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WHAT'S THIS BLOG FOR? Pointers on DCRUP/CRUD + MANGeR! For Q1a (looking at progression from As to A2) thats Digital technology; Creativity; Research + planning; Use of conventions from real media texts; Post-production. For Q1b (examining EITHER AS or A2 production) thats Media Language; Audience; Narrative; GenrE; Representation.

When's the 2018 (CIAE) exam? Monday 4th June, am.

Tuesday, 13 November 2012

GTA5 + postmodern theory! (Baudrillard)

A little snippet from a lengthy Guardian preview of the upcoming Grand Theft Auto V, which just goes to show that postmodern theory is used beyond the confines of academic books and exams!
Baudrillard would love the version of America that Rockstar has constructed, a hyper-real theme park of violence, corruption and excitement. But you don't have to think about it. You don't have to think at all. GTA V might be about friendship or ambition or regret, but it also looks to be a game in which you can blast through the streets in a truck, boot filled with guns; a game where you can pilot a jet fighter over the Californian landscape; where you can bike down a mountain or jet ski into that fluorescent sunset.
If YOU come across further examples of real-world usage of concepts we use in Media, please pass on a link/quote!

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