G325 - Online Media

Videos from Monday's lesson;



There are a whole bunch of relevant TED Talks as well. Links for their YouTube pages; https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDxTalks/featured https://www.youtube.com/user/TEDtalksDirector

Year 12 Screening

Here are the links for today's lesson;




































http://moreyellow.com/work/mad-max

Gender Theory

The PowerPoint for today's lesson;

The Representation of Gender from Zoe Lorenz


Remember - Laura Mulvey is your key theorist for this. Other theorists to look at as part of your revision would be Liesbet van Zoonan and bell hooks for Feminist theory and Judith Butler for theories of gender performativity.




In general Stuart Hall and David Gauntlett - they will keep popping up.




Link for the Vimeo playlist I found is; https://vimeo.com/album/3059466

Exam Preparation - Year 13

PowerPoint from today's exam prep lesson;

G325 Exam Overview from Graveney School

G325 Section A - Relevant theory

PowerPoint from this morning's lesson;

G325 a media theory and theorists_sectiona- from gdsteacher

Remember only apply the theory that fits - use theory you have already learnt first and then explore new theory in relation to your products. Don't try to shoe-horn new theory in for the sake of it.

Also the PowerPoint we looked at last week;

Theory and Theorist For Media Studies A2 from MissOzzy

Plus - bonus PowerPoint on Narrative theory;

 

G325 narrative theory from Wayne O'Brien

TV Drama - A Brief Introduction

One of the first lessons we covered for the start of year 12 was identifying aspects of Television Drama. This is the exam topic for the end of year 12 and, although we won't be looking at it in depth just yet, I thought it was valid to start thinking about.

In the lesson we looked at types of TV Drama, how they appeal to specific audiences and how certain groups are represented. You were also set a task to watch an episode of a TV Drama of your choice and write a short blog post explaining what it was you watched, who it was aimed at and how you know and how representation is used.

I will be checking blogs and commenting on posts. To make my life easier can you make sure you follow the TNHA Media blog, that way I can locate you through the blog dashboard. You also need to be tagging your blogs so that you can find them easier. Anything related to the preliminary task should be tagged as such while any work on audience for TV Drama should be tagged audience, TV Drama and so on.

PowerPoint from the lesson;

Introducing tv drama_and_representation_for_g322_ocr_media_studies from ibz10

Exam Prep - Year 13

Powerpoint on Postmodernism.

01. g325 contemporary media issues intro to section b - what is postmodernism from Alleyn's School Media Studies Department

We Media and Democracy

•How far can the media in 2010 be considered to be democratic?

•Assess the claim that the media is becoming more democratic.

•Discuss the meanings of the term ‘we media.’

•Explore the claim that the ‘new’ media are more democratic than the ‘old’ media.

•Explain how some features of contemporary media are more democratic than others.

•What is ‘we media’ and what difference does it make to citizens?

•‘We get the media we deserve.’ Discuss, in relation to the role of media in a democracy.

•As a citizen, to what extent do you feel that the media provide you with a democratic service?

So as you can see, several previous questions focus on old media v new media, some on what might be defined as we media and some very specifically on notions of democracy

 

If we look at the bullet points in the Specification, which defines what should be studied, we should be able to relate them to the questions set so far:

•What are ‘We Media’?

•Where / how has ‘We Media’ emerged?

•In what way are the contemporary media more democratic than before?

•In what ways are the contemporary media less democratic than before?

This part of the exam asks you to do three more specific things, whatever topic you answer on:

1. You MUST refer to at least TWO different media
2. You MUST refer to past, present and future (with the emphasis on the present- contemporary examples from the past five years)
3. refer to critical/theoretical positions

           For this topic, since a lot of what you look at is likely to be online, a comparison between online media and any form of traditional media (newspapers, broadcast news, film) would ensure you quickly meet the criteria for no.1

For no.2, the main thing is to ensure you have a majority of material from the past five years. This really should not be a problem when using online media, and to be honest I think you could use material from the last few months to construct a really good answer!

