Ranvir GCSE Media

  1) What were the first videogames like? the first video games where made by  researcher to test programming or to demonstrate compueters poitetinal. 2) How have videogames changed over time? video games now have 3d graphics and have higher frame rates and now have differnt genres of games. 3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames? Tetris and what they have in common is their easy and quick interface to allow people to play however and whenever they would like to. 4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames? 1) At the time of the article, how many Fortnite players were there worldwide? (Bonus question - how many are there now? Try Googling it.) 2) Why is it so popular? What are the audience pleasures of the game? 3) Why might some people criticise Fortnite? 4) Copy and paste two comments from 'below the line' of the Guardian article - th...

Audience 1) What are the main audience demographics for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can. the upper class as the times have more advanced  vocabulary thus targetting the higher educated audience . 2) What aspects of the front page of the Times CSP edition suggest that their readers are likely to be more educated and interested in hard news rather than entertainment? the times contains hardcore news  3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected  or  challenged by the design and news stories in the CSP pages we have studied?  the times contain haredcore news thus not attracting any younger audience who would like soft news. 4) What are the main  audience pleasures  offered by the Times?  Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory. survillance,entainment , personal identity ,becoming an active participant  5) Why might a reader enjoy  this  CSP edition of the Times? U...

Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers? the main story on the front cover is the post office scandal adn the time readers are sttarcted to the news since this efects majorrity of people since the post office is very established. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it?  the times is biased and is against the post office and they present y calling the post office a scandal. 3)  How is the Times front page designed to reflect  broadsheet  newspaper conventions? the times observes more  traditonal codes and convention white less slang of sorts and more formal writing and less imagies . 4) How can you tell the inside pages of the Times are a broadsheet newspaper?  the inside pages of the times broadsheet are a broadsheet newspaper because it has alot of wrting contrasting from a tabloid. 5) What does a close analysis of the news stories...