Component 1: Blog Critical Reflection Questions and Student Self-Assessment

Introduction

Understanding and explaining, how media products construct and communicate meanings, through close analysis of the interaction of media language and audience responses.

Objective: To introduce students to the Component 1 critical reflection questions, closed analysis of a media product created by Media Studies candidates and to self-reflect on their media product. Other goals: ·        It provides an insight into how the technical elements and media concepts are used to create meaning with the purpose of targeting an audience. ·        Students will also develop and analyze how they used their practical skills using software and hardware technology to complete their media products.

1. What is the purpose of the Component 1 blog website? (Read the syllabus.)

The purpose of my blog is to introduce myself to Cambridge and make a good impression of myself and my interest in media and studying media studies

2. Who is the audience? (Read the syllabus.)

The target audience(s) is/are people my age or teens in high school

Goal 1: The student understands the purpose and audience of their media product.

A Sophisticated understanding (10-9)

B Thorough understanding (8)

C Clear understanding (7)

D Limited understanding (6)

F No credit

Grade A

3. What is a student blog? (Google and refer to your syllabus.)

a student blog an online space where students can share their ideas, thoughts, and work

4. What type of media form is a blog?

A blog is a form of digital media

5. What type of media product is a blog?

A blog is a type of online media product that is considered a type of online magazine or journal

Goal 2: Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of media concepts

A Sophisticated understanding (5)

B Thorough understanding (4)

C Clear understanding (3)

D Limited understanding (2)

F No credit

Grade B

Four Conventions of a Blog Website How does your blog construct and communicate meanings through close analysis of the interaction of media language and audience responses? (Think about the purpose and target audience.) •      What is the blog's purpose, and how did you use media language (Design, arrangement, and content)? •      How does my blog engage my target audience? How do you want your audience to respond to your blog?

1. Home Page

6. The importance of the homepage is to communicate that my media product is active and energized engaging my current audience 7. The media languages I used to engage my audience are mainly video codes and technical codes

2. Design: Design template design and arrangement, colors, font (style, color, and size), and background image.

8. The design template I used was a template of a lime green flower because   it express my love for plants and what my interest is (meaning). 9. The colors I chose are dark black for the font because it contrast well with the lime green of my back round(meaning). 10. By choosing this font, it illustrates that I want to show I’m hip with my age group. 11. The background image I selected was influenced by nature and how beautiful it looks

Goal 3: Use technical skills effectively to express and communicate ideas.

A Sophisticated understanding (10-9)

B Thorough understanding (8)

C Clear understanding (7)

D Limited understanding (6)

F No credit

Grade   10

3. Posts: What will my component 1 blog posts be about? ( Read your syllabus and the component 1 PPT PDF details.)

12. My component 1 blog posts will be about my introduction to media studies.

4. What is your first blog post about, and its objective?

13. My first blog is about my understanding about media studies and my interests in it, and the main objective is to engage my audience and tell my audience what I like about media studies my audience for them to know what I am like

Goal 4: Ability to use appropriate media language to communicate meaning to an intended audience

A Sophisticated understanding (10-9)

B Thorough understanding (8)

C Clear understanding (7)

D Limited understanding (6)

F No credit

Grade A

Distribution

•      What application was used to distribute your Component 1 work?

14. The application I used to distribute my Component 1 content is blogger.com

•      Other applications I used to complete this assignment.

15. The other application (s) is/are canvas

•      List three reasons why the application was suitable for the media product. •

16. Three reasons are that first that  can access it easily, my teacher and look at it quickly, and Cambridge has easy access t it.

•      List two new media products you could have used to distribute my Component 1 content.

17. Two other new media products that I could have used to distribute my component 1 content are a camera and a computer.

Goal 5: The ability of the product to engage with audiences and to be distributed as an actual media text

A Sophisticated understanding (5)

B Thorough understanding (4)

C Clear understanding (3)

D Limited understanding (2)

F No credit

Grade A

Technology

6. How did you integrate software, hardware, and online technologies in this project? What other software did you use to create your first post? What hardware did you use to create your first blog post? *Software: the programs and other operating information used by a computer. *Hardware: The external and internal devices and equipment enable you to perform significant functions such as input, output, storage, communication, processing, and more. (computer, internet, phones, etc.)

18. Other software I used in the completion of my blog and first blog posts were Microsoft. 19. The hardware I used to complete my product are a comuter.