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1)  Introduction to TV 2)  Capital: Case study 3)  Capital: Representations scene analysis notes 4)   Capital: Representation essay question 5)  Capital: Marxism and Hegemony 6)   Capital: Applying Marxism 7)  Deutschland 83: Case study 8)  Deutschland 83: Close-textual analysis notes 9)  Deutschland 83: Postmodernism 10)   TV: The rise of foreign-language TV dramas 11)  TV: The impact of new/digital media on television

1) What does the 'industry' concept in A Level Media Studies refer to? The 'industry' concept is a reference to companies which create and distribute media texts, the standard practices followed within media production and also guidelines and legal frameworks. 'industry' is a refernce to the way in which the the world of Media operates. 2) What does David Hesmondhalgh argue with regards to how the creative industries have changed since the 1980s? Because of the decline in manufacturing industries, governments saw the benefits of having a strong 'cultural' sector, film, television and music in particular. The creation of CD's in the early 1980s made media texts such as music more accessible. The 1980s was the start of the digitisation of media which contributed to how creative industries had started to change and this created a new shift in how media was created and accessed. The world wide web was also created within this time period which lead to...

Read this  Independent feature on foreign-language dramas . It features an in-depth interview with Walter Iuzzolino who curates Channel 4's Walter Presents programming. Answer the questions below: 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? The traditional audience for foreign-language drama would be usually quite educated citizens as they would have an incline to explore different cultures away from their own.  "The unfamiliar setting gives a freshness to genre pieces." Different conventions may become cliche and through foreign language dramas, there may be new conventions viewers from the UK aren't used to 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Walter says it is "urban, real and multicultural" and this appeals to a wide variety of people as they are becoming more accustomed to other cultures because of globalisation. People want to le...

1) Read the section on Strinati's five ways to define postmodernity. What examples are provided of the breakdown of the distinction between culture and society (media-isation)? Strinati gives an example on postmodernity through mediaization in the way an advertising campaign can make or break a product. A good adcampaign can create commercial success despite the product being poor quality and a high quality product can be a failure if it has poor advertising. He also states that contemporary culture emphasises style over substance, Appearance is more important than function as people are strongly influenced through brand names when buying products.The increase of celebrities being famous for no particular reason shows this. 2) What is Fredric Jameson's idea of 'historical deafness'? How can the idea of 'historical deafness' be applied to  Deutschland 83 ?  He argues that as mediaization increases so the culture  finds itself losing a sense of historical...