Issues and Debates quiz wk 8

Not long now until the Med 6 exam - use this quiz (and the Guardian Media website, where all the answers can be found) to stay on top of current issues and debates. And email your answers to Ms Jones for a chance to win the end-of-year prize.

1. Which terrestrial broadcaster faces a record fine from Ofcom, and why?
2. Which women's magazine is about to undergo a re-vamp, and who are its core readership?
3. How has Miley Cyrus offended her young fans?
4. Which company currently has 70% of the digital music market?
5. Which national newspaper is trying to re-brand its readership, and why?

Revision Guide Online

There is a sample chapter online from an A Level Media revision guide which is well worth buying. It has an excellent section on Wider Contexts, which is especially important, and it's the homework for all Year 13s this week to print off and read through the whole chapter (the first part is all about Key Concepts and textual analysis - really useful revision) and to highlight key points worth remembering.

This needs to be done by the time you return after the bank holiday for checking and discussion in lessons.

Issues and debates quiz wk 7

1. Who has suggested that BBC Radio 1 and 2, and Channel 4, should be privatised, and why?
2. In this time of financial crisis, which media organisation is giving Wall Street a shot in the arm?
3. Why is Coca-Cola being targeted by pro-Tibet protestors?
4. Which media mogul is making waves at the Wall Street Journal?
5. Which 2005 hit took £127m at the global box office, and how much did it cost to make?

Email your answers to Ms Jones.

MD13c2 Cover Work: Wed 02-04-08

Make sure you stay in the classroom for both periods - we will be checking from time to time to monitor your progress!

Task
A Med 6 practice exam (as you have your mock as soon as we return after the holiday).

Text One
'The Sun Online' homepage from 02-04-08.

Text Two
BBC News report about the Tiananmen Square massacre, first broadcast on BBC1 on 04-06-89.

Question
"Using the comparison of these two texts as your starting point, explore the media issues and debates which they raise."

Spend period 2 note-taking/planning (and watch the extract three times during this period) and then spend period 3 writing your answer...type up on your blog and finish for homework (it must be at least 1000 words)

Use two sides of A4 paper for notes/planning (one for Text 1, one for Text 2) and include the following sections going down the page...

1. form & function
2. similarities & differences
3. key concepts (MIGRAIN)
4. theory
5. issues & debates
6. wider contexts (SHEP)
7. other texts

Homework

1. Complete this task.
2. Attend the revision class on Monday 14th April.
3. Do the Wider Contexts Timeline research task on your blog.
4. Prepare and revise for the Med 4 & Med 6 mock exams.
5. Post up one Media Guardian story on your Med 6 blog each week, including your own commentary.