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A Level Media Studies Paper 4: Critical Perspectives

October/November 2 022  9607/04 Section A: Media Debates Media regulation  Evaluate some of the different ways in which the idea of freedom is used in debates about media regulation. [15]  Plan:  P1 -   Freedom of speech Case study: The permanent suspension of Donald Trump's twitter account due to the violation of Twitter's policy, "glorification of violence." P2 - Freedom of creativity  Case study: Some episodes of it's always sunny in Philadelphia (2005) include satirical scenes of blackface, brownface and yellow face. These scenes were perceived as entertainment in the past, however in 2021, after the premiere of season 15, some episodes are pulled out for being "insensitive." The show is now missing 5 episodes on streaming services (Netflix, Hulu and Disney+). Many fans were view this as an action that limits creativity and freedom of expression. P3 - Consumer freedom Case study: Since the rights of Friends (1994-2004) were purchased by YouKu, spec...

2nd Semestral Exam Review - Theories

 Media ownership / regulation  Media ownership : The media industry is dominated by large multinational conglomerates. The concentration of ownership of our media sources (news, film, TV, radio, video games etc) are falling into the hands of fewer and fewer corporations. Media regulation : Media texts are regulated by organizations such as OFCOM and IPSO. Media regulation on the new media technologies is necessary to protect the public from inappropriate materials and to provide a free space of public access and various opinions. Case Study : TikTok which was released to US in 2018 are accessible all around the world except China and it is available in 40 different languages. TikTok doesn't have any specific regulation except for optional parental restrictions. Meanwhile, the Chinese version of TikTok, Douyin has tight regulations for children under 14 to protect them from inappropriate contents. The app is locked from 10pm to 6am and they only can access it 40 minutes pe...

Final Product: Music Video, Digipak, Social Media [ Component 3 ]

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   These are the final products for component 3.  Eve - 'my strange addiction' A Regents Production by Kanna and Erina Eve - 'my strange addiction" Music Video GDrive Link:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1szz8b9AoCJTc8i1cLFHa76IcGiN_9Gwj/view?usp=sharing Eve - 'my strange addiction" Digipak [ Front & Back Cover ] [ Inside ] [ Lyric Book Cover ] [ Lyric Book Inside Content ] [ Digipack Final Mockup ] Eve - 'my strange addiction" Social Media Here's the link to our Instagram page:  https://www.instagram.com/evemusic.official/

Critical Self Reflection [ Component 3 ]

This is the critical self reflection I made for this project This is my first draft (+ Mr. Nick's feedbacks) link:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/13eGbmBkN22o9EOi48paYMYgcJFS6_CoVd2dFWrrBYSg/edit?usp=sharing  This is my second draft (+Mr. Nick's feedbacks)  link  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n-sATpJVP1BuTFV_YEa3O_l3intAi0-d124ZiiVhQNo/edit?usp=sharing  This is my final draft link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16lt7Nj1dw_FhFpxH4rTW6WMrbLzV-0FY6cFnNS2Ra3M/edit?usp=sharing Cambridge gave us a variety of briefs that we could do and the brief I chose was the Music Promotion Package brief because it aligns with my interests and I have a considerable amount of knowledge regarding the music industry.  The brief stated that I needed to: “Create a promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music video (major task), together with an official social media page for the band or artiste(s) and a digipak for the album’s release (minor tas...