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 

News & Online media (Lesson 5)

A-Level Media:      News & Online Media

TASK:             Explain theory and explain how the theory can be used in relation to news and online media. Where possible find a story and give an example of the theory in relation to the story.

   Theory                                           Explanation                          Example

Semiology
Structuralism
Representation
Identity
Feminist Theory
Gender
Power in the Media
Media Effects
Cultivation Theory
Fandom
End of Audience
Narrative

News and online media (Lesson 3 &4)

As mentioned, this area does not change much from the first year, however your analysis and discussion for the topic does need to be at a higher level and all of the questions need to include and discuss theories, so you need to go over theories again and again. So to help you with this you need to analyse as much as possible.

Here is the exam paper questions and resources from last year. You will need to attempt questions 1 & 2 now.

Questions 3 & 4 need to be done after you have covered the next few lessons.

News and online media refresher work (lessons 1 & 2)

Lessons 1 & 2 are to simply visit the label for the first year work, 'Label J' and dig out all of your notes from last year. You need to look over your understanding of news values and of course media language what analyzing front covers or newspaper Facebook pages and twitter feeds.

Remember you will need to discuss technology and its impact upon news and the audience in this section of the exam as well as analysing front covers.

NOTE: Theory Time, you must in all of your discussion and analysis apply theories to your responses, so a part of these first two lessons is to brush up on all of your theories.

News and online media, Website & Social Media analysis (lesson 9)

A-Level Media: Analysis of newspaper websites and social media sites:

PAPER 1:              Daily Mirror

Website Analysis

Social Media analysis

Target Audience for both

PAPER 2:              Daily Mail

Website Analysis

Social Media Analysis

Target Audience for both

PAPER 3:              Daily Telegraph

Website Analysis

Social media analysis

Target Audience of both

Focus on social media sites. (Students examine three newspaper websites and three newspaper social media sites (Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph) Main emphasis to be on layout, style, conventions of websites, stories covered, images used. For social media sites, look at us as an audience and how we impact upon stories and ways of discussing, debating stories. Look at target audience and use of technology.

News and online media Other information (lesson 8)

Below is a brief lesson plan that attempts to cover as much as possible during the enforced closure.  Most of the content has been covered by previous posts. However you need to look at and attempt in more detail lessons three and seven. You will also need to attempt the question in lesson 8

News and Online News

Lesson Plan Outline

Lesson 1	Introduction to news. Analysis of news stories, news values. News selection tasks. Look at current news stories
Lesson 2	Look at three news stories, that can be followed over the course of a few lessons. Focus upon aspects that are covered in the exam (Media Language). Headlines, Images, how the story and people are being represented. Look at newspaper social media sites. How is the story being discussed on social media. Ask students to track the stories over the next few lessons.
Lesson 3	Focus on social media sites. Use sheet provided (Students examine three newspaper web-sites and three newspaper social media sites (Daily Mirror, Daily Mail, Daily Telegraph) Main emphasis to be on layout, style, conventions of web-sites, stories covered, images used. For social media sites, look at us as an audience and how we impact upon stories and ways of discussing, debating stories. Look at target audience and use of technology.
Lesson 4	Codes and conventions / analysis of newspaper front covers. Use practice exam paper front covers of Theresa May Brexit story. Discuss how to approach completing an analysis of the cover. Discuss media language, representation, identity, structuralism. Students attempt to write an analysis once discussion compete. (Remember to use some of the lesson to track and update stories)
Lesson 5	(Remember to use some of the lesson to track and update stories) Continue with analysis of front covers of newspapers. Give students three front covers to analyse, based on exam criteria and work completed in previous lesson. Look at three Facebook / Twitter pages. Use snippet tool to create three images. Same process as Front cover analysis.
Lesson 6	Students write an analysis of the stories they have tracked. Select one of the stories and answer a list of questions based on the story. Questions focus on media language, audience discussion / response and theories that can be applied to the story.
Lesson 7	Facts, figures and technology lesson (1). A historical view of news, start with newspaper history, radio news, TV news, internet and access to news constantly. How has technology changed the way news is constructed and presented. Has it impacted on what we now view as having news values, or have news values been diminished and devalued? Decline in newspaper sales, who accesses news online?
Lesson 8	(2). Continuation of previous lesson. However, students need to gather data and demonstrate they can use the information by answering an exam style question. ‘Changing social contexts, caused by technological advances, have created a long term decline in the circulation of national newspapers. Explain how newspapers have responded to these changes. Refer to a newspaper of your choice to support your answer’.

News and online media part two (lesson 7)

A-Level Media:  News & Online Media

TASK:             Tracking a story through social media

You need to use this sheet to track a story through both the newspapers and social media. You need to follow at least three stories, so start a separate sheet for each story.

Chosen Story (Initial information)

What is the story? Give a brief overview of the history of the story and where the story is now. Are there any front page headlines about the story, if so paste them into document and analyse them.

News Values of the story?

Why is the story in the news? Has it come and gone as it has developed or has it stayed in the news?

Online discussion

Search the online community through the newspaper social media feeds and websites such as Facebook, twitter and the on-line version of the paper and find out what people are saying about the story, cut and paste a selection of comments that will allow you to analyse how people are reacting to the story.  Remember you will be updating this document over the next few weeks.