More on Audience Theory - updating your notes for Thursday 28th January

1. Firstly, watched again the videos in the post below in the light of our discussion today.
Add to your notes on Audience Theory in your files.

I will be checking your notes next week.

2. A few starters mentioned today ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-violence-are-video-games-really-the-problem

Charlie Brooker's How TV Ruined Your Life?


David Gauntlett names 10 things wrong with Media Effects Theory:

3. The following powerpoint presentations will also help consolidate your understanding and stretch your knowledge further:

The Class PPT:

Effects and audiences lesson 2 from parkhighcpd

Further PPTs on Audience Theory

Audience from Andy Wallis

PPT on Moral panics:

Moral panicsnew from smcmediastudies

On Hegemony / marxist reading of texts:

Marxism and hegemony from Andy Wallis

4. Start a detailed brainstorm of how to apply audience theory to your thriller opening for NEXT THURSDAY.

HOMEWORK FOR THURSDAY 14TH JANUARY

We need to start studying for the exam units and we will start with some key media concepts and the theories around them.

We will start with Audience Theory. To that purpose and because we are behind, please watch the following videos before next Thursday and make some brief notes about each one. 

You can do that on paper in your folders. 

Bring your folders from now on to every lesson.