Unit 1- Media products and audiences

 What do you think the term media effects means? -what effects media has on people and society  What do you think the term regulation means? - content review rating for example Pegi as they rate the product for certain ages to prevent harm for people of certain ages  PEGI-content of games  OFCOM-content of Tv and Radio BBFFC- content of films  IPSO-Independent press standards organisations 

  Narrative is understood by two opposites - Binary opposition  Tzvetan Todorov states narratives move forward in chronological order with one action following after another.

 'The Genre of a product does not contribute to its success.' Discuss the statement with reference to a digital media product you have studied. Use example to support your answer. There are many theories about how audiences understand the construction of genre and I am going to discuss these with reference to the video game ' Dead by Daylight .'  Rick Altman's theory of Generic pleasure states that genres have different pleasures that entertain the audience through familiarity how they respond to them the pleasure are called Emotional pleasure, Visceral pleasure and intellectual pleasure. This suggest that media products will make us feel pleasure in several ways for example in 'Dead by Daylight' you will feel all three types of generic pleasures. The production technique which are ' Dead by Daylight ' are non diegetic sound an example is when you are playing the game and the killer finds you you hear a heartbeat sound and also really fast paced mu...

 1- What is a Conglomerate company? - A conglomerate company is a company that owns multiple companies. 2- What is a subsidiary? - A subsidiary is a company that is owned by other parent company such as marvel as they are owned by Disney. 3- What is an Independent company? - An indépendant company is a company that doesn't own any subsidiaries and isn't owned by a conglomerate companies one such example is Sumo Digital. 4- Name one product produced by an independent company? Crackdown 3 was produced by Sumo Digital. 5- Define Synergy? Synergy is when you use the best method of marketing and advertisement to maximise profit.

 RAJAR - Radio Joint Audience Research  DAB -  Digital Audio Broadcasting  DTV - Digital Television (Smart Tv) BARB - Broadcasters Audience Research Board (Audience analysis) Demographic Profile - Target Audience ( Age, Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality, Social grade) -Identify questions = PASS -Explain questions = MERIT -Justify/Evaluate = DISTINCTION  Exam Questions Q1a- Explain what the term 'DAB' means and state one advantage to the consumer of using DAB. - DAB means Digital Audio Broadcasting an advantage of using DAB is that the radio waves are more compressed meaning it can pick up more radio waves whereas analogue can only pick up AM and FM radio waves which take a lot of air space meaning that you can't listen to as many radio channels so DAB allows you to access a wider range of radio stations ( 2 ) Q1b- Explain Two reason why listening to radio via apps is more popular than listening via DTV (Digital Television) - Listening to the radio via apps is more po...