Lesson 1 Contemporary Media Regulations — Presentation Transcript

• 1. G325: Critical Perspectives in Media A2 Media Studies
• 2. G325: Critical Perspectives in Media – An Introduction The purpose of this unit is to assess your knowledge and understanding of media concepts, contexts and critical debates. You are to show your understanding of one contemporary media issue and evaluate your own practical work in reflective and theoretical ways.
• 3. G325: Critical Perspectives in Media – An Introduction You will have a two-hour examination at the end of this unit. You will be required to answer two compulsory questions, on your own production work, and one question from a choice of six topic areas. The unit will be marked out of a total of 100 marks, with two questions on production work marked out of 25 each, and the media theory question marked out of 50.
• 4. G325: Critical Perspectives in Media – An Introduction There are two sections to this Unit:- Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production (50 marks) Section B: Contemporary Media Issues (50 marks) (Exam Friday 15 th June)
• 5. Section A: Theoretical Evaluation of Production You are required to answer two compulsory questions. The first requires you to describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work, from Foundation Portfolio to Advanced Portfolio . This means you MUST keep and update your EXISTING blogs!! The second asks you to identify one production and evaluate it in relation to one theoretical concept.
• 6. Section B: Contemporary Media Issues One question is to be answered from a choice of six topic areas offered by OCR. There will be two questions from each topic area. The topic areas require an understanding of contemporary media texts, industries, audiences and debates.
• 7. Section B: Contemporary Media Issues You may choose to focus on one of the following contemporary media issues:- Contemporary Media Regulation Global Media Media & Collective Identity Media in the Online Age Post-Modern Media ‘ We Media’ and Democracy
• 8. Contemporary Media Regulation What is the nature of contemporary media regulation compared with previous practices? What are the arguments for and against specific forms of contemporary media regulation? How effective are regulatory practices? What are the wider social issues relating to media regulation?
• 9. You might explore combinations of: Film censorship, the regulation of advertising, the Press and regulation/control, computer/video game classification, contemporary broadcasting and political control, the effects debate and alternative theories of audience, children and television, violence and the media or a range of other study contexts relating to the regulation of contemporary media.
• 10. Contemporary Media Regulation Past, present and future approach to each case study e.g. In this country there has always been freedom of the press. This has been brought to attention recently with the various phone hacking cases Will this have implications for how the press is governed?
• 11. Contemporary Media Regulation Start a new blog for contemporary media regulations Email me the blog address Keep all your work for this unit on the blog including any further case studies and notes from other internet sites that you visit
• 12. Contemporary Media Regulation Read the article about the history of press regulation. Summarise the article so you can remember the key points. You can present the information how ever you choose power point, mind map etc.
• 13. Regulation mind map: Film certificates – BBFC: regulates films and video games 9pm watershed – TV Music/games – parental guidance Jonathon Ross/Russell Brand – Ofcom – Office of communications PCC – press complaints commission
• 14. PCC questions What does PCC stand for? Briefly explain what it is. What are the ‘codes of practice’? List them. When does it act? What things can it do? Choose a real life case from the archives and briefly explain what happened and what the PCC did. How effective do you think the PCC is at regulation?