archie a level media exam

  1) Writer's Edit journal article Read this excellent  Writer's Edit academic journal article on the independent magazine industry  and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of an independent print magazine? is  a publication that operates without major funding or control from large corporations or institutions 2) What does Hamilton (2013) suggest about independent magazines in the digital age? A small but growing body of evidence suggests that small printed magazines are quietly thriving even as the global newspaper and book industries falter” (Hamilton 2013 3) Why does the article suggest that independent magazines might be succeeding while global magazine publishers such as Bauer are struggling? Bauer Media and News Limited in Australia are struggling to keep readers from moving online. In contrast, those behind independent magazines use digital developments to their advantage, and have a strong online presence 4) What does the article suggest...

  1)   Magazines: Front cover practical task 2)  Magazines: GQ - Language and Representation 3)  Magazines: GQ - Audience & Industry 4)  Magazines: Front cover practical task LR 5)  Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Language and Representations 6)  Magazines: The Gentlewoman - Audience and Industries 7)  Magazines: Industries - the appeal of print and independent magazines

  Audience Look through  the GQ Media Kit  and answer the following questions:  1) How does the media kit introduction describe GQ? GQ explores the powerful and progressive new forces shaping culture, society and commerce in Britain  2) What does the media kit suggest about masculinity?  As masculinity evolves, GQs authority has never been broader or stronger  3) Pick out  three  statistics from the data on page 2 and explain what they suggest about the GQ audience. 7.3m total reach shows they are a large industry, 138k average HHI shows upper class 1.8m social followers large digital influence  4) Look at page 3 - brand highlights. What special editions do GQ run and what do these suggest about the GQ audience? Men of the year, GQ hype this shows that they are upper class company and they care about expanding there business  5) Still on page 3, what does the video and social series section suggest about how magazine audiences are c...

  Gentlewoman front cover  1) What do the typefaces used on the front cover suggest to an audience? Lower case, sans serif suggests very modern and offers something different  2) How does the cover subvert conventional magazine cover design? No cover lines subvert conventional magazine almost like a book design  3) Write an analysis of the central image. Low angle shot shows dominance and power, the use of different and powerful make up shows not sexualising women but use of lipstick can be  4)  What representations of gender and celebrity can be found on this front cover? Low angle shows power of women and celebrities, the powerful make up is not sexualising women as they want to depict women doing stuff  5) What gender and representation theories can we apply to this cover of the Gentlewoman?  Laura Mulvey male gaze, butler gender performance and bell hooks intersectionality  Feature: Modern Punches 1) How does the feature on Ramla Ali use ...

  1) Media Magazine feature: Pleasures of The Gentlewoman Go to  our Media Magazine archive  and read the article on The Gentlewoman (MM84 - page 34). Answer the following questions: 1) What does the article suggest is different about the Gentlewoman compared to traditional women's magazines?   Its minimalist covers are so completely different that it’s actually shocking. The only text is the title, subtitle and name of the person in the photograph, unconventional 2) What representations are offered in the Gentlewoman?   This includes playing with ideas of gender performativity and stereotypes, such as the fashion feature 3) List the key statistics in the article on the average reader of the magazine.  61 percent of its readers are aged 28-46.  I may not have the income of the gentlewoman’s average reader (a whopping £87k!) 4) What is The Gentlewoman Club?  an ‘international society’ of ‘sophisticated women and men who demand quality and...

  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to). 29=B www: a really strong exam: Q2 and Q6 are excellent ebi: question focus and clarity for Q3 and csps revision 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. This is some of the best analysis you can do as it gives you an idea of what the exam board is expecting. For your LR blogpost, identify  ONE  point you could have added for the first three questions in Section A: Q1 (unseen text) additional point/theory:  • this advertisement makes heavy use of what Neale describes as ‘instances of repetition’, where familiar tropes and imagery are used to engage with audience expectations around media products. The advert works by explicitly connecting the watch to these well-worn ideas with the notion of ‘difference’ perhaps coming from the unusual foregrounding of the watch in the image which is ...