DME - Dyari Media Exams

Task One: Media Magazine article and questions Read the Media Magazine article: From Local Press to National Regulator in MM56 (p55). You'll find the article in our Media Magazine archive here. Once you've read the article, answer the following questions: 1) Keith Perch used to edit the Leicester Mercury. How many staff did it have at its peak and where does Perch see the paper in 10 years' time? 130 journalists; Perch thinks it'll get expensive and have a very small circulation. 2) How does Perch view the phone hacking scandal? He thinks the biggest issue is the fact something massively illegal was going on behind the scenes when it should not have happened in the first place. 3) What does IPSO stand for and how does it work? Independent Press Standards Organisation - they're one of the bodies responsible for regulating newspapers. 4) What is Perch's view of newspaper ownership? He believes regulators shouldn't exist and that newspapers should regulate them...

Audience Look at this YouGov blog on the console gaming audience and answer the following questions: 1) What statistics can you find for the number of male / female players for the major consoles? PS5 - 71% male to 29% female Xbox Series X/S - 68% male to 32% female Nintendo Switch - 54% male to 46% female PC - 61% male to 39% female 2) What is the difference between 'hardcore' and 'casual' gamers - and which do you think would play Horizon Forbidden West? The difference between "hardcore" and "casual" is how seriously the gamer in question is taking the game. A casual gamer, as the name implies, is a person who plays games casually, while a hardcore gamer takes games more seriously and plays more intensively. 3) What are the different reasons YouGov researched for why players play games? Which of these would apply to Horizon Forbidden West? To relax and wind down To pass the time To escape from reality for a while To challenge myself To complete cha...

Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? Designing your character/house, pets, relationships, family, and the vast world to explore 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? Possibly young adults/teens, due to its similarity to, but parody of real life 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? Escapism, identity Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? The game follows typical mobile game conventions; it tries its best at times to get you to spend money 2) What audience is this game targeting? Primarily teens to young adults. 3) What audience pleasures does the game provide? Escapism and identity 4) How does the game encourage in-app purchases? It encourages in-app purchases through upgrades and DLC. Representations Re-watch some of the expansion pack trailers and answer the followin...

Language and contexts Homepage Go to the Voice homepage and answer the following: 1) What news website key conventions can you find on the Voice homepage? Articles, minimalist design, navigation bar, logo, subscribe button 2) What are some of the items in the top menu bar and what does this tell you about the content, values and ideologies of the Voice? News, Sport, Lifestyle, Entertainment, Competitions, Opinion, Faith 3) Look at the news stories on the Voice homepage. Pick two stories and explain why they might appeal to the Voice's target audience.  "Making Black history today: the leaders shaping innovation in public health" Appeals to the Voice's target audience as they'd want to see other black people succeeding and doing good for the world. "Anne Mensah, Kanya King, among the winners at this years Black British Business Awards" Similar to first one; showcases and highlights the success of black people 4) How is narrative used to encourage audience...

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - End of Audience blog tasks 2) OSP: Influencers and celebrity culture 3) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Language and Representations 4) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - Audience and Industries  5) Baseline Assessment learner response 6) OSP: Postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study

1. Type up your feedback in full (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). WWW: Dyari, your Q2 is logical and clear. I can understand your line of argument with some explanation of how both OSP CPSs have incorporated convergence through production, distribution and consumption. EBI: Not detailed enough examples or theories to support your arguments for Q2 essay. See mark scheme for indicative content. Remember this is a synoptic Q so reference other CSPs too. Just not enough textual analysis with your Q1 - more on connotations + use of myth would have improved your response here. 2. Read the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully (posted on your Google Classroom). Identify three specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Bioshock Infinite game cover) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of images, colour scheme, text etc). 3. Now use the mark scheme to identify three potential points that you could have made in you...