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Radio: Introduction to radio

  Introduction to radio: blog tasks Create a new blogpost called 'Introduction to Radio' on your  Media 2 Coursework blog  and complete the following tasks: BBC Sounds Read  this Guardian feature on the launch of BBC Sounds  and answer the following questions: 1) Why does the article suggest that ‘on the face of it, BBC Radio is in rude health’? It has half the national market, with dozens of stations reaching more than 34 million people a week 2) According to the article, what percentage of under-35s used the BBC iPlayer catch-up radio app? 3% of under-35s use the iPlayer catch-up radio app, which will soon be axed. 3) What is BBC Sounds? BBC Sounds is a relatively new app designed to bring younger listeners to BBC Radio content 4) How do audiences listen to radio content in the digital age? Netflix upended TV viewing habits, the growth of podcasts and Spotify means listeners increasingly expect their audio content to be personalised to them. 5) What does Jason Phipps suggest

Music Video: Postmodernism in music video

  Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? Postmodernism takes this concept of questioning traditional structures, representations and expectations and pushes things a step further. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? He challenged tradition when he said that a writer’s opinions, intentions or interpretation of their own work are no more valid than anyone else’s. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text draws  attention to the fact that it is a text. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? Postmode

Music Video: end of unit index

  1)  Music Video: Introduction - factsheet questions 2)  Music Video: Old Town Road CSP 3)  Music Video: Postcolonial theory 4)  Music Video: Ghost Town CSP 5)  Music Video: Postmodernism and music video