Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere , a great-grandson of one of the original co-founders, is the current chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail and General Trust. The Guardian is owned by Guardian Media Group ( GMG ), which is in turn owned by the Scott Trust Limited, a limited company which aims to ensure the editorial independence of its publications and websites. What is important about this and how do we see this reflected in the newspapers? Who reads each publication? How do they read it? How can they interact with it? What are the advantages and disadvantages for online newspapers? Next, revise online publications and other modern ways to access the Mail and The Guardian.
Conventions of long form TV drama What are some of the common features found in a long form TV drama episode? What does a long form TV drama look like? Before we look in more detail at our set products for the unit, a useful place to start is by identifying the common features or ‘conventions’ of a long form TV drama, regardless of the genre of drama being watched. Task 1: Analysis of c onventions · Watch the opening extracts from a number of different long form TV dramas. · For each, make notes to complete the grid below. Name of drama How does the opening to the drama start? What can I see/what can I hear? Are title credits used? How are they integrated into the sequence? Can I see the drama’s title, who produced and owns the drama? What and who are we introduced to? Characters, locations and settings? A...
Regulation - Livingstone and Lunt Livingstone and Lunt studied four case studies of the work of Ofcom . Ofcom is serving an audience who may be seen as consumers and/or citizens, with consequences for regulation: consumers have wants, are individuals, seek private benefits from the media, use the language of choice, and require regulation to protect against detriment; citizens have needs, are social, seek public or social benefits from the media, use the language of rights, and require regulation to promote the public interest. Traditional regulation is being put at risk by: increasingly globalised media industries, the rise of the digital media, and media convergence.* *Media convergence is a term that can refer to either: 1) the merging of previously distinct media technologies and media forms due to digitisation and computer networking; or 2) an economic strategy in which the media properties owned by communications companies employ digitisation and computer netwo...
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