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on October 20, 2022

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1) Introduction to Media - 10 Questions

2) Semiotics blog tasks - English analysis and Icon, Index, Symbol

3) Language: Reading an image - media codes

4) Media consumption audit

5) Reception theory - advert analyses

6) Genre: Fact sheets and general study questions

7) Narrative: Fact sheet questions

8) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes

9) October assessment learner response

10) Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G

11) Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen

12) Industries: Ownership and Control

13) Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries

14) Industries: Public Service Broadcasting

15) Industries: Regulation

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