And for no.3 you should have a range of writers that you could use- for example Dan Gillmor who coined the term 'We Media' or sceptics of the power of social media such as Evgeny Morozov or some of the advocates of people power through social media such as Clay Shirky

 

Key Theories;

§Dan Gillmor and ‘We the Media’

§Alan Rushbriger – Democracy in the decade of Google

§David Gauntlett: Web 2.0

§Karl Marx – Marxist Ideology and Capitalism

§Antonio Gramsci – Cultural Hegemony

§Noam Chomsky – ‘Manufactured Consent’

§The Fourth Estate of Democracy

§Clay Shirky and people power

§Evgeny Morozov – ‘The Net Delusion’

§Graeme Turner – ‘Ordinary People and the Media’

§Public Sphere Theory & Hypodermic Needle Theory

 

Examples of Case Studies - Look for Contemporary Equivalents.

 

§Facebook’s influence on the Arab Spring.

§Facebook in Egypt – bypassing ‘old media’.

§Student protests in London

§Worldwide ‘Occupy’ protests

§Role of BBM and Twitter in London riots

§Ryan Giggs super injunction – Twitter and privacy

§Blogs from soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What to Write in the Exam - G322

This is the checklist you need to be using when preparing for your mock and for the summer exam;

G322 Institutions & Audiences - What to include in your Case Study from nctcmedia12

G322 Revision from M Taylor

Audience And Institutions Revision Pack from Belinda Raji

We Media and Democracy and Global Media

Powerpoints used in today's lesson. Remember they important slides are those that refer to the theorists e.g. Chomsky, Gillmor or Gauntlett.

You also need to find more out about Generation Y and Generation C - mostly in reference to We Media but also how the Global Media changes have affected them.

Don't forget there are aspects of both theories that can link to Postmodernism and Media Regulation.

We media & democracy intro from cskinner1
 

G325 media 2.0 & democracy from Julian McDougall
 

Global Media Trends from Amit Tekale

AS G322 exam clips - useful for revising section A

Evaluating Your Productions for G325 Section 1b.

G325 Section 1B - Analysing AS coursework from Cat Davies

Disney Article Link

http://filmdebate.co.uk/article/article-disney-own-family-entertainment/

If you are not using Disney, consider what subsidiaries your chosen company own and what this allows them to do.

Case Study Research

You need to make sure you have a solid understanding of synergy and convergence as well as linear and vertical integration.

The best way to do this is create a family tree for your case studies

E.G

As you do this you should be able to make both vertical and horizontal connections (horizontal would represent companies responsible for the same process e.g. prodution, while vertical demonstrates the different levels e.g. distibution.

Easter holiday task

OOver the Easter holidays find two pieces of evidence for one of the exam questions you are studying. One should support the idea and the other argue against it.

OE.G Media and democracy in action;

OOur Screen – a democratic approach to cinema where you can pick a film and, if enough people want to see the film it will be screened.

OOn the other hand they get to set the ticket price and, if you don’t get enough people interested, they won’t run the film.

Epic Exam Prep PowerPoint Lesson

This is the mammoth PowerPoint from today's lesson;

Section b g322 sow from boogedy

Contemporary Media Regulation

Resources from today's lessons;

Contemporary Media Regulation Theory from hcayton

Media regulation powerpoint from Georgia Daly

G325 Prep - We Media, Global Media and Media in the Online Age

Week 1 'we media’ and democracy from tdcjackson

We media & democracy key terms activity from Media Studies

L1 introduction to the unit from Nick Crafts

G325 Prep - Overview and Section A Focus

As we get ever closer to the exam we need to start looking at how to improve on the mocks marks. I have included, below, two presentations on the exam - one offering general information on both the exam and advanced portfolio (you can ignore the advanced portfolio stuff) and the other looks at key concepts in relation to your own production work.

I'd recommend, as your planning and research for G324 comes to an end you focus on evaluating your work and exploring your topic choice for Critical Media Perspectives. For some of the topics you do not need a case study as such but would definitely benefit from using example questions to help you prepare fully for the exam.

 

Revision Guide A2 Media OCR from reigatemedia

 

G325 Key Media Concepts from egregson

 

OCR A2 Media studies Exam Questions 1a and 1b tips UPDATED from Mr Smith

G325 Exam Prep - Section B Notes

Bullet point checklists for exam revision, from Friday's lesson.