Sheldon Media A Level Coursework- Mr Halsey

 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?  The  factsheet  shows that radio still has cultural significance due to the fact that  Radio is always played in the  cars and is accessible everywhere and through many of the radio hosts  it  allows for  connection to built between the radio hosts and people  listing at home   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.- elites are using ...

  Video index should include the following: 1) Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2) Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3) Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4) Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5) Music Video: Postmodernism and music video

 Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? postmodernism is making fun of authority to its face. Postmodernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further. In 1967 the French literary critic Roland Barthes released his essay The Death of the Author. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay 'The Death of the Author'? the author's role in defining a text's meaning is diminished, and the reader's interpretation takes center stage. Barthes emphasized that writing destroys the author's voice and point of origin, allowing readers to create their own meanings.  3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws attention to the fact that it is a text. It points to the process of its own creation. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on ...