TASK ONE
Choose the case study that frankly makes you most worried about the final exam:
The Mirror, The Times, Straight Outta Compton, I, Daniel Blake, Assassin's Creed III liberation, Late Night Women's Hour, Les Revenants, Humans, Woman, Adbusters.
Before you ask, text means the product you just picked...
Bullet point answer the questions under ALL the following headings,Googling anything you are unsure of.
AT THE END OF THIS TASK, PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR NOTES. I will then publish them on the blog, so every student can take advantage of them.
REGULATION
Who regulates this text?
What legal and ethical issues does this text bring up?
Does this text offer it's audiences a plurality of experiences? Give examples
DISTRIBUTION
Who distributes this product?
How many copies are/were sold?
What is the circulation of this product?
Can the product be distributed digitally?
POWER AND ORGANISATION
Who owns this product?
Is the owner a major or indie?
What else do they produce/publish?
Are they vertically and/or horizontally integrated?
Do they operate as a subsiduary?
What is the dominant ideology of this organisation?
TASK TWO
This one is nice and easy, but essential. Find three vloggers on youtube (again, any questions, use Google. This is the online unit after all!). Anything goes as long as it is hosted on Youtube. For each of the three, make notes on your blog using the online section of the textual analysis toolkit. This may seem strange given the low production values, but you will be required to textually analyse vlogs. So get to it!
You do not beed to email me your task two, but publish it. So I can check up on you.
TO CONCLUDE
Please spend 90 minutes in total. This is revision and will help you with the exam. Please email me the task one stuff before the end of the day, and publish the vlog analysis before Wednesday's lesson.