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GCSE Media Studies Year 1: Learner Response 1) Are you happy with your End of Year 1 exam results? I am happy with my result because there is room for area of improvement and because I know what to go over. 2) Why? Explain how you felt the exams went and your reaction to the results. I know I could of revised more on the CSP's and used more media terminology that would of added marks which would of made a different to the grade. 3) What do you feel are your  strongest  and  weakest  topic areas from what we've studied so far (e.g. Magazines, TV, Advertising etc.) Explain why. My strongest topics are advertising but my weakest topics are Tv and m agazines. 4) What will you do differently for the next set of mock exams in November/December? Next year i am going to make sure I use media terminology and I Know theories off by heart. 5) What grade do you hope to achieve in GCSE Media Studies this time next year? I hope to achieve a grade 6 or 7 this time next ye...

Apple Beats 1 Radio CSP: blog tasks Work through the following questions to complete your final Radio case study on Apple Beats Radio: Background, industries and the impact of the internet 1)  How have our music listening habits changed since 1960? there are more radio stations and thousands of online broadcasters there is Improved quality as radio moved from AM to FM and now to DAB and many shows are downloadable on-demand. 2) When did Apple Beats 1 Radio launch and what is it? Beats 1 is owned by Apple and launched in 2015 as a free live streaming global 'always on' radio station. It claims to work across genres but often focuses on indie and rap music. 3) What is the difference between Beats 1 Radio, iTunes and Apple Music?  IPhone users can listen to music that is being streamed for free but ITunes you still have to pay to listen to the music. 4) Why was Apple so keen to enter the online music world and compete with Spotify, Deezer and Amazon Music (an...

Radio 1 Launch CSP: blog tasks Work through the following questions to complete your first Radio case study on the launch of BBC Radio 1: Historical, social and cultural context 1) What radio stations were offered by the BBC before 1967? Before 1967, the radio stations offered by the BBC were 'BBC Radio Home', 'BBC Radio Light' and 'BBC Third'. 2) How was BBC reorganised in September 1967? BBC was  recognised    by the DJ's from pirated boat radio station to host their shows on Radio 1 and 2  which carried their followers from the pirated radio stations to BBC. 3) What was pirate radio and why was it popular? It was a radio station that was streamed on the sea which used sound waves of oceans. People loved it because it live streamed 24/7. 4) Why did pirate radio stop broadcasting in 1967? Pirate radio stopped playing in 1967 because of the Marine Broadcasting Offences Act that  officially outlawed pirate radio stations. 5)...