Mr Bush

  1) What is regulation and why do media industries need to be regulated? Regulation is controlling of an activity or process, usually by means of rules. The media industries need to be regulated so they can make sure which content is relevant for which.  2) What is OFCOM responsible for? Ofcom regulates communication services. 3) Look at the section on the OFCOM broadcasting code. Which do you think are the three most important sections of the broadcasting code and why? Crime, disorder and hatred. 4) Do you agree with OFCOM that Channel 4 was wrong to broadcast 'Wolverine' at 6.55pm on a Sunday evening? Why? No because there is high levels of intensity and violence and kids may still be up at this time. 5) List five of the sections in the old Press Complaints Commission's Code of Practice.  Privacy Harassment Accuracy Children Hospitals 6) Why was the Press Complaints Commission criticised? There was a lack of action to the Press during the Leveson enquiry. 7) What was the

1)  Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2)  Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol 3)  Language: Reading an image - media codes 4)  Media consumption audit 5)  Reception theory - advert analyses 6)  Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7)  Narrative: Factsheet questions 8)  Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes 9)  October assessment learner response 10)  Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G 11)  Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen   12)  Industries: Ownership and Control 13)  Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries 14)  Industries: Public Service Broadcasting 15)  Industries: Regulation 16)  Representation: Introduction to Representation 17)  Representation: Feminism - Everyday Sexism & Fourth Wave MM article 18)  January assessment learner response 19)  Representation: Feminist theory 20)  Representing ourselves: Identity in the online age - MM article & Factsheet 21) 

  In 2020 Ofcom published its findings from a five year review of public service broadcasting in Britain. Read   the introduction to their report - pages 3-7 . You'll need your Greenford Google login to view the document. 1) Look at page 3. Why is it a critical time for public service broadcasting? There is lots of misinformation on social media and PSB provides us reliable news. 2) Read page 4. How has TV viewing changed in recent years?  Live broadcasting viewing has declined and people prefer global streaming services. 3) Still on page 4, what aspects of PSB do audiences value and enjoy? Their is trustworthy news sources for consumers to enjoy. 4) Look at pages 4-5. Find and note down the statistics in this section on how much TV audiences tend to watch and how they watch it. Live streaming viewers have gone down so Sky has switched to streaming service similar to Netflix. 5) Read the section on page 5 discussing the importance of PSB. Again, find the statistics and explain the

  1) What does the term 'Cultural Industries' actually refer to? It is a risky business that media companies are operating. They can offset the business risk by creative and business structure. 2) What does Hesmondhalgh identify regarding the societies in which the cultural industries are highly profitable? If a media company keeps on capitizing on their success from previous hits they can keep on making a profit. 3) Why do some media products offer ideologies that challenge capitalism or inequalities in society? To give people a different opinion towards society and to stand up for themselves. 4) Look at page 2 of the factsheet. What are the problems that Hesmondhalgh identifies with regards to the cultural industries?  5) Why are so many cultural industries a 'risky business' for the companies involved? They can lose vast amounts of profit. 6) What is your opinion on the creativity v commerce debate? Should the media be all about profit or are media products a form of