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MP3: the future of popular music?

June 6th, 2002

Introduction Technology is moving at such speed that has never been seen before. We live in the Digital Age. Computers are relied on far more than ever before. They are in our offices, our libraries, our homes, our gyms, our cars and our microwaves. We depend on new technology to structure our day. We see […]

Media influence

June 6th, 2002

Module: 307CCM – Journalism Student Name: Guy Carberry Tutor Name: Paul Briton Date Due: May 2000 Question – Whose role has been more influential in late 20th century media: proprietors, journalists, ‘spin doctors’, or consumers?

Television: a window on the world?

June 6th, 2002

Module: 310CCM – Television Student Name: Guy Carberry Tutor Name: Ruth Cherrington Date Due: May 2000 Question: To what extent does the assessment of television as a ‘window on the world’ remain relevant? Discuss with reference to at least two genres.

Communication: an incoherent babble?

June 6th, 2002

Module: 301CCM – Media & Cultural Policy Student Name: Guy Carberry Tutor Name: Martyn Lee Date Due: May 2000 Question: How far do you agree with Baudrillard’s claim that the profusion and proliferation of media images today has undermined critically the stability of contemporary mass communication to the extent that communication has been reduced to […]

The relevance of subculture

June 6th, 2002

Module: 309CCM – Pop Music Student Name: Guy Carberry Tutor Name: Jason Toynbee Date Due: May 2000 Question – Does the concept of subculture still have relevance for the study of popular music?

Pure simulation: The triumph of the sign

June 6th, 2002

Module: 305CCM – Film Studies Student Name: Guy Carberry Tutor Name: Val Hill Date Due: May 2000 Question: According to Jean Baudrillard the postmodern age is characterised by the triumph of the sign, which loses any reference to reality and therefore becomes pure simulation. How might this statement be used to illuminate formal and narrative […]