A-Level Media Exam Blog 2- Mr Pall

  Audience Background and audience wider reading Read  this Guardian feature on stan accounts and fandom . Answer the following questions: 1) What examples of fandom and celebrities are provided in the article? Some of the many examples of fandom and celebrities that are provided in the article are Lady Gaga’s Little Monsters, Beyoncé’s Bey Hive, Taylor Swift’s Swifties, and Nicki Minaj’s Barbs. 2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase?  Taylor Swift ran into trouble with her fanbase as when a presale came out for Taylor Swift’s tour, it turned  into a battle royale for fans as they were locked out of Ticketmaster’s system. Frazzled Swifties voiced their disappointment. Ticketmaster and Swift quickly apologized, with the singer calling the process “excruciating”. Ticketmaster ended up testifying in Congress in a hearing about consolidation in the ticketing industry. 3) Do stan accounts reflect Clay Shirky's ideas regarding the 'en...

  Narrative Go to  our Media Magazine archive  (issue  MM79 ) and read the feature All Too Well on Taylor Swift and how she controls her own narrative. Answer the following questions:  1) Why is Taylor Swift re-recording her earlier albums?  Taylor Swift is re-recording her earlier albums as she when she was 15 years-old she signed up with Record Label which ended in 2018 and she signed with Republic Records, but the masters remained with her former label, which was purchased by American businessman Scooter Braun for a reported $300m – with his purchase of the label, Braun became the owner of Swift’s masters, which he sold to Disney’s Shamrock Holdings (a private investment firm run by the Disney family) in late 2020 on the condition that he would continue to financially profit from them. Swift quickly announced her intentions to re-record her Big Machine albums, which would give her complete ownership of the records and nullify Braun’s involvement. 2) Why ...

  1) Type up your feedback in   full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential).  read the mark scheme for this assessment carefully WWW: Muhammed, a solid attempt overall here. Your Q3 response is extremely detailed and uses a lot of examples from both magazine CSPs. Real strength for audience section. EBI: In relation to Q3 - your Industry section let you down slightly - see march scheme anticipated content. Also more media affects theories needed for Q2.  Mark: 24/40 (ONE mark off B!)  2) Focusing on the BBC  Newsbeat  question, write three ways it helps to fulfil the BBC's mission statement that you  didn't  include in your original assessment answer. Use the mark scheme for ideas. 1. Inform young people (15-29 year olds target audience). Example: Political news - election coverage.  2. Selection of news chosen to educate younger target audience. Example: Me too movement, Brexit. 3. ...

  1) Media Magazine reading Media Magazine 72 has a feature linking YouTube influencers to A Level media theories. Go to  our Media Magazine archive , click on MM72 and scroll to page 60 to read the article ‘The theory of everything - using YouTubers to understand media theory’. Answer the following questions: 1) How has YouTube "democratised media creativity"? YouTube has democratised media creativity  with ordinary users uploading their  own content: they are ‘produsers’  (producer-users) and ‘prosumers’  (producer-consumers). Content is  published first and then filtered or  judged later by audiences. So, success  is measured by the number of views  and the reaction of the ‘fans’ rather  than the judgement and  financial  power of an industry editor/producer. 2) How does YouTube and social media culture act as a form of cultural imperialism or 'Americanisation'?  YouTube and social media culture acts as a form of A...