Questions task

Question 1:  In the future collective identity will change as past tv programs have shown us that they have changed significantly and are likely to follow a similar trend.  Recently the tv shows have become more frequently written or influenced more heavily by young people of the age group of which the show is targeting. This is a more true representation however will never be true as the shows will always be made more dramatic and over exaggerated in order to appeal to a wider audience.

Question 2 Where are the representations of you? Where do you express yourself? (Facebook, personal blog, youtube, online worlds) I personally choose to represent myself on facebook and twitter. i feel these are the best places to represent myself as they are considered the most viewed for people my age. This is the best place to represent yourself as many people are on facebook and twitter so a mass audience will be able to see how you choose to represent yourself.


question 3 :Use Buckingham's theory to extend your point further...

"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.

Analysis of Minder and Misfits clip

Minder and Misfits social and political context


Analyse the two clips from (Minder and Misfits) and discuss how diversity within a collective is represented..
In minder the two different ethnic backgrounds are on the opposite side of the law in this clip. The minority of the black people are represented as criminals, they are represented as a lower class as they have tattier clothes in comparison to those of the white people. The white characters are all considered as being on the right side of the law and are hostages in the hold up of a launderette. In misfits however the group consists of many different ethnic minorities and are all portrayed as criminals, although the are different backgrounds there are still small things which unite these characters in the fact they are all young and are all portrayed in the same costume. This also differs from the minder clip as it shows the innocent person as a black person who in the minder clip would have been portrayed as an ethnic minority.

1970's - 2009

1970's

Crime rates : 65% of homicides in london were as a result of gangs, organised crime was high in built up areas such as london and manchester during the 70's.

Immigration:  In April 1978 the Tory party announced its intention to introduce a new nationality law, as well as new restrictions on the entry of dependants, husbands and fiancés. They also promised to create a 'register' of dependants specifically from the Indian sub-continent. In the months immediately preceding the election Thatcher repeated her earlier claim that 'British people's fears' about 'being swamped' were legitimate.⁵⁴ Nearly all of the Tory party's manifesto pledges to further tighten up Britain's system of immigration controls, which by now already ensured that New Commonwealth migration consisted only of the dependants of men who had entered Britain as migrant workers more than a decade earlier, were implemented with great speed.

Unemployment figures:  during the 1970's unemployment was at 2.4% of the whole population.

Political situation: In the 1970's the party that was in power were the tories under Margaret Thatcher .

2009

Crime rates: The number of domestic burglaries recorded by police rose by 4%, the number of robberies involving knives leapt by 18%, drug offences were up by 9% and the level of fraud and forgery shot up by 16%.

Immigration: The Government believes that immigration has enriched our culture and strengthened our economy, but that it must be controlled so that people have confidence in the system. We also recognise that to ensure cohesion and protect our public services, we need to introduce a cap on immigration and reduce the number of nonEU immigrants.
We will introduce an annual limit on the number of non-EU economic migrants admitted into the UK to live and work.
We will end the detention of children for immigration purposes.
We will create a dedicated Border Police Force, as part of a refocused Serious Organised Crime Agency, to enhance national security, improve immigration controls and crack down on the trafficking of people, weapons and drugs.
We support E-borders and will reintroduce exit checks.
We will apply transitional controls as a matter of course in the future for all new EU Member States.
We will introduce new measures to minimise abuse of the immigration system, for example via student routes, and will tackle human trafficking as a priority.
We will explore new ways to improve the current asylum system to speed up the processing of applications.

Unemployment: 7.8% of the uUK's population was unemployed in 2009

Political situation: in 2009 labour were in power under Gordon Brown.