Roda’s Exam blog 1

  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. 2) Do you agree that governments should prevent media conglomerates from becoming too dominant? Write an argument that looks at both sides of this debate. I agree because nowadays, more businesses are gaining more power than that of the government and are able to go against them but i disagree the government have evidently shown th at they don't care how big a company gets until it's a problem for them. Media Magazine reading and questions Media Magazine 52 has a good ...

1) Social learning theory has been criticised for simplifying the causes of violence in society. Do you think the media is responsible for anti-social behaviour and violence? The media is definently to blame for violent and antisocial behaviour.This is because Media use has increased throughout time, especially among children and teenagers, to the point where it is now a normal aspect of daily life for most people. But for other people is a place where they learn and motivate violent stuff. 2) How is social learning theory relevant in the digital age? Are young people now learning behaviour from social media and the internet? Give examples.  Yes , a kid is more inclined to imitate actions they witness others performing since these behaviours are reinforced in their minds. 3) Research  three  examples of moral panic from the last 50 years. To what extent was the media responsible for these moral panics? Was the concern in society justified? How have things changed as a res...

    Hypodermic needle model 1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? This article is saying that playing violent video games have a positive correlation to the amount of aggression we portray. It also shows how it is dangerous because of the video-games as is influencing the audience to behave in a certain way. 2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case (see Daily Mail front page below) link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone  criticise  this front page?  It links to the hypodermic needle model as it is saying that because the boy had been playing  violent  video games for a long amount of time, it had influenced his behaviour and caused him to do bad things. Someone might criticise this front page as they may believe his behaviour would be because of the violent video games when however it does not have to be the games itself but some...

 WWW: you are writing a lot for each question so now we need to develop our exam technique and question focus in order to pick up the marks. EBI: revise narrative and genre theory: this knowledge is essential for the higher levels.  -question focus: see mark scheme for more on this. Question 1: Satisfactory analysis of the product that engages with generally obvious or straightforward aspects of how narrative codes are used. Question 2: Good knowledge and understanding of the influences of the social and cultural contexts on media products that is usually supported by mostly appropriate and effective reference to the set products. Questions 3: An excellent knowledge and understanding of the influences of genre on media audiences and industries that is consistently supported by highly appropriate and effective examples. 3: I should revise for the theory that is based on the question to get more marks. 4: in question 1 i could have include narrative theory such as todorov,prop e...