Complete the extensive booklet (attached at the bottom) on the second-year online case study, Attitude. Take notes and complete tasks - and then upload onto your WordPress blog. Attitude booklet

Task 1 - Media Studies textbooks  Read and take notes on Chapter 5 (p.180-185) of your Yr1 Media Studies textbook on key approaches used to study online media products. (30 min) Apply Barthes and Gauntlett and Hall Jean Burgess and Joshua Green refer to YouTubers are figures who 'despite their carefully cultivated "homegrown" brand identities, … Continue reading ISP 24 →

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Task 1: Audience and Industry content - Read and take notes on pages 202 to 212 and ensure that all tasks and glossary terms are also noted. (1.5 hours) Mainstream: Large-scale and geared towards large, homogeneous (segments of) audiences State-owned organisations or commercial companies Vertically (or hierarchically) structures organisations staffed by proffesionals Carries or dominant … Continue reading ISP 22 →

Alternative representations offender in the 1960s: NOVA magazine: Shows representations of alderwomen British Magazine Emergence of contrasting messages and images Majority of magazines reinforced the stereotype of the 'Happy Housewife' Minority offered more progressive representations of gender- These reflected a growing sense of female independence and liberation   Does the Vogue (1965) reinforce traditional gender … Continue reading Alternative representations offender in the 1960s: NOVA →

When considering representation in magazines we will be analysing hem in relation to: The genre (and ideologies of consumerism driven by the need to 'deliver' readers to advertisers) The social, cultural and historical context The women of Vogue are: Modern, Social, Empowered, unique, domestic, consumerist, glamorous, stereotypical, sexual, freedom, fashionable, marital, luxury, classy, stylish, upper … Continue reading Magazines- representation issues →

Readership- how many people read the magazine )always higher than circulation) Circulation- how many are sold   The Big Issue: People selling on the streets- homeless Charity organisation Neutral politically (pro human rather than economic/more left wing) Founded in 1991 Social enterprise Gives seller a social network and purpose Sold over 200 million in UK … Continue reading Magazines- mainstream and alternative media (The Big Issue) →

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Media Audiences You will need to consider: how media producers target, attract, reach, address and potentially construct audiences how media industries target audiences through the content and appeal of media products and through the ways in which they are marketed, distributed and circulated how audiences interpret the media, including how they may interpret the same … Continue reading ISP 20 →

Vogue booklet   https://moodle.worthing.ac.uk/pluginfile.php/15721/mod_folder/content/0/AS-A-level-Media-Studies-Component-2-Section-B-Set-Products-Magazines-eduqas.pdf?forcedownload=1   S + C: Do a practice question and mark it using the mark scheme You will find past exam papers and mark schemes at: https://www.eduqas.co.uk/qualifications/qualification-resources.html?subject=MediaStudies&level=asaLevel&pastpaper=true Use PEETA There are also exam-style questions in each of the topic areas in your text book. To what extent does the set episode of … Continue reading Vogue booklet- ISP 21 →