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Read Media Factsheet 030 - Media and Audiences -The Effects Debate and answer the following questions: 1) Complete the questions in the first activity box (beginning with 'Do you play violent games? Are you violent in real life?') -->   I don't really play any violent video games or watch any violent videos, I am not violent at all in real life. 2) What are the four categories of different effects theories? -->   Bandura: Social Learning Theory    Stanley Cohen: Moral Panic    Tecnopanic: Modern Moral Panic    George Gerbner: Cultivation Theory 3) What are the examples provided for the hypodermic needle theory - where media texts have been blamed for certain events?  -->T he media text that is provided as hypodermic theory which is used to blame for certain events are : Child's Play, Natural Born Killers, and Marilyn Manson   4) What was the 1999 Columbine massacre? You may need to research this online in addition t...

Audience Theory 1) Read this  Mail Online article about the effects of videogames . How does this article link to the hypodermic needle model? -->- This links to the hypodermic needle model as it suggests that video games brainwash people and influence them to do bad things in the real world.  This is a crude theory from the 1920s that suggests the media injects information into the audience like a hypodermic needle and therefore can have a dangerous effect on us.Needle model in this article makes us feel as if its facts and isn't bias in any way which influences us to believe the information provided which will force a judgment to follow the daily emails opinion. 2) How does coverage of the Talk Talk hacking case (see Daily Mail front page below) link to the hypodermic needle model? Why might someone  criticise  this front page?  -->- They suggest that it was due to video games which lead to this incident and that it was purely based on the fa...

Psychographics Presentation Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Hlu27eahkvZgtD6KbOq1ZxBc12xEswns7vTfKJc1oYQ/edit#slide=id.p I would say I am struggler and an aspirer. this is because I am unorganized and leave my work to the very last minute. I would say I am an aspirer because I like having nice clothes and materialistic things.

' MIGRAIN October assessment learner response '  1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). - WWW: Clear writing, with some explanations of media terminology. -EBI: Muchmore developed answers needed, especially- For example- the genre question: both theory and examples needed. 2) Read the  mark scheme for this assessment  carefully. Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for each question in the assessment. - Questions 1- Use Barthe and Propp and examples from theory. - Question 2- Use media terminology and examples - Question 3- Use Theories and examples - Question 4- Go  into the details of the poster and analyze specifics and use theories. 3) Read this  exemplar response  from one of the Y12s (one of the best, which is a strong B grade).  Identify at least  one  potential point that you missed out on for...