Monday, 15 October 2012

Digital Media Cultures - Essay Questions

In this weeks Digital Media Cultures lecture we were given our essay questions to look over and decide which ones we will pick. Here's the list of questions:

  1. How are public service broadcasters responding to the challenges of the contemporary media industry?
  2. 'Developments in digital technology are democratizing the media industry' discuss.
  3. Choose one area of the cultural industry and assess the impact that the internet has had on the way that particular industry operates.
  4. Outline and discuss the shifts in the relationship between producer, text and audience. Your work should acknowledge recent theoretical shifts in audience studies.
  5. Analyse the impact of formats on the TV industry. Your essay should also analyse debates that relate to the potential social and cultural impact of formats on audiences.
  6. Analyse the relationship between developments in media and the processes of globalization.
  7. 'The pursuit of profit has become the driving force in the development of media and has ultimately had a negative impact upon culture' discuss.
  8. Outline and discuss the impact Apple have had on the contemporary media industry.
  9. Choose one area of the media industry and assess how the shift from analogue to digital has impacted upon the industry.
Although I would like to begin looking to choose a question I would like to write my essay on, I think that I my leave my decision a little longer. We still have a long way to go before the deadline and as we haven't had all of the necessary lectures to give an informed decision I think choosing so early on may be a mistake. Although I have highlighted the questions that I found interesting just for myself.

Phoebe

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