Showing posts with label Section A. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Section A. Show all posts
Thursday, 18 July 2013
Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Homework: representation of class
Discuss the representation of class in this extract:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdq0HYggnKk&playnext=1&list=PLAC15C50BB775177D&safe=active
Watch it just FOUR TIMES. No more. Make your notes, then give yourself 45 minutes.
Try to include ideas of binary opposition and characterisation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdq0HYggnKk&playnext=1&list=PLAC15C50BB775177D&safe=active
Watch it just FOUR TIMES. No more. Make your notes, then give yourself 45 minutes.
Try to include ideas of binary opposition and characterisation.
Gender revision
Good little vid on sexualisation/exploitation in advertising:
About time somebody did this:
Brainwashed by beauty:
http://www.upworthy.com/dustin-hoffman-breaks-down-crying-explaining-something-that-every-woman-sadly-already-experienced-3?c=upw4
Past papers, answers, mark schemes!
Section A: Representation of...
Jan 13: Age
Jun 12: Disability
Jan 12: Sexuality
Jun 11: Status and class
Jan 11: Gender
June 10: Gender
Jan 10: Ethnicity (race)
June 09: Gender
Jan 09: Age
Section B:
Jan 13: Impact of media ownership on range of products
Jun 12: Convergence, synergy, and marketing
Jan 12: Digital distribution
June 11: Marketing, distribution, production.
Jan 11: Media ownserhip and production
June 10: Impact of digital technology on film industry.
Much more detailed links to past papers, answers and mark schemes here:
http://mediachs.edublogs.org/film-industry/as-exam-past-papers-answers/
Jan 13: Age
Jun 12: Disability
Jan 12: Sexuality
Jun 11: Status and class
Jan 11: Gender
June 10: Gender
Jan 10: Ethnicity (race)
June 09: Gender
Jan 09: Age
Section B:
Jan 13: Impact of media ownership on range of products
Jun 12: Convergence, synergy, and marketing
Jan 12: Digital distribution
June 11: Marketing, distribution, production.
Jan 11: Media ownserhip and production
June 10: Impact of digital technology on film industry.
Much more detailed links to past papers, answers and mark schemes here:
http://mediachs.edublogs.org/film-industry/as-exam-past-papers-answers/
Wednesday, 17 April 2013
YOUR PASSWORDS
Apparently you can't remember your passwords for the media edusites website. This is terrifying, because this website should be part of your daily life. Sigh.
Pick any of these usernames (left) and passwords (right).
THEY GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THIRTY.
Pick any of these usernames (left) and passwords (right).
THEY GO ALL THE WAY UP TO THIRTY.
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Homework - the state of film
YOU MUST CREATE:
1 POSTER
WITH FIVE IMPORTANT BULLET POINTS THAT EVERYONE MUST LEARN
AND 2-3 RECENT EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINTS.
Ella
Brolin
Topic: The effect of convergence British film industry
Link: What the BFI thinks
Charlie
Chante
Topic: The effect of convergence British film industry
Link: http://heworthmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/convergence-and-british-film-industry-i.html
Daniel
Ava
Topic: The effect of globalisation on the British film industry
Search: globalisation British film / globalisation UK film effects
Mica
Nile
Topic: Horizontal and vertical integration and its effect on the British film industry
Link: http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/vertical-horizontal-integration/
Nga
Nasmine
Topic: The effect of convergence on the American film industry
Google: converge US film industry
Kayla
Nathan
Topic: The effect of convergence on the American film industry
Google: converge US film industry
Yusuf
George
Topic: The effect of piracy on the UK film industry
Jodie
Reanne
Topic: The future of British film
1 POSTER
WITH FIVE IMPORTANT BULLET POINTS THAT EVERYONE MUST LEARN
AND 2-3 RECENT EXAMPLES TO ILLUSTRATE YOUR POINTS.
