Spellings and Definitions

Key Words and Meanings - Year 11 Media Studies

• Magazines

  Publisher	a company or person that prepares and puts out books, magazines, or music for sale.
  Sell Lines	Captions that summarise contents in a magazine/newspaper
  Masthead	The top section of a newspaper (usually gives title, price, date etc)
  Layout	How the print media text has been designed and formatted
  Banners	Typically found at the top or bottom of a page
  Coverlines	Captions on a magazine front cover
  Puff/Pug	Text in a shape to grab attention
  Splash	The front page story
  Text to Image Ratio	The balance of text and image on the page
  Typography	The font used – this can be type, colour, size etc
  Readership	The readers of a newspaper, magazine, or book regarded collectively.
  Buzzwords	Key emotive words to grab attention such as 'exclusive' or 'special offer'
  Lifestyle Magazine	A magazine with articles and editorials in the areas of fashion, travel, food, trends and general pop culture

• Newspapers and Mock Revision

  Broadsheet	a newspaper with a large format, regarded as more serious and less sensationalist than tabloids
  Tabloid	a newspaper having pages half the size of those of the average broadsheet, typically popular in style and dominated by sensational stories.
  Political Bias	Bias towards or against a political party or individual
  Free Press	The principle that communication through media, especially published materials, should be considered a right to be done freely
  Press Intrusion	Newspaper or media intruding on private lives or businesses
  PCC	Press Complaints Commission - a voluntary organisation that regulates how the press operate and what they publish/say
  Kicker	A line on a front page usually in a different typeface and intended to provoke interest
  Byline	The name of the writer of an article
  Incentive	A competition or free giveaway advertised on a newspaper/magazine front cover
  Paywall	An arrangement whereby access is restricted to users who have paid to subscribe to the site.
  Circulation	a count of how many copies of a particular newspaper or magazine are sold

• Television

  Science-Fiction	A genre involving futuristic, scientific elements such as time travel, space travel, alien, futuristic technology and advanced ideas
  Mise-en-scene	Everything seen on the screen including props, costumes, setting, colours etc
  Multi-Strand Narrative	A story structure involving multiple stories mixed together throughout the narrative
  Hybridity	The mixing of different genres and styles, often to create a new combined genre
  Intertextuality	Referencing other media products within a media product (either directly or indirectly)
  Audience Share	the percentage of households viewing or listening to a particular television or radio station during a specific period of time
  Commissioning	The deciding of what programmes get chosen for production and exhibition
  ABC Audience Classification	Classification of different audiences depending on social and income groups (e.g. A = Upper Middle Class)

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