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Unit 3: Participation
Quick questions on Institutions and media industries: QCE Film, Television and New Media
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What is institutions as a key concept?Show answer
In Film, Television and New Media, institutions are the organisations and systems that govern media production and use. This includes commercial studios and networks, public broadcasters, streaming platforms, regulators, classification bodies, funding agencies, and even informal structures like creator collectives. The concept asks you to analyse power: who decides what gets made, seen and rewarded.
What are the shift from gatekeepers to platforms?Show answer
Traditional institutions were gatekeepers: a network decided what aired, and audiences had little say. Platform institutions appear more open because anyone can upload, but they exercise control through algorithms, guidelines and monetisation rules. Power has not disappeared; it has changed shape. Analysing this shift is central to Unit 3.
What are audiences?Show answer
Institutions decide how much agency audiences get. They can foster active, participatory audiences or keep them passive.
What are technologies?Show answer
Institutions own and design the technologies that enable participation, giving them leverage over every interaction.
What are representations?Show answer
Institutional choices about commissioning and funding determine whose stories get told and how groups are represented.
What are languages?Show answer
Institutional conventions (network branding, platform formats, classification rules) shape the codes creators must use.
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