CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT HOMEWORK

Develop CA by researching your chosen front cover in detail.

Focus on audience: how an audience is attracted? who the audience is and what tells us this? Think about the demographic of the audience; what social class, age, gender etc. What the audience gets from the Magazine cover?

Media Know it All

Check out the link above for information on audience.


Blumler and Katz - Uses and Gratification Theory


Information

• finding out about relevant events and conditions in immediate surroundings, society and the world
• seeking advice on practical matters or opinion and decision choices
• satisfying curiosity and general interest
• learning; self-education
• gaining a sense of security through knowledge

Personal Identity

• finding reinforcement for personal values
• finding models of behaviour
• identifying with valued other (in the media) 
• gaining insight into one's self

Integration and Social Interaction

• gaining insight into circumstances of others; social empathy
• identifying with others and gaining a sense of belonging
• finding a basis for conversation and social interaction
• having a substitute for real-life companionship
• helping to carry out social roles
• enabling one to connect with family, friends and society

Entertainment

• escaping, or being diverted, from problems
• relaxing
• getting intrinsic cultural or aesthetic enjoyment
• filling time
• emotional release

Check the earlier posts for plan for Monday - you will be completing Assignment 1a next week and moving on to 1b.

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Scribd Guide

EXAMPLE OF ANALYSIS

For reference here is another example of a decent analysis of a magazine cover. Use this to prompt you into improving your work. You may make notes and bring them along to the lesson on Wednesday.

The more preparation you do outside of class the better your work will be during the Controlled Assessment.

Good Luck!

NME Front Cover Analysis Model

MONDAY 8TH NOVEMBER

CONTROLLED ASSESSMENTS BEGIN

Please ensure that you find and bring two magazine covers to Monday's lesson. These can be copies or the original but must be colour. You will be expected to have both and if you fail to bring any you will be given others by me which will be used for your Controlled Assessment.

Also bring any other resources that you think you may need especially coloured pencils, rulers, pens etc.

Remember that during the controlled assessment I will NOT be able to give you specific help, but only general feedback. You are expected by now to have grasped the key concepts and to use the terminology you have been taught. You have had examples of good work and how to lay out your work, you know the marking criteria, it is now up to you to do your best under near exam conditions.

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ASSIGNMENT 1A AND 1B

Below you will find embedded the help sheet for your forthcoming assignment 1. As you know this breaks into two tasks: one analytical, one creative and both demonstrating your skills and knowledge.

This help sheet is to be used both as a reminder of what you will need to do and as a check list. You may not do everything on it in your two tasks but you should aim to do most of the things it asks. You are all capable of getting good grades for this and if you apply yourself well during the controlled assessment you will be fine.

CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT

This is unlike homework or coursework in that you will be doing it under 'controlled conditions' in class. You are however allowed to prepare for your work at home and bring in for example, the magazine Covers which you want to analyse. The work then done in class may be treated as draft and you can take a copy of it home to word process if you would prefer to submit this way. Similarly, photos can be taken out of school, printed and brought in but must be original. They can be manipulated in school or at home but all draft versions should be kept to verify the process you have gone through to achieve your final assignment.

Your controlled assessments will begin in November and be finished by the end of the month.


Assignment 1a and 1b Help Sheet

18th October

Make sure all HWs are completed for Wednesday's lesson with Ms Doyle.

Remember to update you blog with work you have done, some of you have not used it for 4 weeks! Others of you are regular users. Please get up to date.

Ms Doyle and I will be assessing your levels to date based on performance in class and work completed in your books and posted to the blog. On the basis of this we will be deciding who, if any of you, are candidates for the Double Award for Media Studies GCSE which will mean fast tracking the single award in one year.

Monday 11th October

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