Media Studies

 STRANGER THINGS- CONTEXT Kate Bush's 'Running up that hill' spiked after being used in Stranger Things. This was perfect for stranger things as it was a 1980s song in a series set in the 1980s. Stranger things is like a love letter to the 1980s and a lot of things are intertextually referenced, such as the bikes in ET 1980s: Outfit: Brightly coloured outfits Big hair Yuppies Bold makeup Funky patterns Film: Back to the future Labrynth Goonies ET Star Wars Ghostbusters Teen Wolf Music:  Michael Jackson Madonna The Smiths Entertainment: Games consoles Arcade games MTV Cabbage patch kids Care bears Transformers Basketball Board games Chopper bikes History: Cold War Chernobyl Rise of HIV/AIDS ___________________________________________________________________________________ Premiered summer 2016 Similar to 'An inspector calls' where JB Priestley set it in 1912 but writes in 1945 2016 election- Trump Republican- Trump, Democrats- Biden _________________________________...

 MAGAZINES THE BIG ISSUE  MEDIA LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATIONS Examined on: Social context Cultural context Political context Magazines reach 72% of people in the UK (39.1 million) Research What is the big issue? A magazine to support people who are homeless Who set it up? John Bird and Gordon Roddick and they did it to help homeless people in London When was it first published? First published September 1991 by Dennis Publishing Which countries is it in? United Kingdom,   Australia,   Ireland,   Japan,   South Africa,   South Korea ,  Namibia,   Kenya,   Taiwan,   Malawi. Sell 50,000 copies per week How is it financed? Financed directly from v endor sales and advertising How is it different to other newspapers/magazines?    Offers homeless people the chance to earn an income How would you describe its content?   News, politics and culture How can you buy it and how much is it? £4 and you can buy it off people on the st...