Thursday, 12 February 2015
Friday, 6 February 2015
Media & Advertising
Class Notes;
Advertising;
- Commercial media producers rely on advertising to make money.
- Advertisers often want to target their products at particular audiences. Magazines will have specific niche markets. Magazine producers attempt to sell readership to the advertisers.
Advertising;
- Commercial media producers rely on advertising to make money.
- Advertisers often want to target their products at particular audiences. Magazines will have specific niche markets. Magazine producers attempt to sell readership to the advertisers.
Thursday, 5 February 2015
REVOLUTION Revenue Prediction
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Number of pages in Revolution
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170
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Percentage of Advertising
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65% (110/170 pages)
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Cover Price
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£5.99
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Magazine Distribution
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Monthly Edition
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Advertising Rates
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£18,000
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Total Advertising Revenue per Magazine
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110 X £18,000
=£1,980,000 per Magazine
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Yearly Advertising Revenue
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12 X £1.98
=£23,760,000 yearly revenue
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Magazine sales per month
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90,000 sold at £5.99
£5.99 X 90,000
= £539,100 made per month
12 X 539,100
=£6,469,200 yearly
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Annual Turnover (Ad rates + Magazine Sales)
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£23,760,000 + £6,469,200
=£30,229,200 per annum
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Monday, 2 February 2015
Representations of Men & Women in the Media
Class Notes;
Sex- Biological & physiological characteristics that define men & women.
Gender- Socially constructed roles, behaviours & attributes that society considers appropriate for men & women.
Representation of Men in the Media;
- Strength- physical & intellectual.
- Power.
- Sexual Attractiveness.
- Physique.
- Independence.
- Represented as isolated (Lone Hero) as not needing to rely on others.
- Male physique is becoming a more important part of representation.
Representation of Women;
- Beauty (Within narrow conventions)
- Size/Physique (Narrow conventions)
- Sexuality.
- Emotional.
- Relationships (As opposed to independence/freedom)
- Women represented as being part of a context & working/thinking as part of a team.
- In drama, they tend to take the role of a heroin.
- Passivity extends to victim-hood.
Misogyny- Hatred or dislike of girls/women, sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence & sexual objectification of women.
Misandry- Hatred or dislike of boys/men, sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence & sexual objectification of men.
Sex- Biological & physiological characteristics that define men & women.
Gender- Socially constructed roles, behaviours & attributes that society considers appropriate for men & women.
Representation of Men in the Media;
- Strength- physical & intellectual.
- Power.
- Sexual Attractiveness.
- Physique.
- Independence.
- Represented as isolated (Lone Hero) as not needing to rely on others.
- Male physique is becoming a more important part of representation.
Representation of Women;
- Beauty (Within narrow conventions)
- Size/Physique (Narrow conventions)
- Sexuality.
- Emotional.
- Relationships (As opposed to independence/freedom)
- Women represented as being part of a context & working/thinking as part of a team.
- In drama, they tend to take the role of a heroin.
- Passivity extends to victim-hood.
Misogyny- Hatred or dislike of girls/women, sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence & sexual objectification of women.
Misandry- Hatred or dislike of boys/men, sexual discrimination, denigration of women, violence & sexual objectification of men.
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