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back to developments intro Demonstrate understanding of a significant development in the media.
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Student research process:

|| Your focus could be on innovative change or advancement that has occurred in a :

specific medium specific product type specific genre

Be specific

about the medium: country of origin

You are evaluated for the social effects of the medium and repercussions on current society and the future. As to impact the development must have changed the medium in some way. The change could be financial, audience- based, control orientated or have a wider impact.

Examples:

- changes in ownership of a media company - changes in the means of delivery of a media product

Subscription idea for digital downloading. Freedom of access is always one of the key ideas behind the internet so companies need to give consumers more freedom of access. Use the case study of Netflix

|| This is a study of commercial/Industrial developments, usually, and the relations of these developments to humans as consumers. Developments with technology for media have historical roots in communications of necessity. The computer is an outcome of World War 11 by a British inventor keen to crack the signal codes of German attack plans on Britain. A passion for media developments may be inspired by individuals for altruistic reasons. The development of a tool of war, for example. It was the Bolex camera. It was light, portable. It could go to the war front. After wartime, memorable documentaries were made about humanity and struggle. By the 1960's, a small number of documentary directors concentrated on synchronized sound with 16mm cameras ( [|PENNEBAKER], [|LEACOCK],)
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Since days of media ownership by governments to a shift of media ownership by capital, the the emphasis of media production and consumption is a study of imagination, power, psychology and more.

Cultural developments in media are quickly incorporated into business practices as business is seeking profits. Thus, before convergence in media was monopolization of media. The key monopolies are discussed on th e industry exam pages of content. In developments study, look for events of media convergence. See convergence and media convergence Business and ideas

Development studies is a study of the relation between composition, creation, production, marketing aesthetics and the how people motivated to express, share and deliver. At a cultural level this is Art, music, cinema, events, exchanges and the relations of sponsorship or DIY. At a technological level this is the application and use of tools to enhance, change, control. At a commercial level it is a study of structures or ownership and patterns of change. Patterns, since the internet, have become exponentially swollen. marketers and Audiences or 'users' target their audiences by catering to tastes. They use the media to spread ideas.

Students need to connect the content of their chosen topic with it's dissemination and use ( consumption) patterns. This is the significant aspect.

cultures ( dominant, multi-cultural, fringe etc) and the society

Culture is not a series of progressions. It is more characterised as sites of stability, tradition, loyalty, respect,

Ritual. We develop our senses for culture from rituals. Culture is not nature. it is the art of creating form. Ask whether or how or why or when media makes changes and what this does for society and culture with the citizenry at this cultural level.

Trends and waves have been: From classical to contemporary

from formal forms to informal forms

as dominant cultures hybridising minorities

as nostalgia or revision.

The society responds to and comments upon the affects and influences of media developments ---

=research tasks: find examples of significant development of media=

What is this study really? The short answer is to see that NEW media is ubiquitous. It is affecting a new set of shifts in the behaviours of the social, cultural and business world

Communication systems( computers,satellites, storage data, Apps) have been involved in massive progress and advances in the late 20th Century to now. There have been a number of tumultuous shifts of relations between arts, audiences( customers) and business relations

Student tasks Criteria: Choose a current  development ( i.e this is not a history assessment ) Choose a current significant development in the media (one that is occurring now or in the past year) that interests you. This development needs to be an innovative change or advance affecting one medium or more, for example, television, the Internet, or participant culture Discuss your choice of development and media texts/product and information sources with your teacher before proceeding with your research, to ensure that your choices are appropriate.

The development could be: • change(s) in ownerships of a media trending

• new or revised technology used to create, access, or interact with the media

•a new form of media

•a new means of delivering media content

•a change in an audience of a media product.

•a change in or new legislation that affects the media


 * Research the development**

Use the Internet and other sources to research at least three media texts that provide information that you can refer to in your seminar to support your examination of your chosen development.

Write: a) an Essay. Use grammar that conforms to argumentative writing usage

grammar


 * 1) Joining words: Readers need transitional words and phrases to distinguish among different ideas and to make sense of logical relationships. Joining words indicate which assertions are offered as premises and which as conclusions. If these signals are missing in your writing, readers will often make their own connections, which may be quite different than those you intended.

To introduce premises, use connectors such as  because and <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> since. Example: The sea level is rising because greenhouse gases are causing the atmosphere to warm at a rapid rate. To link premises, use <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> and, but, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">and <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> or. Example: The rising sea level and the increase in temperature are connected.


 * 1) To introduce conclusions, use <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;">so, therefore, thus, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">and <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 130%;"> consequently . Example: Therefore, the increase in temperature is causing the sea level to rise.--

Go browsing on the intro pages . These are all PDFs to download and print if one suits you <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 14.5454540252686px;">Remember, the new business word for developments implies Convergence

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Ask yourself how much customer( audience) relations have been <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">changing and how much technology has been influencing <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">manners of business consumption.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Essay

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Plan the content of your essay <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">In your seminar presentation: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•describe the current development in the media <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•explain how and/or why the development occurred <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•explain the impact of the development on the media or wider society <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">•draw conclusions about the wider significance of the development for the media and/or society.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Compile a bibliography of sources and place it on a page with the seminar subheadings <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">here are modified sheets for questions and directions.

Do you have an idea now? or, go browsing here for one.

Browse six or seven offered suggestions on four pages here

REMEMBER. Go BROWSING FOR IDEAS ON PAGES 1 - 4 on this wiki here

<span style="color: #c96118; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 15.5999994277954px;">Introduction <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Things to learn to do: <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- find out how to frame an investigation ( <span style="color: #d71736; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> write an hypothesis or premise ( check out the vocabularly) Example. *See the hypothesis for conspiracy theory below about the obsessions people have with missing passenger jet planes <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- use a mixed method research methodology <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- look at participant types and range for this new development <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- look at ways of collecting data about the development( remember. cite references and supply a bibliography) <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">- look at ways of interpreting data <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">e.g the gathering of qualitative quantitative data

* http://dailycaller.com/2014/03/19/the-unsettling-truths-behind-why-were-obsessed-with-a-missing-airplane/

See something significant in games and listen to Sam talk on the page 2 of the developments browser pages with an update on the immersive idea Angus. Here is something for you on digital distribution. It is a conference announcement in LA. See if you can unpack the presentations. e. g Brand appeal

http://events.variety.com/massive-agenda/

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2015 Check on the class schedule to see who is doing what. Eight of you are working on this assessment now.

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