Ella
Brolin
Topic: The effect of convergence British film industry
Link: What the BFI thinks
Charlie
Chante
Topic: The effect of convergence British film industry
Link: http://heworthmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/convergence-and-british-film-industry-i.html
Daniel
Ava
Topic: The effect of globalisation on the British film industry
Search: globalisation British film / globalisation UK film effects
Mica
Nile
Topic: Horizontal and vertical integration and its effect on the British film industry
Link: http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/vertical-horizontal-integration/
Nga
Nasmine
Topic: The effect of convergence on the American film industry
Google: converge US film industry
Kayla
Nathan
Topic: The effect of convergence on the American film industry
Google: converge US film industry
Yusuf
George
Topic: The effect of piracy on the UK film industry
Jodie
Reanne
Topic: The future of British film
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Tuesday, 22 January 2013
Disability dating documentary: pretty good!
It's on now. Catch up here, and then watch it every week; it's good!
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables
Monday, 21 January 2013
More on race - please read
An old extract from an exam...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5EDzss4-Q&safe=active
It’s also important to recognise that representation of ethnicity is characterised by unity and conflict. Conflict is often the binary opposition of ethnic groups and the wider society, even when ethnic groups are assimilated into wider society difference and diversity is emphasised through representation. You can see this in the Spooks extract.
Unity is often an element of the representation of ethnicity, this hits a stereotype of ethnicity, that of close families and tight communities. The Life on Mars extract illustrates this cliche. Ethnic minorities in the extract are shown united by religious beliefs, games and work as well as ethnicity and culture. In contrast the white mainstream argue and are shown in conflict, with themselves and the minority group. From a deconstructionist point of view the representation of illegal immigrants in the media is definitely ‘Us vs Them’ with ‘us’ as the dominant wider mainstream group and illegal immigrants a clandestine, secretive group distanced economically, culturally and possibly linguistically. These differences support the idea of the exotic but also create mistrust. First of all think of the term, just the word ‘illegal’ creates a division from the wider mainstream. The word denotes criminality, a distance from the morality of wider mainstream society. This is maybe why immigration has become the cause of yet another moral panic. Ethnicity and moral panic go way back though, Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of blood’ was one of the first, then right up to date with the coverage of the Bradford Riots and the tendency of the tabloid press to link knife crime and gang culture with working class black males. Take a look here, The Sun’s list of ‘Britains Most Wanted Crims’ If you look at the profiles it’s interesting to note how many of the criminals in the list are white British. Not many? Now think of the paper’s readership, the Sun is Britain’s biggest selling daily paper so it has a lot of influence, so much influence that Tony Blair’s courting of the paper’s favour was a major factor in Labour’s 1997 election win. The common view of the Sun’s readership is that they are largely male, working class and white. This is an example of the stereotype that ethnic minorities can be viewed as dangerous, both a physical threat but also as a threat to the mainstream British Ideology. If we look at this report in the Daily Mail (Britain’s second most read daily paper) the choice of language, ‘gangsters’, ‘epidemic’ and ‘smuggled’ appears to be aimed at creating a moral panic. The representation of illegal immigrants has featured in several tv dramas now and it’s notable that at least two shows, The Bill and Prime Suspect have portrayed the police as sympathetic to but still in opposition to the immigrants portrayed. This could be that the police are representing the interests of, and trying to protect, wider mainstream society. Anyone sought by the police could be considered a threat to wider society and therefore in opposition to it. However in both of these shows illegal immigrants are shown to be ultimately in need of protection and therefore sympathy. In dramas that look to represent illegal immigrants sympathetically we often see that the protectors are British and often white.
Finally, rely on the Sun to use the issue of immigration to create humour, although perhaps unintentionally.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl5EDzss4-Q&safe=active
It’s also important to recognise that representation of ethnicity is characterised by unity and conflict. Conflict is often the binary opposition of ethnic groups and the wider society, even when ethnic groups are assimilated into wider society difference and diversity is emphasised through representation. You can see this in the Spooks extract.
