The Times Industry AQA MEDIA GCSE

This resource comprises of a PowerPoint Presentation. The presentation includes the following:

• Specification Requirements
• Assessment Objectives
• Exploration into Rupert Murdoch and his media empire
• Exploration into conglomerates, subsidiaries, oligopolies, monopolies
• Mindmap, table and infographic activity
• Comparison activity with other News UK products with guiding questions
• Answers
• Recap quiz
• Video about left and right wing with questions and answers
• Research activity about market position, classification and political stance
• Answers
• Video on the production of The Times with answers
• Article on readership with answers
• Mindmap on how the Times adapted to the digitalised era with answers
• Article on reader data with questions and answers
• Recap quiz
• Questions on adaption and media landscape
• Video on the decline of traditional newspapers with mindmap activity and answers
• Technology convergence with definitions
• Article on The Times paywall with questions and answers
• Article on The Times adaptation to digital era with questions and answers
• Exploration on The Times Youtube page
• Infographic creation task on how The Times uses convergence
• Pair activity on arguments for and against “Paid digital news models, like The Times, are the future of journalism.”
• Answers
• Recap quiz
• Exam question on convergence with mark scheme, sentence starters, exemplar, paragraph structure
• Videos on Leveson inquiry with questions and answers
• Article on Leveson inquiry with questions and answers
• Mindmap activity on regulation with answers
• Regulatory boards introduction
• Article on IPSO v Impress with questions and answers
• Reflection questions with answers
• Recap Quiz
• Homework with exemplar
• RAGs assessment