On one hand, big businesses benefit from digitally networked societies are they are able to maintain their popularity by using different media platforms to advertise and connect. However, it can be useful for individuals for self promotion just on a much smaller scale.

Dunbar’s number is a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships—relationships in which an individual knows who each person is and how each person relates to every other person.

A feedback loop is a concept found in systems theory. Feedback loops provide information to an organization about system successes and problems. Success results in a positive feedback loop and problems create a negative feedback loop.

Vail used the concept of Network Effects to build AT&T into a monopoly of telephone communication in the early 1900s. … There are also Indirect Network Effects, which occur when more customers indirectly increase the value of a product of service.

-Canadian philosopher and media analyst

-predicted the world wide web 30 years before it was even invented

-after death, still continued to be a controversial figure in academic circles

-most well known work was understanding the media

-some theorists have attacked McLuhan’s work, calling it too simplistic

-“The Medium is the Massage” sold nearly 1 million copies world wide

-McLuhan adopted the phrase “massage” to denote the effect each medium has on the human sensorium

Production;

1. Digital audio recorders
2. digital cameras
3. Photoshop, Adobe
4. Blogs and websites
5. Computers and other electronic devices (e.g tablets)

Distribution;

1. The internet
2. social media
3. broadcasts
4. hosting sites
5. YouTube
6. email
7. Blogs and websites
8. WiFi
9. IP address

Consumption;

1. Phones
2. TVs
3. DAB’s
4. YouTube
5. cinema
6. app
7. USB’s

WHAT’S IN THIS ISSUE?

04 WHY 80S GAMING RULED

08 FORTNITE CHALLENGE

16 LEVEL UP

20 MARIO GUIDE: TACTICS

24 THE MAKING OF MARIO

28 THE MAKING OF SONIC

32 ULTIMATE GUIDE: MARIO VS DONKEY KONG

36 TOP 25 NINTENDO GAMES

40 TOP 25 PLAYSTATION GAMES

Front cover, contents page and double pages – all need to relate with chosen genre.

FRONT PAGE

Masthead; PLAYER 1

Selling line; The ultimate guide to the classics

Cover price; £2.99

CONTENTS PAGE

Features that may be included;

“Why 80s gaming ruled”

“The making of Mario”

“The history of Sonic”

“The top 10 80s games”

“Donkey Kong: the ultimate guide”

DOUBLE PAGES

At least 400 words and 7 images across both pages

1)Common is an American rapper, actor, writer, philanthropist, and activist. 

2)Began rapping in the late 1980s

3)In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best R&B Song

4)Net worth – 45 million

LETTER TO THE FREE – MUSIC VIDEO

1)Released – 2016

2)Genre – hiphop

Explain how media organisations build and maintain audiences nationally and globally.

• The program “The Killing” is a cross-genre show as it includes Serial, Drama, Thriller, Crime film, Crime Fiction, Mystery, Adventure, Action/Adventure, Police procedural and Action fiction.

ESSAY 2 – Hidden Figures

Budget = 25 million US dollars.

Hidden Figures grossed $169.6 million in the United States and Canada, and $66.3 million in other territories, for a worldwide gross of $236 million, against a production budget of $25 million.

Initial release: January 6, 2017 (Canada)

THE KILLING

Danish police proceduraldrama television series created by Søren Sveistrup and produced by DR in co-production with ZDF Enterprises. 

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING – Public broadcasting involves radio, television and other electronic media outlets whose primary mission is public service. In many countries of the world, funding comes from governments, especially via annual fees charged on receivers. DR (Danish Broadcasting ) is funded by a media licence which is charged to all Danish households and companies with television sets, computers, smartphones and other devices with internet access.

Original Danish air date[3]	Danish ratings (DR1)[4]	Original UK air date[5]	UK ratings (BBC Four)[6]
1	“Episode 1”	7 January 2007	1,550,000	22 January 2011	472,000
2	“Episode 2”	14 January 2007	1,707,000	22 January 2011	421,000
3	“Episode 3”	21 January 2007	1,622,000	29 January 2011	424,000
4	“Episode 4”	28 January 2007	1,213,000	29 January 2011	388,000
5	“Episode 5”	4 February 2007	1,532,000	5 February 2011	524,000
6	“Episode 6”	11 February 2007	1,600,000	5 February 2011	443,000
7	“Episode 7”	18 February 2007	1,512,000	12 February 2011	524,000
8	“Episode 8”	25 February 2007	1,712,000	12 February 2011	466,000
9	“Episode 9”	4 March 2007	1,634,000	19 February 2011	536,000
10	“Episode 10”	11 March 2007	1,678,000	19 February 2011	480,000
11	“Episode 11”	23 September 2007	1,371,000	26 February 2011	509,000
12	“Episode 12”	30 September 2007	1,480,000	26 February 2011	474,000
13	“Episode 13”	7 October 2007	1,481,000	5 March 2011	563,000
14	“Episode 14”	14 October 2007	1,385,000	5 March 2011	511,000
15	“Episode 15”	21 October 2007	1,581,000	12 March 2011	597,000
16	“Episode 16”	28 October 2007	1,624,000	12 March 2011	535,000
17	“Episode 17”	8 November 2007	1,767,000	19 March 2011	613,000
18	“Episode 18”	15 November 2007	1,767,000	19 March 2011	551,000
19	“Episode 19”	22 November 2007	1,827,000	26 March 2011	603,000
20	“Episode 20”	29 November 2007

NO OFFENCE

Created by Paul Abbott and produced by his company AbbottVision.

In the UK, the first episode of No Offence launched with 2.5 million viewers, Channel 4‘s biggest midweek drama launch for more than three years.

The weekly consolidated series average remained at 2.5 million and finished 47% up on Channel 4‘s slot average.

In France, the first episode of No Offence aired on 29 February 2016 on France 2 and was watched by 5.46 million viewers, 20.4% of the TV audience. The next three episodes were shown back-to-back that evening and together achieved an average 4.6 million viewers, 19.3% of the TV audience.

HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION – the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain

VERTICAL INTEGRATION – where a company owns or controls its suppliers, distributors or retail locations to control its value or supply chain.

COMMERCIAL MEDIA – media that is privately owned by larger companies and corporations – No Offence / Channel 4. Channel 4 receives no public funding and is funded entirely by it’s own commercial activities.