Representation: revision

The single best revision of Media Studies (Section A) I have ever seen.






https://prezi.com/my9a66cwuwvd/g322-session-pjw-0114/

Designed for teachers, but useful for everyone.

Disability: films and TV to watch

Three great films about disability

Inside I'm Dancing

Les Intouchables

Children of a Lesser God

One great TV show about disability:

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-undateables

Available on 4oD. Watch it, it's wonderful. Also possibly a bit patronising. But mostly wonderful.

Gender - was 2014 any better?

A review of sexism in the media, 2014. Short article plus video.


http://www.takepart.com/video/2015/01/05/media-sexist-2014?cmpid=organic-share-mailto

Sexuality: latest TV show about sex...

Cucumber: ‘It’s about sex – really, really about sex’

http://gu.com/p/44pxg

Disability - Should able people play disabled people?

We wouldn’t accept actors blacking up, so why applaud ‘cripping up’?

http://gu.com/p/44zjy

Regional Identity homework - due Monday

International stereotypes...


Task 1: Use the above website to prove that:


1) Stereotypes say as much about the person judging as they do about the person they are judging. (100 words)


2) Stereotypes, while false, are based on an element of truth.


Task 2: Make a map of UK stereotypes based on YOUR perceptions.








Here's  one I've put together for UK stereotypes.
The first one is someone else's, the next two are mine... and then I've left one blank for you.







Task 3: Do some further reading and prepare to discuss:



An article in the Daily Mail on the difference between northern girls and southern girls...






A good collection of links, with songs, videos, and articles on regional differences...

Regional Identity

Extract from Doc Martin. This whole show plays on the idea of a city doctor who's moved to the country... where everyone is much less professional, and much more human.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sNf-MwxTSE


We've been struggling to gather enough evidence from the clips we've been watching, so we're going to play a game with this one.