Brief

preliminary exercise: using DTP and an image manipulation programme, produce the front page of a new school/college magazine, featuring a photograph of a student of medium close-up plus some appropriately laid-out text and a masthead. additionally candidates must produce a mock-up of the layout of the contents page to demonstrate their grasp of DTP.

homework

question one- what is web 2.0?
A= a website that allows users to interact with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user generated content.

Q2 A= mediation- is the way an individual interperets a text,which means that it may not be the reality. e.g a news story, it could be presented in a way that could be a manipulated version of reality.

profileration- the rapid increase in numbers. relates to how many devices/platforms media can be broadcast.
'The media' is the way people are informed with current information.

when media products are refered to as 'shared' it describes the way that media can be distributed and shared socially.

In countries like Burma, China and Ethiopia the media is strictly regulated because china is a communist country, Burma is oppressed and ethiopia is a relatively poor country so they dont have the same facilities and resources to access media content.

media is important in todays society because it enables people to keep up to date with recent knowledge and is a fast way to exchange information.