Jaspreet - media blog 2 - coursework - Mr Bush

  Y12 Media exam: Paper 2: Learner response  1) Type up your feedback in full (you do not need to write the mark/grade if you do not wish to). Q1) WWW : Excellent close textual analysis, EBI : use paragraphs and talk about the city skyline- iconic of London's financial district. Q2) WWW : some excellent detailed writing with lots of industry knowledge demonstrated, EBI : You need to be a bit more convincing about how the CSPs challenge hegemony and consider genre. 2) Read the mark scheme for this exam carefully (posted on your exam teacher's Google Classroom), paying particular attention to the the 'indicative content' for each question. Firstly, focus on the unseen question and identify two aspects of the poster that you could have written about in your answer.  • the skyline of contemporary/futuristic skyscrapers are signifiers of the city, banking/finance etc; • the grey skies are portentous, signifying a feeling of impending doom 3) Look at the indicative content...

 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 ...