Princess’ A-level media course blog

  Media Factsheet Read  Media Factsheet #176: CSP Radio - War of the Worlds . You'll need your Greenford Google login to download it. Then answer the following questions: 1) What is the history and narrative behind War of the Worlds? It's an adaptation of H.G Wells' novel published in 1898. The text has been frequently interpreted as a commentary on British Imperialism and Victorian fear and prejudice. The radio adaptation has become known for the reaction it received and is often highlighted as an early example of mass hysteria caused by the media. 2) When was it first broadcast and what is the popular myth regarding the reaction from the audience? It was broadcasted live on 30th October 1938 and the popular myth was that thousands of New Yorkers fled their home in panic, and all across America people crowded the streets to witness for themselves the real space battle between Earth and the Martians. 3) How did the New York Times report the reaction the next day? The New Yo...

  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? The article defines postmodernism as an era with no beliefs and doesn't believe in meta narratives. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? Barthes suggested that a writer's opinions, interpretation or intentions of their own work are not any more valid than anyone else which means that he challenges tradition. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text reinforces the idea that its a text. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? 'Postmodernism is a c...

  Background and historical contexts 1)  Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? Because it doesn't reinforce any political views. 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? American pop, Jamaican rocksteady, punk,mod 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? The social contexts that are discussed regarding the UK in 1981 were the riots that occurred in urban areas. 4) Cultural critic Mark Fisher describes the video as ‘eerie’. What do you think is 'eerie' about the Ghost Town video? The setting is abandoned and secluded. The atmosphere feels empty. 5) Look at the final section (‘Not a dance track’). What does the writer suggest might be the meanings created in the video? Do you agree? The writer suggests that this song brought young people together as it became a protest song. This is because more people felt connected to the song as they felt like it represented them and they could easil...

  Wider reading on race and Old Town Road 1) What are the visual cues the article lists as linked to the western genre?  .Rhinestones .Cowboy hats .Cow patterns 2) How did the Yeehaw agenda come about?  During the trend where black pop fiigures wore cowboy garb. 3) Why has it been suggested that the black cowboy has been 'erased from American culture'?  Because 'cowboys' connotes to the image of white cowboys. 4) How has the black cowboy aesthetic been reflected by the fashion industry? New York fashion week (2019): performers were dressed like cowboys 5) Read the section on Lil Nas X and Old Town Road. What does it suggest about race and the country music community? It suggests that they wouldn't consider 'Old town road' to be part of the western music genre because of race, not because of what the music sounds like. 6) What elements of the song and music video are suggested to be authentically country and western? The environment and the horses. 7) What ge...

  Background and cultural contexts 1) What is the big debate regarding Old Town Road and genre? If 'Old town road' should be classified as country music. 2) What do you learn about the background of Lil Nas X and Old Town Road from the podcast transcript? He is a 20-year-old rapper from Atlanta. Technically his birth name is Montero Hill, but he has been calling himself “Lil Nas X” for several years now. And last year he joined SoundCloud, as many people do. And by the end of the year in December he released a song called “Old Town Road.” 3) What is the Yeehaw agenda? The yee haw agenda. This woman, Bri Malandro, tweeted about how a lot of black artists are getting interested in sort of the country aesthetic. And the way that Lil Nas X factored into that is, while people were picking up on the good ol’ cowboy/cowgirl aesthetic, 4) How did the story become a debate about race in America? After billboard removed the song from their list it became a race argument, despite them adm...

1) Introduction to TV drama 2) Capital: CSP case study and analysis 3) Capital: Marxism and hegemony 4) Film industry assessment LR 5) Deutschland 83: CSP case study and analysis 6) Postmodernism and Deutschland 83 7)  TV: industry contexts