We now need to update our MIGRAIN blog index (we last updated this in December) with all the work we've done recently. As you know, it is important we are revising terminology and theory on an ongoing basis and making sure there are no gaps as the course continues. The vast majority of the course will be tested in an exam situation and there could easily be a question on a specific theory that we've covered in the last three half-terms. If you have missed any lessons or blog tasks this will significantly disadvantage you.
MIGRAIN Final index
Keeping an index of all your work is extremely good practice from a revision perspective. Not only does this keep the concepts and media terminology fresh in your mind but it will also highlight if you've missed anything through absence or trips. Your index should now include the following:
1) Media consumption audit
2) Language: Reading an image - advert analyses
3) Reception theory
4) Semiotics: icons, indexes and symbols
5) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions
6) Narrative: Factsheet questions
7) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation
8) October assessment learner response
9) Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G
10) Audience theory 2 - Bandura and Cohen moral panic
11) Audience theory: Media Effects factsheet
12) Industries: Ownership and Control
13) Industries: Regulation
14) Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries
15) Industries: Public Service Broadcasting
16) Industries: Brand Values and Lines of Appeal
17) Representation: Introduction - Taken trailer analysis
18) Representation: Theory - MM article and application of theory
19) Representation: Feminism - Everyday Sexism & Fourth Wave MM article
20) Representation: Feminist theory
21) January assessment learner response
22) Representation: Identity in the online age - MM article
23) Representation: Gauntlett / Collective Identity Factsheet
24) Ideology: BBC Question Time analysis and binary opposition
25) Ideology: MM reading on ideology and the wider media
You'll have done half of this index already - a quick time-saving tip is to copy the HTML from your original index blogpost and paste it in your new index blogpost. This will give you the first few links and you can add to it from there.
Remember, this is your index, so the text should link to your corresponding blogpost so you can access your work on each key concept quickly and easily. This also means you if you have missed anything you can now catch up with the work/notes and won't underperform in future assessments due to gaps in your knowledge.
Important: your updated index needs to be completed by the first lesson back after half-term.
Folder check
An organised folder is absolutely vital when it comes to keeping notes for revision in future. At the beginning of the year you started an A4 ringbinder folder with dividers - now we need to do our latest folder check to make sure we still have all our notes in chronological order and a section for our marked assessments so far.
Use the folder check self-assessment sheet to check you have everything in order then simply sign it yourself and ask your teacher to countersign it to confirm you are up-to-date. If you don't have your folder with you today, make sure you bring it in on the first Monday after half-term and get it signed off by your exam class teacher.
Media Magazine
We have set you several pieces of work this term using articles in Media Magazine. However, if you're aiming for an A or A* grade in A Level Media we strongly recommend you read the rest of the magazine in your own time - focusing on texts or topics you are particularly interested in.
The latest edition, MM62, contains some excellent articles on Moonlight (which you'll remember from our trip), Michael Jackson classic Billie Jean, Tarantino's Pulp Fiction and why big budget games rarely become films. You'll find it in our Media Magazine archive - just click on MM62!
Homework
Complete the last task on Ideology - Media Magazine reading from MM52.
If you don't have your folder with you, make sure you bring it in next lesson to get it signed off.
If the index task has revealed any gaps in your blog, make sure you complete the missing work over half-term along with the rest of the index.
All due: Monday after half-term
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