Media Industries

Question 1

What is a Content Provider?

Answer 1

An organisation that makes material for viewing platforms.

Question 2

What is a UGC

Answer 2

User-generated content - any form of content created by the users of an online system.

Question 3

What is Platform?

Answer 3

The technologies, softwares or apps that allow media consumers abd producers to interact, such as social media.

Question 4

What is Monetisation strategy?

Answer 4

The proposed method for making an income from the product

Question 5

What is Commercial broadcasting?

Answer 5

Privately owned media broadcasting of television and radio programming.

Question 6

What is Public service broadcasting?

Answer 6

Television and radio programmes that are broadcast to inform, entertain or educate the public, without trying to make a profit.

Question 7

What is Subscription broadcasting?

Answer 7

Any platform/broadcaster that offers access to its content for a subscription.

Question 8

What does Concentration of ownership mean?

Answer 8

Refers to the number of organisations or individuals who control ownership of the media. Fewer stakeholders hold increasing shares.

Question 9

What does Conglomerate mean?

Answer 9

A media conglomerate is a large corporation that owns a large number of media companies, such as television,radio, internet, publishing – giving the conglomerate control in the market.

Question 10

What does Convergence mean?

Answer 10

When 2 or more institutions come together to create a new product or media experience.

Question 11

What does Demerger mean?

Answer 11

Separating a large corporation into two or more smaller organisations.

Question 12

What does Distribution mean?

Answer 12

The ways in which media products are made available to audiences either physically or online.

Question 13

What does Franchise mean?

Answer 13

Connected media products derived from a single original source, for example, a film – with a comic and video game also produced about the film.

Question 14

What does Horizontal integration mean?

Answer 14

Companies who acquire other companies operating in the same sector.

Question 15

What does Merger mean?

Answer 15

A combination of two media companies into one – usually to gain more power and influence in the market.

Question 16

What does Vertical Integration mean?

Answer 16

A strategy that involves bringing supply, production, distribution and sales together

Question 17

What does BARB mean?

Answer 17

Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board

They are organisation that measures and collects television viewing data in the UK

Question 18

What does BBFC mean?

Answer 18

British Board of Film Classification

They are responsible for deciding the age classification and censorship of all the films and video content that is released in the UK

Question 19

What does IPSO mean?

Answer 19

Independent Press Standards Organisation

The regulators of the newspaper and magazine industry in the UK.

Question 20

What does OFCOM mean?

Answer 20

Office of Communications

Ensures the communication and broadcasting industries in the UK operate fairly. They also make sure the public are are protected from offensive and inappropriate material.

Question 21

What does PEGI mean?

Answer 21

Pan European Game Information.

Organisation that judges what age rating games should be

Question 22

What are Editorials?

Answer 22

Statements that newspaper’s position on a topic

Question 23

What is News Values?

Answer 23

The way media companies will assess and categorise news sry and decide on how worthy they are

Question 24

What is Anchorage?

Answer 24

The text that fixes (anchors) an image and its meaning.

Question 25

What is Antagonist?

Answer 25

The character whose function is to disrupt the protagonist – often, but not always, a villain.

Question 26

What is Archetype?

Answer 26

An original on which many copies are based. Often used in relation to characters in fictional works.
Character archetypes include examples such as the rebel, the mother figure, the villain.

Question 27

What is Binary opposition?

Answer 27

The contrast between two ideas or concepts that usually causes conflict, such as good/evil, male/female.

Question 28

What is Brand?

Answer 28

A type of product that is manufactured and marketed under a particular name, logo and design.

Question 29

What is By-line?

Answer 29

The printed line of text in a newspaper/magazine that names the writer of an article.

Question 30

What is Code?

Answer 30

A communication system which includes signs, rules and shared understanding. Such as the English language, non-verbal codes, print codes and editing codes.

Question 31

What is Colour palette?

Answer 31

The suite of colours that are used in the creation of media texts, such as websites and magazines, to reflect a brand and appeal to its audience.

Question 32

What is Connotation?

Answer 32

The meanings of a sign or media product that are made by cultural association. These are often the deeper or underlying meanings. For example, images of a sunset in a film may connote ending or closure.

Question 33

What is Cover price?

Answer 33

The price printed on the cover of a printed media text.

Question 34

What is Cross-head?

Answer 34

Words used as a title or sub-heading to break up text in a newspaper or magazine.

Question 35

What is Cross-cut?

Answer 35

An editing technique used to establish that action is occurring at the same time.