1 hours 45 minutes/ 90 marks/ 35% of qualification Q1) Assessing media language in relation to an unseen audio-visual or print resource Q2) Comparison question assessing representation in one set text product and an unseen audio-visual or print resource in relation to media contexts Q3) media industries Q4) Audiences   Advertising and marketing: Tide … Continue reading Component 1 →

  1 hours 45 minutes/ 90 marks/ 35% qualification Q1) Television in the Global Age- Life on Mars Q2) Magazines- Mainstream and alternative media- Vogue Q3) Media in the Online Age- Zoella   Television: Life on Mars (2006) BBC 1, 9pm slot (during watershed) Media language: Camera shots/ angles/ editing/ sound /mise en scene Start … Continue reading Component 2 →

Media language: Semiotics: Roland Barthes Semiotics is the study of signs and meaning. Roland Barthes is a key semiotic theorist whose idea is you will need to be familiar with. The main principles of his theory of semiotics, which are outlined in the book elements of semiology 1964, include: The idea that texts communicate their … Continue reading ISP 29 task 1 Theorists →

Write one extended paragraph analysing the Media Language in your Advertising texts (Water Aid and Tide), applying two theorists (choose from - Barthes, Todorov or Neale) We explore meaning in the two adverts through the use of semiotics and repeated representations. In the water aid advert we can the the symbol of separation of our … Continue reading ISP 29 task 2 →

Vogue Published monthly by Conde Nast 1916- present It's a women's magazine that became very popular post war in the 60s Vogue played a huge role in the empowerment of women, it made women unapologetic of who they are Magazines in the 60s convey that women are domestic homeowners that thrive in their domestic sphere … Continue reading Flash card vogue →

Task 1: Why is it more difficult to regulate online media than traditional mass media platforms like film, television etc? It is more difficult to regulate online media as it is such a vast platform, web pages, videos and posts are made quicker than they can be regulated making it impossible to instantly assess the … Continue reading ISP 27- Blogging Regulation →

  Glossary:   Web 2.0- A new phrase in the internets development, characterised by interactivity, user participation, connection and collaboration. Content Creators- Those who are involves in creating and sharing content online (bloggers and YouTubers for example). Hyperlink- A word, phrase or image in an electronic document or web page that the reader can click … Continue reading Blogs/Vlogs- Zoella →