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on December 04, 2023

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1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions

2) Semiotics blog tasks

3) Language: Reading an image - media codes

4) Media consumption audit

5) Reception theory - advert analyses

6) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions

7) Narrative: Factsheet questions

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