education

1. Mind Map of
Media Industry
Newspapers Print
Media
• Left Wing: (The Guardian, The Mirror)
• Right Wing: (The Daily Mail, The Sun)
• ‘Red top’ tabloids (The Sun)
• Broadsheets (The Daily Telegraph)
• Bias depending on its target
audience
• The Independent (not bias, covers
both sides of stories/ includes all views)
• News Corp (Rupert Murdoch)
Radio
• BBC Radio Stations
• Radio British soaps – The Archers
• Music Radio (Capital FM, Kiss, Magic FM,
Classical FM)
• BBC Radio 1Xtra (for ethnic minorities)
• Radio Presenters (Nick Grimshaw, Scott
Mills, Maya Jama)
BBC
• Funded by the government (TV licence
paid by public through tax to government)
• BBC i-Player (enables you to stream and
download content and watch or listen on-
demand, as and when you like)
• Easily accessible online
• Variety of different shows and radio
for different target audiences
(cbeebies is for young children, cbbc is for
children/ young adolescents, BBC one is for more
general adult or more mature family shows)
• 24/7 news coverage
• Age demographic varies
• Audience suitability – many shows for all
ages and preferences)
• Omnibus for radio shows so you can
catch up if you miss shows (Home
Front, The Archers)
Film
• Genres (romance, action, horror, sci-fi,
documentaries, western, comedy, family,
animated/cartoon, thriller, historical)
• Sub-genres (rom-com)
• Film Companies (Warner Bros, 20th Century
Fox, Paramount, Pixar, Disney, Lionsgate, MGM)
• Disney (for children / families)
• 20th Century Fox (for more adult audiences)
TV
• American TV shows often have audience
laughter (tracks are played when there is a comical scene
or joke to encourage the audience watching to laugh).
• British TV shows don’t conventionally have
laughter (this is to embrace awkward silences, often
making it more funny as they may not be sure if the joke was
serious and if inappropriate they may find it more funny).
• Telecommunication companies (such as Sky,
Virgin Media etc.)
• Provides a wide variety of entertainment for
all demographics.
Music
• Artists signed with
record labels (Warner
Music Group, EMI, Sony Music
Universal Music Group,
Capitol Records, Columbia
Records, Virgin Records).
• Music Videos can be
informative (teaching
morals – narrative content)
• Music videos can
feature dance or
bands playing music
(Performance)
Games
• Augmented reality (Pokémon Go, Snapchat
filters)
• Virtual Reality (Oculus Rift)
• Gaming Consoles (Xbox, PlayStation, PS3,
Nintendo DS, Wii – Different media platforms)