Showing posts with label Institutions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Institutions. Show all posts

Monday, 8 October 2012

Fantastic Resources

3 fantastic documents on Production, Distribution and Exhibition from Belinda Raji sourced from Slideshare. All 3 are embedded on the BTEC level 3 page

Thursday, 3 May 2012

INFOGRAPHIC on Institutional Ownership: A US Perspective

Media Consolidation Infographic
Source: Frugal dad

iBOP

MEST 1 Institution Question:


Apple, one of the most influential Tech companies, has iPod, we have iBop - everything you need to include for the Institution question.


Institution - state who the Institution is - use the information in the booklet to help you.
Brand Values - explain what/how the text communicates the brand values of the    
                            product and/or the text producing institution
Ownership - explain how the ownership limits or gives freedom to the institution.
Power - explain the power structures suggested by the text both at a textual level and a social (society) level through theory (gender, class, race, wealth etc.) 


Use these as prompts to add detail to your answer but please ...read the question carefully.


Examples of Past Questions:


1) How does the ___________ communicate brand values for _____ ?
2) How effectively does ________ promote itself as a Public Service/Commercial channel?
3) How is the Brand image of ___________ promoted in the ___________?
4) What values and characteristics of ______________ are evident in the _______ ?
5) What is communicated in the ___________ about _______ and the experience it offers?
6) How does the ________ try to create a positive image for __________?



Wednesday, 3 August 2011

'Reality TV Reaching New Depths of Irresponsibility'......?

BBC's reputation is questioned again over claims that scenes from a documentary over a tribal group in the Amazon were faked to show the tribe - the Machigenga as 'savages'. the documentary was shown by BBC Knowledge and the Travel Channel. BBC state they had no knowledge of the production values of the TV company, Cicada, but that the programme has been linked to the BBC through broadcast is still damaging by association.
Aside from the BBC, the bigger worry is the representation of tribal communities through Western Media. Survival International, a human rigths organisation said it was a 'depressing example of the way tribal people are routinely portrayed'.

Read the full story here