Ok this is it!!! Our last topic for this A level course – hope you have had some fun, learned some things and generally developed as a human being!!
This last topic actually includes 5 SEPARATE CSP’s and is organised under the umbrella term: ON-LINE, SOCIAL AND PARTICIPATORY MEDIA.
For this course, the study of Online, Social and Participatory media and Video Games is linked. You will study some Online Social and Participatory media products (Teen Vogue and The Voice) and you will study some video games (Metroid and Tomb Raider Anniversary). You will also study SIMs Freeplay. For this product you will study both the game and its online, social and participatory media products. This will help you develop your understanding of the digitally convergent nature of media products. The list below makes it clear what you need to study.
- TEEN VOGUE (which we covered in the AS course – link here)
- TOMB RAIDER (which we covered in the AS course – link here)
- THE VOICE WEBSITE (link here)
- SIMS FREEPLAY (the game, Facebook page, twitter feed)
- METROID: PRIME 2 ECHOES (game cover, the game)
These CSP’s need to be studied in terms of ALL 4 CONCEPTUAL AREAS:
- > MEDIA LANGUAGE
- > REPRESENTATION
- > INDUSTRY
- > AUDIENCE
For many the rise of a new media society is closely linked to the theoretical position of POSTMODERNISM, so a basic grasp of some of the ideas behind this key concept would also help
As this is quite a lot to refer to I will use this post for general ideas and approaches, so PLEASE REFER TO THE STUDENT CSP BOOKLET for SPECIFIC GUIDANCE.