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- November 09, 2024

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks

2) OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture

3) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations

4) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Audience and Industries

5) Baseline Assessment learner response

6) OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity

7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

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Newspapers: News Values

- February 26, 2025

Read Media Factsheet 76: News Values and complete the following questions/tasks. Our Media Factsheet archive is available here - you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. 1) What example news story does the Factsheet use to illustrate Galtung and Ruge's News Values? Why is it an appropriate example of a news story likely to gain prominent coverage? British service women dies after Afghanistan bomb blast- Cultural proximity to Afghanistan as there are many British soldiers there . On an intensity scale, the first female officer to be killed is considered more newsworthy as it is unusual. 2) What is gatekeeping? Gatekeeping is the process of filtering information prior to dissemination. 3) What are the six ways bias can be created in news? Bias through selection and omission Bias through placement Bias by headline Bias by photos, captions, and camera angles Bias through use of names and titles Bias by choice of words ...

Newspapers: The decline in print media

- March 12, 2025

Part 1: Ofcom report into news consumption Read this Ofcom report on the consumption of news in the UK and answer the following questions (bullet points/short answers are fine): 1) Look at the headlines from the report on page 6. Pick three that you think are interesting and bullet point them here. Why did you pick those three in particular? Social media is overtaking traditional channels for news among teens. Reach of print/online newspapers has seen a decrease from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%). Different age groups consume news very differently; I picked these three because they reflect the how the evolution of digital media is reflecting on the success of the print industry 2) Look at the overall summary for adults on pages 7-8. What are the key points on newspapers? That people turned to TV channels for news at the start of the pandemic and then turned away as it progressed. Reach of print/online newspapers decreased from 2020 (47%) to 2022 (38%...

The Sims FreePlay CSP - Language & Representations blog tasks

- December 18, 2024

Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? How players can customise their sim, how they can design their homes and get a job- living your dream lifestyle 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? Everyone- they had sims for both genders and all ages- growing a family, being a teenager 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Vicarious pleasure- living through the lens of someone else (the sim) Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? Gamers can create their sim with different accessories and clothing. It offers tutorials for people to use and gives weekly quests where payers get rewards for regular playing e.g. mystery 2) What audience is this game targeting? All audiences- players can customise characters to look like them (skin colour, gender, older, younger) 3) W...