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  1) What is a   conglomerate  in the media industries?  a large company that owns a lot of subsidiaries such as Disney  2) What is a subsidiary? a small company that is owned by a conglomerate such as marvel is owned by Disney  3) What are the benefits for media companies of vertical integration? more  revenue this is because one conglomerate owns different companies in the same chain of production this gives conglomerates to make money on every stage of production 4) What are the benefits for media companies of horizontal integration? wider audience this is because when one company buys other companies at the same level of distribution this is used to widen the audience 5) Give three examples of media companies or brands that have used synergy to maximise their profits. There are examples in the notes above to help you. 1- merlin entertainments they owner over companies such as Lego land and Thorpe park 2- apple the...

  1)  List any tasks you have that are missing or incomplete. so far all task are complete expect  industry (ownership and control)  2) Reflect on your tracker/feedback and write what you need to do this week to get your tracker all green or improve your work in GCSE Media. i need to complete the  industry (ownership and control) this is my last task left to complete  3) Finally, come up with a list of three things you are going to do this half-term to help you make progress in Media. 1) complete all leftover work  2) revise key word or phrases 3) complete mock test  

  1)passive - the audience takes in information like the message of film  2)active - the  audiences  interact  with media and make conscious choices regarding the media they consume. 3)hypodermic needle - suggest the audience is always passive as the they take in message clearly and is injected into there brain as they all think the same  INFORMATION/SURVEILLANCE :  Media text - The Times newspaper  - Why: It tells audiences important information about politics, the world and more. PERSONAL IDENTITY  - school tv show - students watching this show would feel a link / connection between themselves and and the student in the tv show    DIVERSION/ENTERTAINMENT  basketball -   shows the audience that people can have their own way of living and enjoyment and  that it allows them to divert their attention from there real world problems  RELATIONSHIPS  - day of my life (famous person )- this could leads the peo...

1)the meaning the producer intent to communicate  2) The oppositional reading goes against the meaning the producers are trying to create 3)the trailer wants them to see how dangerous and malicious they can be but also wants them to know that there are  consequences for there action  4)young people would reject the as not all young adult / teenagers are like and some have to live the life like this to keep them alive as the world is cruel unfair place like some could be homeless/poverty or abusive parents  5) preferred reading  - the producer want you to believe that this burger is a health sandwich it show the good aspect like the very fresh and new ingredients like the 100% beef or there exceptional secret Sause leaving us with a mystery item this would lead to more people trying the burger and trying to find out tyhe sauces ingredients negotiated reading  - the producer show the burgers good aspects such as the ingredients but the burgers bad aspect such...

WWW-good analysis of a unseen media product and connotation and denotation  EBI-you need to revise connotations as a term - careless mistakes around this you are not explaining why producers chose camera shots angles and mise on scene   0 0 4 1 4 2   1 -   Identify one of your stronger questions. Why did you do better on this question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. I think my strongest answer was for question 5 as I understood what I have to write and I have a good understanding of mise-on-scene and what effect it has on the audience   2-Identify one of your weaker questions. Why did you score lower on this particular question? Use the mark scheme to help you with this. I think my weakest answer was for question 6 as I was confused and didn't know what to write and I found it the hardest  3 - the title is symbolic code and it says HEAT in all caps this connotates the to branding / advertisement of the brand and ref...

  1) What information do media companies use to create a demographic profile of their audience? companies use the audiences class - age - gender - ethnicity to advertise the product   2) Why are media companies and advertisers increasingly use audience profiling and not just demographics? companies use audience profiling as not all customer interest as not everyone ones personality and interest are the same  3) What are the seven different Psychographic groups?  the seven different psychographic groups are aspirer - explorer reformer - mainstreamer - struggler - resigned - succeeded 4) Write a brief summary of what each Psychographic group is seeking or motivated by They seek status  Aspirer- want luxury brands and can be influenced quickly by celebrities   explorer - there want to seek new thing and want to try new things  they seek discovery   reformers - they want self - improvement and want to better themselves they seek en...