Media Current Affairs

Question 1

Basic communication model

Answer 1

The exchange of messages between a sender and a receiver via a medium.

Question 2

Point of view

Answer 2

The writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story to whom.

Question 3

Encoding

Answer 3

The way in which texts are put together

Question 4

Decoding

Answer 4

How an audience member is able to understand and interpret the message

Question 5

Production context

Answer 5

The place and time of the production

Question 6

TV news codes and conventions

Answer 6

Technical, written, audio and symbolic tools used to construct or suggest meaning in media forms and products.

Question 7

Current affair conventions

Answer 7

Technical, written and symbolic tools used to construct or suggest meaning in current affairs

Question 8

Commercial media

Answer 8

Media that is privately owned by larger companies and corporations(Care how many people watch)

Question 9

Non-commercial media

Answer 9

They are supported by the government as a public services

Question 10

Intended audience

Answer 10

The group of people for which the service or product is made

Question 11

Audience values

Answer 11

What the audience thinks is important

Question 12

Audience response

Answer 12

How the audience responds to the news program

Question 13

Controls and constraints

Answer 13

Formal and informal elements that influence and limit what the producer of a media can or can’t include in a production

Question 14

Who is the producer of A Current Affair

Answer 14

Nine news

Question 15

Who is attended audience of A Current Affair as a program

Answer 15

Conservatives, parent age(50+)

Question 16

What is the intended message of A Current Affair

Answer 16

1. Negative impact of protestors(climate))
2. Feel sorry for pedestrians(cancer dude) + lady who lost her mother

Question 17

What are some examples of news codes and conventions

Answer 17

Topic of focus, Emotional language, Titles, Interviews, News desk

Question 18

What is the point view of the sad lady

Answer 18

The point of view of Lady that she dislikes the protests as it is stopping her seeing her dead mother and feels “Human Lives are more important”

Question 19

What is the point of view of snapchat guy from the protest

Answer 19

He believes protesting is the only way to get people listening and stopping climate change

Question 20

What is the audience response of Current Affair

Answer 20

The audience response would be entertained but displeased with the protestors as they would view them as a disturbance

Question 21

Who are the 4 producer of 4 corners

Answer 21

1.Amy Donaldson
2. Elise Potaka
3. Lesley Robinson
4. Mary Fallon

Question 22

Who is the intended audience in 4 corners

Answer 22

People who know about climate change(or at least a little)

Question 23

What is the intended message of 4 corners episode

Answer 23

Climate change needs to be stopped soon before its too late

Question 24

What are two example of a convention used in the 4 corners episode(in detail)

Answer 24

1st convention: Dramatised narration, when describing Sally(sad lady) and her experience with the protestors

2nd convention: Angry interviews of people effected by the protestors

Question 25

What are two example of a convention used in the 4 corners episode(in detail)

Answer 25

Close up: Use to see the emotion of distinction Rebellion before and after being arrested by the police(fear and anger)

Shaky camera: Shows the realism of these events

Question 26

What are the point of view of distinction rebellion

Answer 26

The point of view of distinction rebellion is that they need to convince the higher ups through any means necessary to stop woodside’s advancements(for the climate)

Question 27

What is the audience response for 4 corners

Answer 27

The audience response of people who are watching 4 corners would be intrigued but also fearful about climate change. Less viewed than a current affair.