For section B you should be prepared to understand and discuss:
- The processes of production of LA NOIRE by Rockstar
- Distribution of LA NOIRE
- How LA NOIRE was marketed
You should also be able to address the following 7 key questions:
- the issues raised by media ownership in contemporary media practice;
- the importance of cross media convergence and synergy, in production, distribution and marketing;
- the technologies that have been introduced in recent years at the levels of production, marketing and exchange;
- the significance of proliferation in hardware and content for institutions and audiences;
- the importance of technological convergence for institutions and audiences;
- the issues raised in the targeting of national and local audiences (specifically, British) by international and global institutions;
- the ways in which the candidates’ own experiences of media consumption illustrate wider patterns and trends of audience behaviour.
