In preparation for the exam students must:
*Engage with a range of theoretical perspectives
*Demonstrate a personal position on the issues
*Exam answers must have a historical, contemporary and future perspective, focussing mostly on the contemporary.
*Emphasise the active audience i.e. how people 'give meaning' to cultural products (media texts).
*Have an understanding of two different areas of the media ie. film, television, internet, magazines, etc
In order to prove that you have a lot of this understanding already you will split into groups to work on answering these 4 prompt questions in detail.
You have 40 minutes to discuss and identify a clip/clips to back up your argument. You must also include reference to contemporary theory.
1. How do the contemporary media represent nations, regions and ethnic/social/collective groups of people in different ways?
2. How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods?
3. What are the social implications of different media representations of groups of people?
4. To what extent is human identity increasingly mediated?
Write up a summary of your key arguments on the blog and be ready to present it to the class.
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