Jaspreet - media blog 1 - exam - Mr Pall

  Audience theory 2: blog tasks Theory questions and your opinion 1) Social learning theory has been criticised for simplifying the causes of violence in society. Do you think the media is responsible for anti-social behaviour and violence? No I don't because I think it is deterministic as it doesn't consider the free will that humans have and can use to make their own decisions which is the real cause to violence and when it comes to anti-social behaviour I think free will and also other factors can determine this behaviour such as low self-esteem. 2) How is social learning theory relevant in the digital age? Are young people now learning behaviour from social media and the internet? Give examples. I think most young people are easily and heavily influenced by societal expectations portrayed in the media but also opinion leaders according to the two-step flow theory which emphasises how social media influencers that share their opinion across their highly followed platforms ca...

  WWW: Jaspreet, an impressive start considering all deadlines for blog work have been met. I enjoyed reading your first blog task where you reflected on why you did not receive a grade 9 for GCSE Media - let’s really try and get you that A* that you are trying to achieve.  Next steps:  Ensure you complete any extension A/A* blog tasks e.g. narrative to get closer to your intended target grade Check your formatting with certain blog tasks e.g. first blog task Learner response: Correct the above and then answer the questions below: Reflect on your work in A Level Media so far: What is your strongest piece of work?  Reading an image- media codes because I think one of my strengths in media is analysing images and all the key aspects as well as media terms and theories portrayed within a frame. What is your weakest?  Maybe structuralism just because it is a new theory and one I need to revise as it is least known to me and I think it's the hardest to understand ou...

  Audience theory 1: blog tasks Hypodermic needle model 1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? The article is giving us statistics according to a new study and they are trying to tell us how our behaviour comes about from performing certain tasks such as playing videogames for over an hour for a three day period, which can apparently cause aggressive behaviour. However this is exaggerated because humans control their behaviour and they decide the actions they take on their own rather than it being caused by playing videogames. 2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case (see Daily Mail front page below) link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone  criticise  this front page?  I think it injects a certain narrative of the teenage boy being a threat to society as a hacker because he is addicted to playing video games, which shows how the newspaper is trying to...