Assess the view that the owners of mass media corporations control media output and serve mainly ruling-class interests. (33 marks) AO1: Knowledge and Understanding (15 marks) Lower in the band 1. students will present an answer based on very limited knowledge and understanding of the mass media and ownership issues rather than based on sociological arguments or evidence. There will be only a peripheral link to the question. At this level there will be little evidence that the student
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In American society‚ the media plays an overwhelming role in shaping how people think and what people believe. The images and spins that come from every form of media eventually become the immediate thought in one’s mind when certain topics are brought up. How can this not be the case when stereotypes are being thrown at people in rapid fire from every direction? The media is everywhere and is not an easy force to be reckoned with. One particular area in which the media have formed images in the
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Phoenix Material Media Convergence Worksheet Write brief 250- to 300-word answers to each of the following: |Questions |Answers | |What is meant by the term media |Technological convergence is the process by which existing technologies merge into new | |convergence with regard to technology‚ |forms that bring together different types of media and applications. Devices
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What is Media Literacy? What do the experts have to say about media literacy? What’s the difference between media literacy and media education? Here are a few answers. | | | | What is Media Literacy? Media literacy is the ability to sift through and analyze the messages that inform‚ entertain and sell to us every day. It’s the ability to bring critical thinking skills to bear on all media— from music videos and Web environments to product
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The media today influences a lot of people’s lives around the world. It mostly influences us in a good way‚ like facetime‚ snapchat or instagram‚ but it sometimes influences us in a bad way. One of the bad things that the media does‚ is furthered stereotypes that influence our society. These stereotypes have been prolonged by youtube‚ tv shows‚ movies‚ and even presidential candidates. A group that has been specifically affected by the media are Latinos and Hispanics. The article “Five Common Latino
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Mass Media ’s negative effect on the younger generation In today ’s society‚ mass media including television‚ radio‚ newspaper‚ and magazines have become very dependable sources for many. People spend multiple hours a day reading about celebrities in the tabloids‚ watching biased news channels‚ or participating in violent video games. Even though most media is highly entertaining‚ people have become so reliant on media that we seem to be harming our community in a very negative fashion. Nowadays
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Children‚ Sex & The Media: A discussion on regulatory legislation and academic theories on children and their consumption of media With the increase in popularity and availability of new media like the internet and mobile media and an increase in traditional media consumption – like television and print media – by the youth‚ guidelines and regulation enforcement has become an important issue. The media is constantly redefining itself and the creation of new forms of media is occurring at an
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“Spectacle” in the mass media definition is required in order to advocate any form of activism in our world today. We have created a culture that requires this alteration in order for any story to be considered. Everybody is looking at what the next most exciting story is. Sadly‚ because of competition in media‚ stories are often distorted to become visually dramatic because of “our belief that truth and power belong to those who tell the better story” (Lowe 320). Using “spectacle” is very effective
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ssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssThe education of our children has always been emotive and when the mass media is added to the mix‚ volatility is inevitable. Hardly a country in the world is spared controversy in education‚ but when one looks behind the sometimes anarchic scenes‚ there is a lot about which to be optimistic and hopeful. Traditionally‚ the mass media and education have enjoyed a love-hate relationship. On one hand television and newspapers particularly‚ have provided
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how media has evolved from the 19th and 21st centuries until now. The major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century In the 20th century the mass media was typically comprised of newspapers‚ television‚ radio and magazines. Today there is much more than just the traditional mass media. There have been several major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century. These developments are the evolution of the print‚ electronic‚ and digital. Media went
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