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Audience theory 2: blog tasks

  Theory questions and your opinion 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? Media can be responsible for violence in the soicety as it can influence others to take part in unusual activity and that can lead them to commit crimes which can harm their own life but can also harm other peoples lives. 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. Young people can learn behaviour online through socuial media and the internet nad some ofg the exmaples can include online trolling where others lives can be impacted due ot the activites of the young people. 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 cha...

Blog feedback and learner response

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  WWW: Jasneet, your start to Year 12 Media Studies and your blog work is off to a great start, keep up the good work. Your own media consumption demonstrates your ability to be reflective where you state you want to widen your exposure through exploring more newspapers and podcasts - let me know how you get on with that. Prison Break is one of my all-time favourite TV shows too! What is your strongest piece of work?   my strongest piece of work would be my reception theory as i clearly identified the preferred reading,negotiated reading and oppositional reading for the rbk 50 cent poster and i also analysed the readings using my own type of poster What is your weakest piece of work? my weakest piece of my work would probably be my media consumption as currently I don't consume a wide variety of media which limits the task and I think that's my weakest work What specific skills or knowledge do you need to develop over the rest of the course? I need to do extra readings so tha...

Audience theory 1: blog tasks

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  Hypodermic needle model 1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? The mail online article links to hypodermic needle theory as children who are consuming these violent videogames have experienced a change in their behaviour such as results which demonstrate that those who played these violent games had an increase in their hostile expactations meaning that they would think they act like the characters and aggresive in their behaviour 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?  This links to the hypodermic  theory as there is evidence of an violent videogame usage and that has led him to becoming an hacker and the media that he had consumed has made him more violent and go against the laws and become a hacker and someone might criticise the front p...

Audience classification: blog tasks

  1) How is audience defined in the Factsheet? Audience is the general term for all the individual people who consume a media product 2) What does the infographic for Gen Z in the age of Covid-19 suggest about the media Gen Z consumes?  The media that gen z consumes is mostly through online videos and online videogames and this shows they are quite an passive audience and get most of their media through the internet 3) How do media companies target and measure their audience in the digital age? Media producers use data which may be simple or complex to target their audience where there is thought of platform,scheduling or algorithm 4) What did the NRS used to do and what does PAMCO do now?  The NRS is used to to collect demographic information about the audience of newspapers and the PAMCO now collates information on traditional newspapers and and magazines in print form 5) How are demographics and psychographics defined in the factsheet? Demogographics at its simplest in...