"The media do not construct collective identity; they merely reflect" Discuss

I do not agree with this statement as a collective identity is a sense of belonging to a group  as they all have a certain aspect of their life which links them all together. The media is often responsible for the way in which people outside the group portray these people and are often not very accurate to the true life of these collective group. The media also helps to create each group and shape the ways in which they behave.  The media helps create collective identity although it is naturally occurring because of age and gender.

My summer of love

Clip 1: The lighting in the scene is natural as they are outside for all of the clip.
the horse which tamsin is riding demonstrates her wealth in contrast to mona's bike without an engine. showing the difference in their background and the way that they were brought up and luxuries which children that are brought up in a wealthy family have compared to a less affluent family. The is a distinct difference in the clothing that the two girls are wearing, Tamsin's clothes are well fitted and appear to be well made and it seems that she takes more interest in her appearance than Mona. The location of Tamsin's house shows that the family is wealthy as they have a lot of land and a large house further showing Tamsins wealth over Mona.

How does contemporary representation compare to different time periods ? (planning the esaay)

To answer this question we had to look at modern films and films that were made in the past. We looked at contemporary material : 'An Education' (2009) and 'My Summer of love' (2004) and for the film from another time period was 'St. Trinnians' (1950's)

The Introduction :
In this introduction we decided to write about