EDUQAS 2024 ONWARDS: A2 COMPONENT 2, INDUSTRY AND AUDIENCE IN 'VOGUE' AND 'THE BIG ISSUE'

LESSON 9-12, THIS QUAD CONCLUDES THE MAINSTREAM AND ALTERNATIVE MAGAZINE UNIT. THIS LESSON COVERS:

-Retained learning task on the 3 Industry theorists
-Dual-revenue streams
-Risk averse
-Circulation
-Niche VS Mainstream
-Diversification
-In-depth infogrpahic on the ownership/ structure of ‘Vogue’ and ‘The Big Issue’
-Media concentration
-Socially diverse patterns of ownership
-Exploration task surrounding ‘The Big Issue’ website
-‘The BIg Issue’ during and post-covid
-Pluralism
-Social consumerism
–Old V traditional media
-Convergence
-Cross-media
-Pyschogreaphics
-In-depth look at ‘The Big Issue’ Annual report

TASK ON: 40. Curran and Seaton argue that media industries are generally controlled by a small number of powerful companies whose main purpose is to create a profit. Evaluate this theory of power and media industries. Refer to Vogue and The Big Issue in your response. [30]

TASK ON: 60. To what extent can audiences interpret the same magazine in different ways? Explore the set editions of Vogue and The Big Issue in your response. [30]

MOCK EXAM CHECKPOINT ON: 60. To what extent do social and cultural contexts influence audience interpretations of magazines? Refer to the set editions of Vogue and The Big Issue to support your answer. [30]

PLEASE ALSO CONSULT NOTE SECTION OF POWER POINTS FOR ADVICE, DELIVERY NOTES AND FURTHER READING/RESOURCES.

THIS RESOURCE INCLUDES A FRAMEWORK SHEET FOR H/W.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school operates a two year A-Level; AS (YEAR 12) AND A2 (YEAR 13). Moreover, some of the tasks in lesson and for H/W are dependent upon owning the EDUQAS AS/ A2 Revision Guides/ Mark Dixon’s ‘Media Theory for A Level: The Essential Revision Guide’

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