archie a level media exam

  1) Why does Clay Shirky argue that 'accountability journalism' is so important and what example does he give of this? It holds powerful companies and individuals responsible for their actions and ensuring to inform the public 2) What does Shirky say about the relationship between newspapers and advertisers? Which websites does he mention as having replaced major revenue-generators for newspapers (e.g. jobs, personal ads etc.)? the relationship where newspapers were somewhat beholden to their advertisers where advertising revenue subsidised the cost of journalism and websites like auto trader and monster replaced major revenue generators  3) Shirky talks about the 'unbundling of content'. This means people are reading newspapers in a different way. How does he suggest audiences are consuming news stories in the digital age? He is suggesting instead of just reading the newspapers they're consuming single articles as he refers to the unbundling of content 4) Shirky a...

  1)  Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture 2)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay - Language & Representation 3)  Videogames: The Sims FreePlay - Audience & Industries 4)  Learner response: OSP assessment 5)  Videogames: Women in videogames &  Further feminist theory 6)  Videogames: Horizon Forbidden West - Language & Representations 7)  Videogames: Horizon Forbidden West - Audience & Industries

  Audience Look at  this YouGov blog on the console gaming audience  and answer the following questions: 1) What statistics can you find for the number of male / female players for the major consoles?   PlayStation 5 (68% male; 29% female) and Xbox Series X|S (68% vs. 32%) have the highest proportion of male compared to female gamers. 2) What is the difference between 'hardcore' and 'casual' gamers - and which do you think would play Horizon Forbidden West? Hardcore gamers is taking it seriously and wanting to be competitive and casual is playing the game for fun but has other interests and I think casual gamers would play HFW due to its story  3) What are the different reasons YouGov researched for why players play games? Which of these would apply to Horizon Forbidden West? To relax, to pass the time, to escape from reality, to challenge, to interact with gamers, to have an emotional connection and I think an emotional connection may be a reason for playi...

1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? The higher a news story scores on this list, the more likely it is to become news. Using the  example pictured, Afghanistan, in terms of geographical proximity, is far away from the  U.K. but when a young British soldier dies, the story gains cultural proximity as British  audiences see the soldier as ‘one of their own’. 2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. 3) What are the six ways bias can be created in news? -Bias through selection and omission -Bias through placement -Bias by headline -Bias by photos, captions, and camera angles -Bias through use of names and titles -Bias by choice of words 4) How have online sources such as Twitter, bloggers or Wikileaks changed the way news is selected and published? Some critics argue that the ...

Guardian news story   Mandelson released on bail after arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office , February 23rd  - The former labour minister was questioned by police over accusations be passed sensitive information to Jeffrey Epstein - This is an example of hard news as its focusing on political offences linking to the Guardian focusing on hard news, this focuses on the Guardians left wing stance and also focusing on hard news and not focusing on Britain  - This attracts the audience through being relative to news through the Epstein cases recently, creating a big headline to grab the readers attention Daily mail news story Terrified tourists have described the horror of trying to escape Mexico  after the country erupted in a wave of violence following the killing of its most notorious drug kingpin, February 24th - The Mexican cartel leader was killed by the US sparking fury through the cartel creating violence in Mexico and tourists trying to flee th...

  1) Type up your   feedback  in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). D=35 2) Did you succeed in meeting or exceeding your  target grade  for A-Level Media in this paper? If not, how many additional marks do you need to achieve your target grade in Paper 2? No, 17 more marks to achieve target grade  3) Write a  question-by-question analysis  of your performance. For each question, write how many marks you got from your the number available and identify any points that you missed by carefully studying the AQA indicative content in the mark scheme.   5/9 -  a range of examples of narrative conflict are constructed – male/female, old/young, passengers/crew – which will propel the action - enigmas are constructed through the conflicts, direct mode of address and the stormy weather (danger ahead) 10/25 - I needed to focus more on  the way events, issues, individuals (including self-representation) and social ...