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 1) Radio: Introduction to Radio 2) Radio: BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat 3) Radio: War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds: Blog tasks Media Factsheet Read Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? Orson Welles’ radio adaption of War of the Worlds has become  notable not for the broadcast itself but for the reaction it received,  and the subsequent press reporting of the audience’s reaction to the  broadcast. It is often highlighted as an early example of mass hysteria  caused by the media and used to support various audience theories. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? Broadcast live on 30th October 1938, popular myth has it that thousands  of New Yorkers fled their homes in panic , and all across America people crowded the streets to witness for themselves the real space  battle between earth and the Martians. 3) How did the ...

BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat: Blog tasks Newsbeat analysis Use BBC Sounds to listen to Radio 1 . Select a Newsbeat bulletin (8am or 12.45pm are good options) and then answer the following questions:  1) What news stories were featured in the bulletin you listened to? - Ben Stokes retirement from international cricket - Investigation into a girl's death (a football player in England) - Schools in England failing students (White working class students) - Rosalia in the US as well as Bad Bunny in London sending message to Venezuela who faced earthquakes. - Scottland boss- Steve Clarke resignation 2) How does Newsbeat appeal to a youth audience? It talks about sports , which involves a wide range of hobbies that the youth enjoy and resonate with and they use references to people such as the boy named Steven, talking about schools that the younger audiences attend to and explains the lack of support, also creating a sense of personal identity. 3) How might Newsbeat help fulfil the BBC's res...

Introduction to radio: blog tasks 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?  They talk about how radio still reaches billions of people as in some countries, such as Africa, where people have little to no access to the internet, radio is still the most common form of information and entertainment in terms of consumption. They also say that radio is a global medium and it's content sparks imagination in a totally different way from other visual medium so it remains popular with audiences. 2) Look at the page 4 section on media theories. Briefly summarise the ideas of Curran and Seaton, Hesmondhal...

  Music Video: index 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

  Postmodernism in music video: Blog tasks Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism 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? If modernism is beginning  to question authority, then  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. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? In the essay,   he challenged tradition when he said  that a writer’s opinions, intentions or  interpretation of their own work are  no more valid than anyone else’s. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality ...