Preparing Opportunities to SHOW OFF your knowledge of Media Language and Theory…

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Ensure that you have a PEEL paragraph written for EACH of the below suggested sentences, before the exam, and as part of your revision and research...





Creating CORRECTLY STRUCTURED paragraphs…
Point - 

In respect to the question, the texts in my case study provide audiences with opportunities for Binge Viewing.


Example / Evidence -

For example, in…
Another example would be…


Explanation / Evaluation -

This is impactful because…
This is important because…
This is effective because…
This allows…
This shows...

Examples points to start paragraphs...

The texts in my case study provide audiences with opportunities for Binge Viewing.  For example…


The texts in my case study provide audiences with opportunities for Media Meshing.  For example...


The texts in my case study provide audiences with opportunities for creating User Generated Content.  For example...


The texts in my case study provide audiences with opportunities for various Audience Gratifications.  For example, the texts in my case study could provide audiences with the gratification of diversion or escapism.  A media text from my case study that supports this is…


The texts in my case study could also provide audiences with the gratification of personal identity.  A media text from my case study that supports this is…


The texts in my case study could also provide audiences with the gratification of personal relationship.  A media text from my case study that supports this is…


The texts in my case study provide opportunities for various Tribes.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study appeal to a range of the audience characters, identified in the Young and Rubicam's audience study.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of Star Power.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study showcase a range of different representations, such as gender, age, class, sexuality or >other<.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of inverted traditional Stereotypes / Proppian Archetypes, by using only countertypes.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of both traditional stereotypes and inverted countertypes.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of inversion of traditional narrative structures, by using intertextuality.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of inversion of traditional narrative structures, by using non-linear or subverted narratives.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of specific, identifiable Brand Values.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of Vertical Integration, providing economic benefits to the institution.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of Synergy with the Music Industry.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of Synergy with the Video Game industry.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study take advantage of Technological Convergence.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study construct themselves around a particular Unique Selling Point.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study use mise-en-scene to construct representations.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study play up to expected genre codes and conventions.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study invert expected genre codes and conventions.  An example of this would be…


Creating SUPER MEDIA LANGUAGE paragraphs…


Try where possible to write a structured PEE paragraph that ‘doubles up’ on Media Language in the same answer.  Try these as a starting point, then create your own.


  • Write a paragraph that uses MEDIA MESHING, TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE, and PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.


  • Write a paragraph that uses BINGE VIEWING, TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE, and DIVERSION/ESCAPISM.


  • Write a paragraph that uses MEDIA MESHING, TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE, and PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP.


Creating SUPER MEDIA THEORIST paragraphs…


The texts in my case study use Levi Strauss's theory of Binary Opposites.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study support Tessa Perkins’ theory that stereotypes are not always negative.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study support Tessa Perkins’ theory that stereotypes can change or evolve.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study support Richard Dyer’s theory that stereotypes are made up of exaggerated characteristics.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study support Andy Medhurst’s theory that stereotypes are used by the media as shorthand to communicate quickly with audiences.  An example of this would be…


The texts in my case study support Richard Dyer’s theory that stars are constructions, and represent a certain ideology made up of their chosen brand values.  An example of this would be…




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