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Videogames: Lara Croft Go

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  Language 1) When did Lara Croft first appear in a videogame? 1996 2) What classic films influenced the creation of Lara Croft and the Tomb Raider games? Indiana Jones 3) How has Lara Croft and Tomb Raider moved beyond just being a videogame? Being featured in films 4)  What devices can you play Lara Croft Go on? Phone, iPad 5) What type of game is Lara Croft Go? Turn-based puzzle game 6) How does Lara Croft Go use narrative (storyline) to make the game enjoyable for the audience? The game gives the players a goal to achieve 7) What iconography can be found in Lara Croft Go? How does this help communicate the  genre  of the game? Think about mise-en-scene and setting here. The use of jewels as a reward, the equipment used as setting options, Lara's clothing implying that she is going on a adventure 8) What other characters or enemies feature in the game? Snakes, spiders, etc. 9) What is the setting for Lara Croft Go? How does this compare to previous Lara Croft or T...
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Videogames Blog Index

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 1) Introduction to Videogames 2) Lara Croft GO 
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Videogames: Introduction

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Watch the YouTube video outlining the history of the videogames industry from the 1970s to the 2010s. Now answer the following questions: 1) What were the first videogames like? Basic, simple and somewhat bad quality. For example the first game was a tennis game for two people with low no no detail. 2) How have videogames changed over time? They've become more complex, high quality with having more than one purpose. 3) What do the most successful games have in common? Answer this in as much detail as you can. Think about audience pleasures - what do people like about playing videogames? .social connection .marketing .accessibility .replayability 4) What criticisms have been made towards videogames? .violence .toxicity .addiction Now answer the following questions: 1) At the time of the article, how many Fortnite players were there worldwide? (Bonus question - how many are there now? Try Googling it.) 200m players worldwide but now there are between 1.4 and 1.5 million active player...
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The Times CSP- Audience and Industry

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  Audience 1) What are the main audience demographics for The Times newspaper? Add as much detail as you can. Class- Upper class Age- Middle aged/older Education- Advanced Ethnicity- White 2) What aspects of the front page of the Times CSP edition suggest that their readers are likely to be more educated and interested in hard news rather than entertainment? The Times uses a more organised structure of writing, using less images than the Daily Mirror to look more sophisticated than them. The Times also covers more Hard news such as politics rather than more entertainment based stories. This tells us that their audience likes this type of structure since the number of readers is increasing/ the same. 3) Times readers are mostly over 55 years old. Why is this and how is this reflected  or  challenged by the design and news stories in the CSP pages we have studied?   The Times' readers are mainly 55 years old due to todays society and how we don't read newspapers n...
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The Times- Language and Representation

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  Language 1) What is the main story on the front cover of the Times CSP edition and why does it appeal to Times readers? The main story of this newspaper is the post office scandal. This appeals to the audience since its a form of hard news which is a characteristic of a broadsheet newspaper such as the times. 2) How is the presentation of this story different to how the Daily Mirror presents it? The times focuses more on the important stories such as the post office scandal, adding lots of more information/text related to that specific topic. Whereas the daily mirror likes to focus on more, less important topics rather than one huge topic, using more images than text to appeal to its working class audience. This gives the daily mirror more similarities to a magazine rather than a newspaper. 3)  How is the Times front page designed to reflect  broadsheet  newspaper conventions? The times use lots more text rather than images to inform their upper class audience of a...
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The Times- Introduction

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1) What year was  The Times  founded and when did it start using the  Times  name?  The newspaper was founded in 1785 as the Daily Universal Register with later renaming itself the times in 1788. 2) What content did John Walter suggest the paper would offer in the first edition? Politics, foreign affairs, legal trials, trade, etc. 3) What does the page say about the political views in  The Times ?  For it to be a fair argument between the labour party and the conservative party. 4) Who owns  The Times  today and how is editorial integrity protected? The Times is owned by News UK. Editorial integrity is protected through fair arguments and they don't side with just one political party. 5) What did  The Times  introduce in 2010 and why? They introduced a digital paywall for online readers to help sustain their revenue. 6) What was  The Times  named in 2018 by the Reuters Institute for Journalism at Oxford University? The Tim...
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Daily Mirror Case Study (A+I)

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  Audience 1) What is the Daily Mirror's audience? List the key statistics here. The Daily Mirror audience is older with almost half the audience aged 65+. In terms of social class, most are working class. They are likely to be in the Struggler, Resigned or Mainstream psychographic groups.  2) Why do the Mirror stories on the CSP pages appeal to the Daily Mirror audience? The newspaper is a tabloid meaning its a more cheap and gossip based newspaper which appeals to the audience. 3) Why might a reader  enjoy  the Daily Mirror? Use Blumler & Katz Uses and Gratifications theory to add detail to your answer. One reason is they might like to read other people opinions and compare them to their own beliefs which relates to diversion/entertainment. 4) Why are print newspapers generally read by older audiences? Older people struggle to use technology which effects how they choose to get their information which means they are more likely to read a physical newspaper rath...
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