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Quick questions on Cultural industries (David Hesmondhalgh) - OCR A-Level Media Studies media industries
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What is strategies to manage risk?Show answer
Hesmondhalgh identifies recognisable strategies:
What is evaluating Hesmondhalgh?Show answer
Hesmondhalgh explains the dominance of the safe and repeatable, but a balanced answer notes that independent and public service producers, and digital participation, allow more creative risk, and that innovation is still essential. This connects to Curran and Seaton on diverse ownership widening creativity.
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Explain why Hesmondhalgh describes cultural production as high-risk. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Explain how the producers of one set product manage risk, using Hesmondhalgh. [10 marks]
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