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News Unit

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What is News? It is a business It is meant to make money It informs the public of current events that are around them and may affect them It provides entertainment Power and Persuasion Influence Education Over 3/4 of the British press is owned by two billionaires  Fake News COTTINGLEY FAIRIES: First example of fake news Orson Wells, War of The Worlds The Beast of Bodmin Moor, example of modern fake news Houston Airport Flooding, example of international fake news Boris Johnson, Fake news, His defence was that it wasn't 'technically' lying Fake News, xenophobic people using this as an excuse to be xenophobic

Radio 1 Live Lounge Case Studies

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Radio 1 Live Lounge Radio Live Lounge was introduced in October 2006. Radio 1 introduced it to bring their ratings up, and to bring in a younger audience because their ratings were decreasing because younger people were streaming music online. It is a collection of live tracks played on Jo Whiley's Radio 1 show. The target audience consists of 12-30 years olds. You can listen to it by downloading the Radio 1 app of on the live streams. Explain how and why producers of radio programmes target different audiences. Refer to the Radio 1 Live Lounge to support your answer. There are many reasons how and why producers of radio programmes target different audiences. In this essay I will refer to the Radio 1 Live Lounge to support my answer. Radio producers have to appeal to a wide variety of target audiences to keep high ratings. Some producers gave to focus on a certain genre and age range to appeal to a specific target audience. Figures for the BBC Radio 1 are falling, and the...

Music Video Sound Revision

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Explain how sound is used differently in your music video case studies to present themes the target audience can relate to. Sound is used to present themes the target audience can relate to in Sk8er Boi and Teenage Dirtbag. One example of this is in Sk8er Boi, where the theme of bullying is used to represent teenagers still in school, the theme of bullying is also used in Teenage Dirtbag, which is set in an American school.

Music Video Case Studies

Explain one way is which music videos use media language to differ from each other. Refer to one example of contrasting media language in two music videos you have studied to support your answer.  [4] Music videos create different effects based on the genre of music video through use of media language. Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er Boi" and Wheatus' "Teenage dirtbag" are not the same genre of song, this is shown through use of camera work and mise-en-scene. Mise-en-scene is used in Avril Lavigne's 'Sk8er Boi" at the begining of the music video, we see skater costumes and emo make-up to connote that this band represents alternative indie culture, attracting youths who identify with this. In Wheatus' 'Teenage Dirtbag' we see how mise-en-scene is used to                                                                    ...

Music Video Case Studies

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