News & Online media (Lesson 6)

I appreciate some of these theories would have been covered in lesson 5. You obviously only need to focus on the theories not yet covered.

A-Level Media:                  Theories for News & On-Line Media

Audience:

(Bandura) Media Effects

(Gerbner) Cultivation Theory

(Hall) Reception Theory

(Jenkins) Fandom

(Shirky) End of Audience

Industry:

(Curran & Seaton) Power without responsibility

(Livingston & Lunt) Regulation

(Hesmondhalgh) Cultural Industries

NOTE:  Remember that these can be just starting points and through discussion of these theories may well open the door and present opportunity to bring in and discus other theories, thus improving your