Module 6 Blog Setup

For all Year 13s...

This week you all need to set up a new blog (in addition to the Med 5 - Independent Study one that you should have already done, including the Summer Research Project). This one is for Module 6 - an exam that you'll be taking next June - and will be where you include research about the media in general (that's not directly related to your coursework).

The following needs to be completed by Monday 22-09-08...

• Set up a new blog on Blogger (make a note of your username and password and don't forget them!)
• Call the blog Med 6: Issues & Debates
• Post up the link, your name and your Med 6 teacher's name (whoever teaches you two lessons/week) in the comments below.
  
• Carry out your First Research Task...

Choose a large media institution (one that produces media texts). You could choose from the following suggestions (or come up with your own) but try to do something different from that you know someone else is doing...

BBC, News Corp, C4, Disney, EMAP, Fox, MGM, ITV, Zee TV, Microsoft, Sony BMG, Google, IPC, C5, HBO, Time Warner

Carry out a case study into its workings, using at least three different internet sources. (Include the urls in your posting). Find out...

• who owns it...people and other organisations involved
• a history of the institution...how has it developed or changed
• the texts it produces...give lots of examples
• information about its finances & income...provide actual data
• recent developments...how is it responding to the 'new media' age

Try to make this as detailed as possible, include images & logos etc. that are relevant, and make sure it has been written in your own words and not cut and pasted from other sources. You will be required to make a presentation on this topic - without notes - in lessons w/c 22nd September.