Fiona's GCSE Media blog

language  1) What is the objective when playing the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game?                 The objective of  the game is to create your own character and earn points to become an a star celebrity 2) What is an A-list celebrity? Why is it important in Kim Kardashian: Hollywood?         An A-list celebrity is the top level/rank in the game and is another way of saying your one of the best in the game.  3) How do you download the Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game?                                   the  game can be downloaded in the app store and can be played on your phone. 4) What is the narrative or  story line  of Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? Where is it set?  The game starts you of in Hollywood and later on you will be able to travel the world for example England, and Italy 5) What characters can you play as? What characters appear in the game?                  you create your own character and in the game you can meet real life celebrates for example Kim kardashian  Audien

1 ) Write a definition of a   passive  audience:  This is the view that audiences  passively  take in information from the media and that these messages have the same effect on everyone. 2)  Write a definition of an  active  audience:   This is the more modern and generally accepted view that audiences interact with and make conscious choices regarding the media they consume. 3) Write a definition of the hypodermic needle theory:  This is the suggestion that audiences are always  passive  and therefore take the intended message from the producer as if it was injected into their minds. This assumes no individual difference in audience members.  4) Write a definition of the two-step flow theory: This is the theory that consumers form their opinions based opinion leaders like newspapers, politicians and, nowadays, celebrities. 5) What is your opinion on the effect the media has on audiences? Do you think the media makes people think or act in a certain way? Give an example to explain your

1)  Write down a media product for each category of Blumler and Katz's Uses and Gratifications theory and WHY it fits that particular audience use/gratification. INFORMATION/SURVEILLANCE Example media product: The Times newspaper Why audiences enjoy it: It tells audiences important information about politics, the world and more. PERSONAL IDENTITY Example media product: horrid  Henry Why audiences enjoy it:   he goes to school like me DIVERSION/ENTERTAINMENT Example media product: horrid Henry Why audiences enjoy it:   because its fun  to watch RELATIONSHIPS Example media product: spy ninja  Why audiences enjoy it: I been watching it for long time its amazing  2) Re-watch the clip from Blue Planet above and write a paragraph analysing how elements of the clip offer the audience pleasures or gratifi cations (use media terminology from Uses and Gratifications theory and the 3 Vs - notes outlined above).  The Blue Planet trailer gives the audience a voyeuristic pleasure because they ar

Film Industry: Marvel Cinematic Universe blog tasks 1)  How many films were there in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) at the time of this article?    22 films 2) How much money have the MCU films made in total according to this article? They have made £13.7 billion. 3) Why did Marvel create the Avengers films? Marvel structures its films so each phase ends with an Avengers movie. This helps them to connect story lines. 4) Who owns the rights to Spiderman and why is the character now appearing in Marvel films? Spider man was sold to Sony. However Sony and marvel have agreed to a partnership that allows Spider man to appear in MCU films but Sony retains the right to the character. 5) Which company owns the rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men? The Fantastic Four and the X-men was sold to 20th century  fox, however Marvel hope to regain the rights after a merger between Disney and Fox.  6) Look at the very end of the article. What has Disney announced regarding TV shows on their