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1. What is the media?
Learning Objectives:
Understand what is meant by ‘the media’
Define forms and platforms
Understand what the different media industries are
Understand the history of media
Introduction to Media Industries

2. What do we
mean by the
media?
• Look at the sheet
in front of you and
come up with a
definition of the
media.

3. What do we
mean by the
media
• The Media =
• A form of mass
communication.

4. How is the
media
organised?
• In pairs, cut up the
pictures and
organise them
into groups based
on links you can
make between
them.

5. How is the
media
organised?
• If you haven’t
already, organise
them into 5
groups.
• Name the groups.

6. How is the
media
organised?
• Compare your
labels to another
pair’s labels.
• Are they the same?
• In your 4s, decide
on a final
organisation.
• Finalise names for
your 5 groups.

7. How is the
media
organised?
• See if your groups
could fit under
these headings
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Each one of
these media
forms is a media
industry.
Lots of these
media forms can
be consumed
using several
platforms.

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Choose one of the
industries and
create a timeline
of its history, using
the information
you are directed
to.
You can’t choose
an industry with
an X
Newspaper
Magazine
Print
advertising
Radio
Music
Film
Television
Social
Online
Newspapers
Videogame
Music Video
X
X

10. Media Contexts

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Newspaper
Magazine
Print
advertising
Radio
Music
Film
Television
Social
Online
Newspapers
Videogame
Music Video
X
XInclude:
• At least 10 significant events
• The earliest origins of the media form
• The most recent incarnations of the media
form
• Advances in technology
• Significant people
• Significant products, publications, or
programmes.
• Images
• Dates
• Words