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News Lesson Question 3 will be a question on how contexts impact production/distribution/circulation and consumption in the newspaper industry using examples from the two case studies. Contexts Macro - The ownership of UK newspapers is considered to be an oligopoly, due to the fact that three companies (DMGT, Reach PLC, News Corporation) own 80% of the UK newspaper market. The job of the press is to be the fourth estate, meaning that it must hold powerful institutions including politicians to account; they must reflect what is going on behind closed doors. The Leveson inquiry occurred as a result of the phone hacking scandal and investigated the practices of the British press. Economic - The newspaper industry is in decline, and faces increase competition from online news and how to monetise it in a digital age. Print revenues are falling and internet platforms monopolise the profits from online advertising. They have had to invest and adapt to compete with changing expectations of aud...

LFTVD Trial Exam Preparation – Q3 Audiences 1. Teens, people who grew up in the 80s to allow ST to provide a sense of nostalgia. Use of hybrid-genre, relating to Neale's theory of repetition. Targets younger generation. 2. Lupin has an audience of French adults through its nature of the crime/mystery genre, which is popular with this age group. It was released during the pandemic when everyone was stuck at home due to lockdown, meaning that the show had a wider audience than anticipated. The show will be more appealing to those who are young and more socially conscious. It appeals more to French nationals due to the fact that Omar Sy was casted to plan the main role, Assane Diop, who is from Senegal which used to be a colony of France. The audience of the show is international due to the fact that dubs and subtitles are offered to fit the language of the region it is being played in. 3. Stranger Things offers intertextual references to Suburbian/Spielbergian America and 80s classic...

q4 question 1 - 12 minutes question 2 - 20 minutes question 3 - 12 minutes question 4 - 12 minutes theorists curran + seaton - power and media industries we live in a cultural capitalist society - this effects how media industries are owned and run. fewer people own large chunks of media industries - what we see, read and hear lack other opinions. the theorists argue that the internet does not challenge this as nationalism and state censorship. livingstone + lunt - regulation regulation is a set of rules. different media is regulated by different bodies, such as the bbfc regulating films and pegi regulating games. regulating should be in public interest - protects audience from harmful and dangerous influences adults should be offered choice, regulators need to find a balance between protection and choice technological convergence and online media has made regulation incredibly hard. it is easy to bypass age restrictions. ofcom and tv regulators cannot regulate streaming services. regu...

Theorist Notes Bandura - Media Effects Theorist summary: Believed that children would copy the behavior of the Bobo Doll experiment. He also believed that media could influence people's judgement and conduct witch hunts. Applied to LFTVD: This theory draws attention to the effect that the TV has on its audience. If an audience repeatedly watches aggressive behavior, they will reciprocate this. Applied to case studies: The representation of stereotypes, especially with Barb's 'nerdy' clothes and personality, may influence audiences to associate the traits of Barb's character with real-life norms. Lupin uses fight scenes stereotypically found in action thrillers that may influence audiences. According to Banduras theory, this may influence audiences to show more violent/aggressive behavior. Evaluation:  May apply to a wide range of media products, including LFTVDs. Draws attention to the need to investigate the direct effects on individuals who consume LFTVDs. Gerb...

Print gobbledygook Question 3 "Explain how cultural contexts influence the ways audiences interact with print and/or online news." How does the UK consume news The audience demands it Online news allows for more interaction "What has happened in our culture in the last 30 years that may have influenced how we interact with print and online newspapers?" Thanks to recent digital advancements and convergence, we are now able to become prosumers instead of consumers, and can make content or share our options with others about certain print and online newspapers. An example of this is comment sections on online newspapers, in which people can write about their opinions on the newspapers itself, and share them with others that may or may not agree. People now have shorter attention spans due to advancement of technology, and as a result interact with print and online newspapers more, as they constantly want a stream of news. Faster internet means that people no longer nee...

NEA - Music Video After viewing several rock music videos I got a grasp of what shots I would need, appropriate costumes, and ideal scenes that would need to be included, in order to make it more realistic and customary to the rock genre. The song I have chosen for my music video NEA is 'Basket Case' by Green Day, a song which I have enjoyed listening to for a long time, aided more so by the fact that I love Green Day as a band itself. Basket Case The lyrics for this song are as follows. Do you have the time to listen to me whine About nothing and everything all at once? I am one of those Melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it Sometimes I give myself the creeps Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me It all keeps adding up I think I'm cracking up Am I just paranoid? Or am I just stoned? I went to a shrink To analyze my dreams She says it's lack of sex that's bringing me down I went to a whore He said my life's a bore So quit my whining 'cause...