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Assessment revision

  1a i.Two interpretations that can be made about the audiences of BBC1 and BBC2 in July 2018 -BBC2 audiences enjoy a wider range of programmes  -BBC1 audiences enjoy mainstream audiences  ii. Justify two interpretations that can be made about the audiences of ITV1 and ITV2 in July 2018 -ITV2 audiences like reality television  -ITV1 audiences mainly watch programmes schedules before the watershed  b. Suggest three reasons that might explain any of the interpretations you made in part 1(a) 2a. Explain two possible reasons that the Metro has had the smallest change in its  year-on-year circulation figures -One reason is that the Metro is a newspaper distributed nationwide on public transport in the morning. This means that people don’t have to go to a shop and buy it but get used to having it in front of them every day -Another reason is that the Metro is still recognised as a paper publication that people pick up and read whereas the Mail an...
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Question 8 Theory

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 Theories: Uses and gratification (Blomer and Kats) Male gaze (Mulvey) Hypodermic needle (Passive media effect)= the influence it has on people Moral panic (Cohen) Dersensitation  Gauntlett  Media Effects Model: The model concerns how media can affect society/individuals and vice versa  There are very negative implications of this model, but you will also learn some couter arguments  TEXT  THEORY 1 THEORY 2 THEORY 3 Rambo 1  Morale Panic- was that guns were being glamorised and so to violent, e.g. Hungerford    massacre  Desensitisation- people would be disentailed to the violence- would have to tragically desire this in the exam  Media Violence and youth- can cause violence in the youth  Jamie Bulger-->Childs Play 3 The torture of and killing of the two-year-old  Hypodermic  Moral Panic  Desensibution  Anderson  Video Game History: 1976-Death race 1994-Games certificate  2005-Banned violent gam...
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Video Games: Call of duty

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 Ownership: The publisher owner = Activision  The developers = Infinity word, Sledgehammer Games, Treyarch Franchising: Activision also franchises the Call of Duty brand to a number of different companies  Merchandise includes action figures, comic books, and card games  Plan B toys  Upper Deck  Mega Bloks  Windstorm Publications  Marketing and distribution: Above the line advertising:  BFI Imax, London  Audience and Regulation:  How might convergence affect video game users?​  ​ Console (blackbox) App stats/frinds  Streaming power increases-meant quality has improved  The integration of radio/audio calling has allowed a more social experience  Internet means updates are quicker and live gaming can be done with anyone around the world,  no more disks (facing out) Ranting for the games (some easier some harder) Invancement of consoles  Youtube influences channels- better reviews, cheats, promotions, comp...
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Heart FM Radio

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 Heart FM Radio: -FM  -DAB  -APPs Websites -TV Ownership: Jingles: A jingle is a short slogan, verse, or tune designed to be easily remembered, and is especially used in advertising.   These add to a product’s overall brand identity – the elements that distinguish it for the consumer. Mode of address The way in which a media product speaks to, or attracts its audience. Sound motif A sound effect or combination of sound effects associated with a particular setting, situation, character, or idea. Ident A short piece of audio or audio-visual content produced by radio or television stations to identify themselves on air. One reason why Hallam FM has been decreasing from 1999 is due to the improvement of the internet.  The internet has become a fast-moving due to web 2.0, as we are able to stream it on other devices. Another reason is due to  cos of that we can stream music 
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Newspaper ownership

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 Newspaper ownership  Marketing and distribution: The independent: The last printed edition of the Independent was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only its digital editions  The Independent was also launched as a competitor for free papers.  Originally a sister newspaper to The Independent, it cost only 20p when first published.  However, it is ow owned by JPIMedia Stuart Hall:  Preferred/Negotiated/Oppositional  Preferred Reading:  This is when audiences respond to the product he way media producer want/expect them to  Negotiated Reading:  This is when a member of the audience partly agrees with part of the product e.g. film, documentary  Oppositional reading:  this is when the audience is in complete disagreement with the product's message or setting  The Independent vs The Sun: Ind Politics, Senior  More words  Serious  Black and White  Sun Sex and Celebrity  Fewer words 'Soft news'...
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Kerrang Magaszine

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 Kerrang Magazine: Ownership:   As of April 2017, Kerrang magazine, website, and music awards were sold by Capital Bauer media group to wasted talent formally Mixmag media (the publishers of dance magazine Mixmag) Bauer Media will retain the rights to the UK and Europe "to continue broadcasting Kerrang! Radio and Kerrang! TV  important to keep Kerrang in print "as the soul of the brand" moving to kerrang from a weekly to a monthly made sense as it was a better use of editorial resources  It doesn't need to be weekly because news in this area has gone digital  Kerrang "has been suffering" by putting a lot of its resources in 'a relativity low production, weekly print magazine in the UK' 1981-published as a one-off supplement in sounds newspaper initially, it was launched monthly, before going fortnightly, and in 1987, it went weekly.  Originally owned by United Newspapers  1991-sold to EMAP 2008- sold to Bauer Media 2017-sold to Wasted Talent ...
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Film Audiences

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Film Audiences   Frozen: •Box Office  •Mainstream  •Budget: $150,000,000 (estimated) •Opening Weekend USA: $243,390,000   •Gross USA:$400,738,009 •Cumalative Worldwide Gross: $1,276,480,335 •Opening Weekend in UK:£4.7M •The lowest rating for Frozen came from males below the age of 18  •The highest rating from Frozen came from females ages 18-29, this is because parents would usually take their chidlrn to watch this and therefore needs to be entertaining for them too. Get Out: •Budget: $4.5 •Niche •Cumalative Worldwide Gross: $255.5 WHAT COMPANIES DOES DISNEY OWN? ABC ESPN  (80% stake) Touchstone Pictures Marvel Lucasfilm A&E  (50% equity holding with Hearst Corporation) The History Channel  (50% equity holding with Hearst Corporation) Lifetime  (50% equity holding with Hearst Corporation) Pixar Hollywood Records Vice Media  (10% stake) Core Publishing Frozen audiences  broke box office records upon realise 81% of the audience wa...
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