Breakdown of Section A question 1a
Question 1a:
Describe and evaluate your skills development over the course of your production work - this can inclide the preliminary tasks, your actual c/w, ancillary taks and any other pieces you have created in the past year.
In the exam 1 or more of the following areas will be selected for you to write about:
- Digital Technology
- Creativity
- Reseach and planning
- Post and planning
- Post production
- Using conventions from real media texts
What is it about?
- What did you do?
- How did you do it?
- How did your skills develop?
- All supported with sepcific examples
- In relation to the areas in question
Tuesday, 13 March 2012
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Representation of Young People
"What is happening to our young people? They disrespect their elders; they disobey their parents. They ignore the law. The riot in the streets, inflamed with wild notions. Their morals are decaying. What is to become of them?" - Plato:4th Century
Shows that representations haven't changed at all.
Stereotypes are social constructs:
- They originate in and reflect the power relations in society because they are part of a cultures ideology
- They marginalise people, treating them as the "other"
- They categorise people into groups, whose member supposedly share inevitable characteristics, most typically, negative ones
Characteristics of stereotypes:
- They are inflexible or rigid. thus not easily corrected
- They are simplistic
- Can be conscious or unconscious
Hegemony in News Representation of Youth/teens
- Media industry operate within a structure that produces and reinforces the dominant ideology via a consensual 'world veiw'
- This world view is produced predominantly by white middle class, middle ages, heterosexual men.
- It is their ideas and values that infiltrate media texts and ensure that other voices do not get heard.
Properganda:
- Properganda is a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.
What words describe youth and youth culture in today's media?
- Yobs
- Scum
- Terrorifying
- Disrespectful
- Attitude
- Losers
- Chavs
- ASBO
- Dirt
- Rude
- Violent
- Hoodies
- Confrontational
- Aggressive
- Theives
Old people:
- Grumpy
- IGNORANT
- Sweet (SOME OF THEM)
- Friendly
- Talk a lot
- Uncompromising
- 45% of teens help
Shows that representations haven't changed at all.
Stereotypes are social constructs:
- They originate in and reflect the power relations in society because they are part of a cultures ideology
- They marginalise people, treating them as the "other"
- They categorise people into groups, whose member supposedly share inevitable characteristics, most typically, negative ones
Characteristics of stereotypes:
- They are inflexible or rigid. thus not easily corrected
- They are simplistic
- Can be conscious or unconscious
Hegemony in News Representation of Youth/teens
- Media industry operate within a structure that produces and reinforces the dominant ideology via a consensual 'world veiw'
- This world view is produced predominantly by white middle class, middle ages, heterosexual men.
- It is their ideas and values that infiltrate media texts and ensure that other voices do not get heard.
Properganda:
- Properganda is a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position.
What words describe youth and youth culture in today's media?
- Yobs
- Scum
- Terrorifying
- Disrespectful
- Attitude
- Losers
- Chavs
- ASBO
- Dirt
- Rude
- Violent
- Hoodies
- Confrontational
- Aggressive
- Theives
Old people:
- Grumpy
- IGNORANT
- Sweet (SOME OF THEM)
- Friendly
- Talk a lot
- Uncompromising
- 45% of teens help
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