JUNE 2011

JUNE 2011

'Our enjoyment of media products is influenced by the platforms we use to access them.'

How far is this true of your cross-media study?

In your answer you should:

·         provide a brief outline of your cross-media study

·         consider how audiences use and respond to media products from different media platforms

·         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

·         What main media platforms to audiences respond to

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.

·         Speak about how most people respond to computers and the internet as that is part of the daily life style such as at work, school and most places they go such as shopping centres.

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.

·         Speak about how less people read magazines and newspapers but at the end of it reading articles on the internet is still part of print media and therefore they read on a daily bases.

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.

·         Speak about how radio is also a big things people respond to as on the way to work when they hear things they can relate to it such as how petrol prices have gone up and therefore Coldplay can relate to the audiences through them.

Conclusion: 

·         Answer the question in detail

·         Speak about your own view.

·         Speak about which one audiences can relate to more and why.