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  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? The conflict between Israel and Iran. 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? It uses lively music and a fast-paced delivery to hold young listeners’ attention. 3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster? It plays a role in informing and educating the public. Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? It began as a pirate station that appealed strongly to younger audiences. 2) How is Radio 1 attempting to appeal to its 15–29 age demographic? It engages young people through a distinctive mix of current music and spoken content, promoting new styles and up-and-coming artists. 3) What did young people used to get from radio? They found enjoyment and escape through music (diversion), and often felt a connection with presenters, forming imagined relationships with them. 4) H...

  Postmodernism in Music Video: Blog Tasks 1) How is postmodernism defined on the first page of the article? Postmodernism builds on the idea of questioning traditional ideas, structures, and meanings. The article describes it as a cultural movement that rejects established philosophies and often plays with the format or platform it appears in. 2) What did Roland Barthes argue in his essay The Death of the Author ? Barthes argued that an author’s own views, intentions, or explanation of their work are not more important or valid than how readers or viewers choose to interpret it. 3) What is meant by metatextuality? Metatextuality is when a piece of media draws attention to the fact that it is a constructed text. It may highlight the process of its own creation or directly refer to itself as a media product. 4) What phrase is repeated in the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? The repeated phrase is: “postmodernism is a cultural movement that distrusts all established philo...

Radio: Introduction to radio Read  Media Factsheet #224 Understanding the Industrial Context of Radio . This will give you a wider perspective on industry contexts for radio with particular focus on the industry theorists (Hesmondhalgh, Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt). Answer the following questions:  1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  Radio still reaches billions of people, although people have streaming services like YouTube or Spotify, it still is the dominant source of information and entertainment in developing countries especially where people have no access to the internet.  2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhalgh and Livingstone and Lunt. Curran and Seaton  - The media output is concentrated in the hands of a few, horizontal integration leads to a large concentration o...

What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? War of the Worlds is originally a Victorian novel by H.G. Wells about an alien invasion. Orson Welles adapted the story in 1938 into a radio play, presenting it as if it were real news. He blurred the line between fiction and reality to engage the listener in a new and unsettling way. When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? It was first broadcast on 30 October 1938. The popular myth is that the programme caused mass panic across the United States, with many listeners believing a Martian invasion was actually happening. How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? The New York Times criticised the radio industry, saying it was not yet responsible enough for the influence it held. It reported the panic as a serious issue and called for greater regulation of broadcasting. How did author Brad Schwartz describe the broadcast and its reaction? Brad Schwar...

  Y12 exam - Media Paper 2: Learner response Create a new blogpost on your Media  Coursework blog  called ' Media Paper 2 learner response ' and work through the following tasks: 1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write mark/grade if you do not wish to).      Question 1: Some excellent points about ideology but I disagree with your idea about genre. Question 2: Some good writing on D83 but too much focus on economic context in narrative and not industry. 2) Read  the mark scheme for this exam carefully , paying particular attention to the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question (Q1) and identify  two  points that you could have written in your answer. • the relative size of the figures in relation to the buildings signifies a super-human aspect to the characters, suggesting their omnipotence • the positioning of character and mode of address can be interpreted as signifiers of race ...

The Specials - Ghost Town: Blog tasks Background and historical contexts Read  this excellent analysis from The Conversation website of the impact Ghost Town had both musically and visually . Answer the following questions 1) Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? Because the song uses dramatic sounds and moods like in films and old British stage music. It creates emotion and tells a story through music. 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? Mod and Punk subcultures. 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? Recession, unemployment, riots, and tension between police and young people in cities. 4) Cultural critic Mark Fisher describes the video as ‘eerie’. What do you think is 'eerie' about the Ghost Town video? The streets are empty when they should be full. Only the band is there. It feels strange and quiet, like something is wrong. 5) Look at the final section (‘Not a dance tra...