JANUARY 2011

JANUARY 2011

How far have improvements in technology made a difference to the quality of audience experience?

    In your answer you should:

·         provide a brief outline of your case study

·         evaluate the impact of new technologies (eg red button, file-sharing, 3D) on the audience's ability to interact with and/or enjoy media products from your case study

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

Introduction:

·         Talk about Coldplay; give background knowledge and how they became big.

·         Introduce the 3 different media platforms such as E media, print media and moving image.

·         Talk about how Coldplay contribute to the three media platforms

Paragraph 1:

·         Talk about 1^st media platform such as E – media

·         Talk about different social networking sites such as twitter and Facebook

·         Speak about the influences from YouTube and how it affects Coldplay

·         Speak about how all of these influence Coldplay and how Coldplay is promoted through the social networking sites and through YouTube.

·         Talk about how on sites such as YouTube and twitter you can make the video’s HD or 3D and call also embed them onto other pages such as Facebook, Twitter and Blogs

Paragraph 2:

·         Talk about 2^nd media product such as print

·         Talk about magazines that promote singers, talk about posters that show Coldplay and tell the audience what they are about.

·         Talk about how magazines such as Rockstar give you the chance to send fan mail where then they could add it into the magazines

Paragraph 3:

·         Talk about 3^rd media platform such as moving image

·         Talk about how different television stations such as MTV or ROCK promote Coldplay and release their songs

·         Also speak about the different radio stations such as kiss 100 or NEW ROCK or Graffiti radio promote Coldplay and speak about how it is mainly rock stations.

·         Talk about how on televisions on channels such as MTV or ROCK let you press the red button to vote for things to do with Coldplay such as what their best song was and other things.

Conclusion: 

·         Answer the question in detail

·         Speak about your own view.

·         Speak about how the audience can interact with Coldplay from home and speak about which one is the best one to interact with.

Do the institutions in your case study have an equal presence on each media platform?

In your answer you should:

·         provide a brief outline of your case study

·         evaluate how and why media products from your case study have more of a presence on some platforms than others

·         Support your answer with reference to a range of examples from three media platforms.

Introduction:

·         Talk about Coldplay; give background knowledge and how they became big.

·         Introduce the 3 different media platforms such as E media, print media and moving image.

·         Talk about how Coldplay contribute to the three media platforms

·         Talk about which platform has more of presence on the others.

Paragraph 1:

·         Talk about 1^st media platform such as E – media

·         Talk about different social networking sites such as twitter and Facebook

·         Speak about the influences from YouTube and how it affects Coldplay

·         Speak about how all of these influence Coldplay and how Coldplay is promoted through the social networking sites and through YouTube.

·         Talk about how the games, YouTube video’s and sites such as twitter have a big presence in the lives of the audience as computers are a big part of people’s lives

Paragraph 2:

·         Talk about 2^nd media product such as print

·         Talk about magazines that promote singers, talk about posters that show Coldplay and tell the audience what they are about.

·         Talk about how magazines and newspaper articles also have a very big presence on people’s lives as they see them every day at train stations and other places such as shops

Paragraph 3:

·         Talk about 3^rd media platform such as moving image

·         Talk about how different television stations such as MTV or ROCK promote Coldplay and release their songs

·         Also speak about the different radio stations such as kiss 100 or NEW ROCK or Graffiti radio promote Coldplay and speak about how it is mainly rock stations.

·         Also speak about how radio is a big presence in people’s lives as they listen to it on the way to work, school and in most transport methods the radio is on. It is also on in the shops as people go in to buy things and as they hear a song it will stick into the head.

Conclusion: 

·         Answer the question in detail

·         Speak about your own view.

·         Speak about which one has a big impact and has a bigger presence in the eyes or ears of the audience and why.