Mid Term Exam Information

Your mid-term exam is to create your media product and present it to the class. The project should adhere to the AICE Media Studies Scoring Guide. All Blog Posts and Your Mid-Term Draft should posted by Thursday December 20. Presentations will begin Monday January 7th.

ESPN/Disney Streaming Service

CNBC Article

MarketWatch

BGR Article

Diginomics Article

For your article, identify the five most important/interesting facts.

How might you use some of this information to make a plan to digitally distribute your media product?

Articles for Institutions and Audiences

Articles on Media Ownership/Synergy

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/07/business/media/media-merger-success-comcast-and-nbcuniversal-say-yes.html?_r=1

http://www.globalissues.org/article/159/media-conglomerates-mergers-concentration-of-ownership

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-att-time-warner-merger-20161207-story.html

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/how-disney-is-making-sure-youll-never-be-able-to-escape-star-wars/

Print Journalism in the digital age
https://www.theguardian.com/help/insideguardian/2010/apr/14/journalism-trends-tools-technologies

Print/Media Ownership
http://www.j-source.ca/article/does-media-ownership-matter

Radio
Beatles get their own SiriusXM station
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-entertainment-news-updates-may-the-beatles-coming-to-siriusxm-24-1493752738-htmlstory.html

Synergy in Radio
http://radioink.com/2016/10/10/future-radio-synergy/

http://www.marketplace.org/2017/01/10/world/brand-identity-key-magazines

Magazine Project Candidates- Read the article on Brand Identity. Write a blog post about what you learned and how you could apply it to your project

Blog Entry 2 & 3
#2-Based on what you have learned about film making, and your skills, strengths and weaknesses, why would the film project be a good fit for you, and also, why might it not be a good choice. Due by the end of class on Friday 11/18/16

#3-Decide which project you will take on, either the magazine or the film. How did you come to your decision? Describe the basic premise of your film or magazine? Will you work in a group, and if so, who are your going to collaborate with? What roles do you foresee group members taking on? Why do you think your project will be a viable media product (how do you know people will purchase a ticket to your film or a subscription to your magazine)? Who is your target audience and how will you market or advertise to them? How will you distribute your product?

Great Magazine References

http://www.magazinedesigning.com/structure-of-the-magazine/

Good Reference for Overall Design and for Table of Contents




http://megamediamarketing.com/demographics.html

Gives demographics of current publications

Things to research for your project

Film
A study of specific studios or production companies, including patterns of production, distribution, exhibition and consumption by audiences. This should be accompanied by study of contemporary film distribution practices (digital cinemas, DVD, 3D, downloads, etc.) and their impact upon production, marketing and consumption.

Print/Magazine
A study of contemporary newspaper and/or magazine publishing, including the ways in which the web is raising issues for the production, distribution and consumption of print media.