ASMedia Studies

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

8 - 13

Uses Facebook

Listens to pop music.

Female

Bedroom wall covered in posters.

What kind of media institution might

distribute your media product and why?

Who would be the audience for your media product? Social grade Social status Chief income – earners

occupationExamples

A Upper middle class Higher managerial, administrative or professional.

BishopExperienced doctorPolice superintendent

B Middle Class Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional.

VicarSolicitorChief clerk in a bank

C1 Lower middle class Supervisory or clerical and junior managerial, administrative or professional.

Student doctorInexperienced journalistMonk or nun

C2 Skilled working class Skilled manual workers.Police constableBus driverBrick layer

D Working class Semi- and unskilled manual workers. Traffic warden

Fishermanapprentice

E Those at the lowest level of subsistence

State pensioners, casual or lowest grade workers.

Season fruit pickers.

How did you attract/address your audience?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from

it to the full product?