Unity is often an element of the representation of ethnicity, this hits a stereotype of ethnicity, that of close families and tight communities. The Life on Mars extract illustrates this cliche. Ethnic minorities in the extract are shown united by religious beliefs, games and work as well as ethnicity and culture. In contrast the white mainstream argue and are shown in conflict, with themselves and the minority group. From a deconstructionist point of view the representation of illegal immigrants in the media is definitely ‘Us vs Them’ with ‘us’ as the dominant wider mainstream group and illegal immigrants a clandestine, secretive group distanced economically, culturally and possibly linguistically. These differences support the idea of the exotic but also create mistrust. First of all think of the term, just the word ‘illegal’ creates a division from the wider mainstream. The word denotes criminality, a distance from the morality of wider mainstream society. This is maybe why immigration has become the cause of yet another moral panic. Ethnicity and moral panic go way back though, Enoch Powell’s ‘Rivers of blood’ was one of the first, then right up to date with the coverage of the Bradford Riots and the tendency of the tabloid press to link knife crime and gang culture with working class black males. Take a look here, The Sun’s list of ‘Britains Most Wanted Crims’ If you look at the profiles it’s interesting to note how many of the criminals in the list are white British. Not many? Now think of the paper’s readership, the Sun is Britain’s biggest selling daily paper so it has a lot of influence, so much influence that Tony Blair’s courting of the paper’s favour was a major factor in Labour’s 1997 election win. The common view of the Sun’s readership is that they are largely male, working class and white. This is an example of the stereotype that ethnic minorities can be viewed as dangerous, both a physical threat but also as a threat to the mainstream British Ideology. If we look at this report in the Daily Mail (Britain’s second most read daily paper) the choice of language, ‘gangsters’, ‘epidemic’ and ‘smuggled’ appears to be aimed at creating a moral panic. The representation of illegal immigrants has featured in several tv dramas now and it’s notable that at least two shows, The Bill and Prime Suspect have portrayed the police as sympathetic to but still in opposition to the immigrants portrayed. This could be that the police are representing the interests of, and trying to protect, wider mainstream society. Anyone sought by the police could be considered a threat to wider society and therefore in opposition to it. However in both of these shows illegal immigrants are shown to be ultimately in need of protection and therefore sympathy. In dramas that look to represent illegal immigrants sympathetically we often see that the protectors are British and often white.
Finally, rely on the Sun to use the issue of immigration to create humour, although perhaps unintentionally.
Wednesday, 16 January 2013
Case study homework
Example case study
- Do all the sections except for marketing
- Use the glossary from the New Tricks case study to ensure you use enough key terms
- Share the workload
- Make links to theories and learnings from the two papers we read on crime in the media
- Post answers on your blog by next Wednesday
- Do all the sections except for marketing
- Use the glossary from the New Tricks case study to ensure you use enough key terms
- Share the workload
- Make links to theories and learnings from the two papers we read on crime in the media
- Post answers on your blog by next Wednesday
Monday, 14 January 2013
Wednesday, 19 December 2012
Stereotypical representations of race
10 most racist moments in TV - how many racial slurs can you spot?
50 racial stereoypes
The Arab
White Anglo Saxon male
Indian
Black American
British African
50 racial stereoypes
The Arab
White Anglo Saxon male
Indian
Black American
British African
Monday, 17 December 2012
Case Study: Holiday homework
Watch at least one episode of either
The Wire
or
NYPD Blue
or
Midsomer Murders (full episode)
or
The Red Riding Trilogy (second one is here but you should watch the first episode first.)
When you come back, you will need to prepare a case study on one of them.
Here are two excellent case studies that yours should look like:
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/csi-case-study/
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/lewis-case-study/
Cover all sections thoroughly (except for the marketing section, which is optional.
There will be a good prize for the winning group. (The winning group will be the ones who convince the English department that theirs was created by a teacher, not by a student.)
The Wire
or
NYPD Blue
or
Midsomer Murders (full episode)
or
The Red Riding Trilogy (second one is here but you should watch the first episode first.)
When you come back, you will need to prepare a case study on one of them.
Here are two excellent case studies that yours should look like:
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/csi-case-study/
http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/lewis-case-study/
Cover all sections thoroughly (except for the marketing section, which is optional.
There will be a good prize for the winning group. (The winning group will be the ones who convince the English department that theirs was created by a teacher, not by a student.)
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