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  The Sims FreePlay CSP - Audience and Industries blog tasks Audience Read  this App Store description and the customer reviews for The Sims FreePlay  and answer the following questions:   1) What game information is provided on this page? Pick out three elements you think are important in terms of making the game appeal to an audience. - Life simulation: Players control and create Sims’ lives. Customization: Build homes, design characters, and create stories. Updates: Seasonal events and new content keep the game engaging 2) How does the game information on this page reflect the strong element of participatory culture in The Sims? - It writes how audiences are able to choose, create and play with their own freedom 3) Read a few of the user reviews. What do they suggest about the audience pleasures of the game?  -It is a way of diversion becuase people can leave reality and enjoy the loves they create in the game. Participatory culture Read  this academic j...

1) Type up your feedback in  full  (you don't need to write the mark and grade if you want to keep this confidential). -N/A 2) Read  the whole mark scheme for this assessment carefully . Identify  three  specific aspects from Figure 1 (the Google Home advert) that you could have mentioned in your answer (e.g. selection of image, framing and focus, colour, text etc.) -Dominant readings:  Links Google brand to vision of ideal family life – creative play with parent; coloured pencils, paint bottle and corner of child’s picture all reinforce creativity and colour. -Oppositional readings:  Reinforces white, western, middle-class representation of family life to the exclusion of other backgrounds (race/ethnicity, sexuality, age, class). Presents the white, western ‘2.4 children’ average as desirable, aspirational lifestyle – some audiences will reject this. -Negotiated readings:  Negotiated readings could include an acceptance of a warm picture of ...

The Sims FreePlay CSP - Language & Representations  Language / Gameplay analysis Watch The Sims: FreePlay trailer and answer the following questions: 1) What elements of gameplay are shown? - The game play elements show character design, home design, taking care of pets, making relationships and families, exploring and living life in your own town. 2) What audience is the trailer targeting? -P ersonal identity- Create characters on people around them to make it seem as if its their real life. 3) What audience pleasures are suggested by the trailer? -The trailer suggests creative freedom in designing homes and characters, engaging in social interactions. Now watch this walk-through of the beginning of The Sims FreePlay and answer the following questions: 1) How is the game constructed? -The game begins with tutorials guiding players through creating characters, building homes, and performing daily tasks. Time-based mechanics encourage progression and task completion. 2) What aud...

  Henry Jenkins - fandom blog tasks The following tasks will give you an excellent introduction to fandom and also allow you to start exploring degree-level insight into audience studies. Work through the following: Factsheet #107 - Fandom Read  Media Factsheet #107 on Fandom .  Use our Media Factsheet archive on the M: drive Media Shared (M:\Resources\A Level\Media Factsheets) or log into your Greenford Google account to access the link. Read the whole of Factsheet and answer the following questions: 1) What is the definition of a fan? -A person with an extreme and uncritical enthusiasm or zeal. 2) What the different types of fan identified in the factsheet? -There are hardcore/true fan, newbie and anti-fan. 3) What makes a ‘fandom’? -Fandoms are subcultures within which fans experience and  share a sense of camaraderie with each other and engage in particular practices of their given fandom. 4) What is Bordieu’s argument regarding the ‘cultural capital’ of fandom? ...