MIGRAIN: Audience Theory 2 - Effects Debate

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 1.) a. Yes I play/watch violent media. No I am not violent in real life.  b. Yes, when I was 7 years old I saw a Nintendo advert and was interested for it and got it for Christmas. c. I recently watched a documentary about how Native American land was stolen from the Natives and I feel even stronger for it than I did before. 2.) Diffusion Theory, Direct Effects Theory, Indirect Effects Theory, The Pluralist Theory. 3.) An example of the hypodermic needle theory is the theory that Marliyn Manson was in charge of the Columbine school shootings.  4.) The Columbine school shooting in 1999 was a shooting where 13 students/staff were killed and 23 were wounded. The media managed to link the shooting back to singer Marylin Manson, since the shooters were wearing his merch.  5.) The sheet implies that the lyrics of Marylin Manson's songs were influencing the violent behaviour of the shooters.  6.) Gurbers theory implies that media does not affect behaviour but attitude...
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November Blog Feedback

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  WWW: Well done for a solid start to the course and for your blog work so far. Your first blog post and media consumption are both honest and reflective. I commend you for allowing your parents to expose you to a variety of different films (great signs of a fantastic Media Studies student).   Next steps: Ensure that you meet deadlines - the last two blogs were posted after the due date In order to achieve top grades you need to be completing A/A* extension tasks in blogs e.g the narrative blog task Learner response: Correct the above and then answer the questions below: Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far: What is your strongest piece of work?  I think my best/strongest piece of work is the latest one: Audience Theory 1. What is your weakest?  I think that my weakest works were the first two: Media Quiz and My Media Consumption What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course? I need to work on managing to hand in ...
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