GP JC1 T2W3 Lecture: Media Systems

The Media

What do you use the media for? What do you expect to get out of it? features of media:
mass media refers to technology used by a small group of people to communicate with a larger group of people - accesibility and reach
- volume of info
functions of media: - speed
traditional media: broadcast, television, newspaper etc - to educate - engagement
A&R: more accessible through literate
vs - to entertain - control of info
more extensive
new media: social media etc - to profit - flow of info
tend to be more passive acting
as a receiver of information .
rather than producer or ;
creator, slower to disseminate,
;

Key Concepts (definition, key ideas, tensions…)

INFLUENCE VS REFLECTION
TRUTH VS NARRATIVE
CONFLICT VS CONSENSUS

Other Important Ideas:

 GP JC1 T2W3 Lecture: Media Systems

T2W1 Lecture Recap

4 Important Aspects of the P1 Essay

RELEVANCE

Question Analysis Framework

P ……………………………………………
erspective

I ……………………………………………
ssues

A ……………………………………………
ssumptions

C ……………………………………………
ontext
K ……………………………………………
eywords

Can the media ever be trusted to convey the truth?

Issue Subject Matter

“Be trusted to” “Ever”

Assumptions

Text

Case Studies: Why are they (stakeholders who created the content) doing this?

T.I.C.C.

TRENDS IMPLICATIONS

CONTEXT CONNECTIONS

Other Notes: