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The Sims FreePlay CSP - Language & Representations

  Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? You can complete daily tasks which enables you to achieve XP and earn some more money which will allow you to move up in levels and start earning more money and get better opportunities. 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? The trailer is mainly targeting teenagers, however, sims overall has a range of audiences and this depends on the fact that some of the audience are already fans of previous sims games. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? The audience pleasures that are suggested by the trailer are diversion - enables a sense of escapism - personal identity - you can modify your character to your liking which allows the person playing to feel like they're part of the game - personal relationships - players can create parasocial relationships within the characters such as the proposal and wedding. Now watch this wal...
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Videogames: Henry Jenkins - fandom and participatory culture

  Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom. Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? A person who likes a specific text and consumes it regularly 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? Hardcore/True - Fans who spend a lot of time and money on a specific text Newbie - Fans who just started to like the text Anti-fan - People who hate/dislike the text 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? While it is now used to apply to groups of people fascinated with any subject, the term has its roots in those  with an enthusiastic appreciation for sports. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? Bordieu argues a kind  of ‘cultural capital’ which confers a symbolic power and status for the fan, especially ...
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OSP: final inex

1) OSP: Clay Shirky - end of audience 2) OSP: influencers and celebrity culture 3) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - language and representations 4) OSP: Taylor Swift CSP - audience and industry 5) baseline assessment learner response 6) OSP: postcolonial theory - Gilroy and diasporic identity 7) OSP: The Voice - blog case study
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The Voice CSP: case study

  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? main image, top menu, title 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, sports, lifestyle, entertainment, competitions, opinion, faith - focuses on more positive subjects  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.  1.  'Anne Mensah, Kanya King, among the winners at this years Black British Business Awards' 2. 'Making Black history today: the leaders shaping innovation in public health' 4) How is narrative used to encourage audience engagement with the Voice? Apply narrative theories (e.g. Todorov equilibrium or Barthes’ enigma codes) and make specific reference to stories on the homepage and how they encoura...
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Y13 Baseline assessment learner response

  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: You respond well in Q1 - you are aware of BBC's mission statement in relation to Newsbeat EBI:  Q2:   Too short and too much time is given explaining the CSP. Include other relevant media effects theories.  Q3:   need to focus essay more on audience and industry - yours is leaning towards representation 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. Inform: reporting important events happening around in the UK such as crime and politics Educate: stories highlighting the harassment of women and the impact it has on them Entertain: Will cover sports events 3) Question two asked you how  useful  media effects theories are in understanding the au...
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Paul Gilroy - postcolonial theory and diasporic identity

1) How does Gilroy suggest racial identities are constructed?  Gilroy argues that racial identities are not natural or fixed, but rather products of historical processes. They have been shaped through events such as colonialism, the slave trade, nationalist ideologies, and the rise of consumer capitalism. In his view, race is a social and historical construct that has evolved through these power dynamics. 2) What does Gilroy suggest regarding the causes and history of racism? According to Gilroy, racism stems from and is sustained by historical systems of oppression. Racial divisions were created through conflicts and unequal power relations between groups throughout history. Essentially, ideas of race were born from racism, not the other way around, and reflect long-standing struggles for dominance and resistance. 3) What is ethnic absolutism and why is Gilroy opposed to it? Ethnic absolutism is the belief that humanity is naturally divided into distinct and unchanging ethnic o...
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Taylor Swift: audience and industries

  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? 'Stans' that have been named by the artists such as 'little monsters' for Lady Gaga, 'Bey Hive' for Beyonce, 'Swifties' for Taylor Swift, and 'Barbs' for Nicki Minaj 2) Why did Taylor Swift run into trouble with her fanbase?  When the presale for Taylor Swift’s tour turned into a battle royale for fans 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 'end of audience'? How?  Stan accounts do somewhat reflect Clay Shirky's ideas re...
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