AQA GCSE Media Studies Student Book

36 Genre A genre is a category or type into which media products are slotted. The best way to demonstrate this idea is with a few examples: Media form Genre examples Product examples INSIDE CHARLOTTE AND GEORGE’S FUN-FILLED PLAY DATE AT THE ENDOF AN UNFORGETTABLE TOUR MUSIC, LAUGHTER AND CUDDLES FASHION SPECIAL SOUVENIR EDITION AS HELLO! JOINS THE CAMBRIDGES IN CANADA INSIDE: VICTORIA BECKHAM’S BEAUTY SECRETS, PRINCESS BEATRICE ANDMORE KATE’S WINNING WARDROBE – ALL THE DETAILS SPAIN: 3,60 € . CANARY ISLANDS: 3,60 € . PORTUGAL (CONT.): 3,60 € . ITALY: 3,60 € . GREECE: 4,95 € . GERMANY: 4,90 € . FRANCE: 3,60 € No 1451 • 10OCTOBER2016 • £2.00 HELLO1451p001.indd 3 30/9/16 23:38 Magazines Celebrity OK! Hello! TV listings Radio Times TV Quick Newspapers Local Manchester Evening News Daily Gazette (N E Essex) Tabloid Daily Mirror Sun Video games Platform Super Mario Sonic the Hedgehog Role-playing games GTA Legend of Zelda Television Soap opera EastEnders Neighbours Game show Pointless The Chase Radio Music radio Julie Adenuga Steve Wright Show (R2) Sport Test Match Special (R5) Alan Brazil Sports Breakfast (Talksport) Film Science fiction The Martian Gravity Action/adventure Kong: Skull Island Jason Bourne Social media Vlog Zoella K.S.I. Content sharing sites YouTube Pinterest Music video Performance Arctic Monkeys – ‘I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ Kasabian – ‘Switchblade Smiles’ Story based Katy Perry – ‘Roar’ Taylor Swift – ‘Love Story’ AQA GCSE Media Studies