DMeC - Dyari Media Coursework

Newsbeat analysis 1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? Politics,  Celebrities , and Social Issues 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? It appeals to a youth audience by having a fun, upbeat and diverse presentor that grabs the audience's attention with the stories that are lined up for the day. 3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's responsibilities as a public service broadcaster?  The presentor themselves are diverse, filling the BBC's need to inform and represent different audiences. Media Factsheet #246: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 1) How is the history and launch of Radio 1 summarised in the factsheet? If you studied this as part of GCSE Media you will already know much of this. BBC Radio 1 initially launched in 1967 to combat pirate radio stations, those of which were on boats to avoid regulation and were wildly popular with the youth. The station set out to emulate the "DJ-style" of the popular pirate radio stations ...

Create a new blogpost called 'Introduction to Radio' on your Media 2 Coursework blog and complete the following tasks: 1) Read the first two pages of the factsheet. How does the Factsheet argue that radio still has cultural significance in the digital age?  Even though the medium of radio is being heavily challenged, it still manages to prevail nowadays and still inform/entertain billions. 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 - Media output is concentrated in the hands of a few companies/people David Hesmondhalgh - The media put profit before creativity Livingstone and Lunt - Media regulation should have a consumer-based approach 3) What is the definition of public service broadcasting? The term “public  service broadcasting” refers to broadcasting intended  for public benefit rather than to serve purely commercial  interests. 4) Look at the list of ...

Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll find our Media Magazine archive here - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? The article describes postmodernism as a cultural  movement that distrusts all  established philosophies and  frequently experiments with  the medium it is presented in. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay 'The Death of the Author'? He suggests there comes a need  to test the boundaries of what a text  is. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality - when a text draws  attention to the fact that it is a text 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? " Postmodernism is a cultural movement th...

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? The writer connects Ghost Town to cinematic soundtracks + music hall tradition because its composition creates an atmospheric, moody sound . This evokes feelings of anxiety and unease in audiences , similar to the emotional impact of film scores and traditional British music hall performances. 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? 2 Tone emerged from the Mod and Punk subcultures . It mixed Jamaican ska and rocksteady with the energy and attitude of punk, which led to a movement that included black and white musicians and audiences . 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? In 1981, the UK faced a recession, which led to a lot of people losing their jobs + there was a lo...

1) Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Some attempt to explain ideology EBI: More understanding of how certain texts may not be ideological 2) Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully. Identify at least one potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment (even if you got full marks for the question). Q1 - Bricolage and Pastiche Q2 - How it may not be ideological 3) The first question demanded a response using postmodern terminology. Write a definition here of the three main terms: Bricolage: Juxtaposing old and new texts Pastiche: Media products that imitate another text/artist/time period Intertextuality: References to other media texts/products 4) Read this exemplar answer for the 25-mark question in the assessment. Select a quote from the essay for each of the following aspects from the mark scheme: a) analysis of the products that focuses on contexts and...