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paper 2 LR

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). WWW - stayed on topic and made clear analytical points  EBI - need to talk more about ideology in Question 1 and provide more detail in general 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the the 'indicative content' for each question focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.  • the skyline of contemporary/futuristic skyscrapers are signifiers of the city, banking/finance etc; this is reinforced by the costumes which suggest white-collar professionals • the positioning of character and mode of address can be interpreted as signifiers of race and gender (the dominant white male, evasive black male, diminished female) • the title as a sign anchors the possible meaning of the image – white-collar professionals as gang...
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Radio Index

  1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds
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1938 CBS broadcast of War of the Worlds.

  1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles’ 1938 radio play is an adaption of H.G. Wells’ novel of the same name, first published in 1898. It tells the story of an alien invasion and the ensuing conflict between mankind and an extra- terrestrial race from Mars. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on 30th October 1938, popular myth has it that thousands of New Yorkers fled their homes in panic, and all across America 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? MANY FLEE HOMES TO ESCAPE ‘GAS RAID FROM MARS’ – PHONE CALLS SWAMP POLICE AT BROADCAST  OF WELLES FANTASY 4) How did author Brad Schwartz describe the the broadcast and its reaction? hysteria it caused was not entirely a myth. “Instead it was something decades ahead of its time: history’s first viral-media phenomenon.” 5) Why did Orson Welles use hybrid genres and pastiche and what e...
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Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat

  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? Heart attacks in sport , Belfast Stabbing  2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? Not including as many details that an adult news story would , Fun intro , Shorter form  3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  Informs and educates the younger generation on current stories , entertain with some soft news and the intro    4) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? emulate the new ‘DJ style’ of radio, heard only on the pirate radio stations. The first words spoken by him were, “Welcome to the exciting new sound of Radio One.” 5) Look at page 3 of the factsheet. How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15-29 age demographic?  wide range of new music styles and support emerging artists, in particular those from the UK; with at least 60 hours a week dedicated to specialist music...
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intro to radio

  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 accompanies us in our cars, on commutes through mobile  devices and can be found in our homes through television,  radio, and voice activated speakers. You can now ‘go beyond  radio’ with hardware such as the Amazon Echo Auto which uses  Bluetooth to enable you to access radio stations from all over the  world in your car via your phone. Radio is a global medium. 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 - newspapers are vanishing at  an alarming rate, the loss of a radio station  leaves a community with another cultural  and informational deficit. Communities are  diminished when they lose their local radio  stations’. The horizontal integration of companies and buying u...
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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
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Postmodernism in Music video

  1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? Postmodernism  takes this concept of questioning  traditional structures, representations  and expectations and pushes things  a step further. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? Roland Barthes released  his essay The Death of the Author. In it,  he challenged tradition when he said  that a writer’s opinions, intentions or  interpretation of their own work are  no more valid than anyone else’s. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws  attention to the fact that it is a text.  It points to the process of its own  creation. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? Postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philosophies  5) How does postmodernism link to media representations and reality ?...
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