Foundation Portfolio - Preliminary Task

Key Concepts.
My preliminary task in AS Media studies is to produce a college magazine, for the magazine i have to produce a front cover and contents page. When making this magazine i shall follow the acronym LIIAR.

Language - Technical and theoretical terms. Suggests specific terminology. This will be everything included in the magazine such as: the layout;photographs;masthead;headlines;and text.

Institution - This is the production of a media text. So when producing the magazine for Wyke college, Wyke will become the institution. This will provide information about Wyke to people who don't know what it is.

Ideology - This is a shared system of beliefs and values and will be represented in the context.

Audience - This is the consumers of the media text. This could be aimed at any age group, or any type of audience such as a large or small audience. For the magazine the audience will be aimed at Wyke students or anybody who is associated with Wyke, or lives near Wyke's location.

Representation - This refers to the construction of any media text of aspects of reality, such as: people;places;objects;or events.