Funding and global media industries — AQA GCSE Media Studies 8572
AQA GCSE Media Studies · 8572
Funding and global media industries
Media industries
What you need to know
Funding models: government funded (the television licence fee), not-for-profit, and commercial (advertising, sponsorship, product placement and direct sales), and the independent and voluntary sector.
Media as global commercial industries: globalisation, cultural imperialism, and reaching both mass and niche audiences.
How funding shapes products, with examples from the Close Study Products: the BBC's Radio 1 and Doctor Who, commercial Kiss, Marvel's Black Widow, and games that earn from in-app purchases.
The Close Study Products for 2027 and 2028 exams are His Dark Materials ('The City of Magpies') and Doctor Who ('An Unearthly Child'); the Daily Mirror and The Times; Marcus Rashford's and Kim Kardashian's online presence; Lara Croft Go, with Blackpink The Game for 2027 exams and Lego Fortnite for 2028 exams; the Galaxy, Represent and OMO adverts; the Tatler and Heat covers; Black Widow and I, Daniel Blake; the Arctic Monkeys and Blackpink videos; and Radio 1's launch and Kiss Breakfast. Kim Kardashian: Hollywood was set only for 2025, so past questions on it are practice only.
