Revision guide making

Task

• Why and how does social class change the way in which young people are perceived.

• Write 2 phrases you feel summarise the contrast in representations between the youth in GS and MIC.

• Discuss with the person next to your views and opinions on the representations of youth in both these shows and how it may change peoples views on young people.

Over view • The main area of focus will be:• Representations of youth and youth culture in the media• It is vital we consider the following 4 areas:• How do the contemporary media represent nations, regions and

ethnic / social / collective groups of people in different ways? • How does contemporary representation compare to previous

time periods? • What are the social implications of different media

representations of groups of people? • To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?

IMPORTANT EXAM RULE

You MUST refer to the following areas throughout your essay

HISTORICAL representations 25%|

CONTEMPORARY (main focus area) 50%|

FUTURE representations 25%

A contemporary media text is classified 7 years from the exam date.

How to validate our argument we must consider the following

1) Who produces the representation

2) The media form used for the representation (TV, film, social media, TV News, Press)

3) The target audience for the representation: young, actual, parent, older non parent, OAPs

Previous exam questions

• Analyse the ways in which the media represent any one group of people that you have studied.

• With reference to any one group of people that you have studied, discuss how their identity has been ‘mediated’.

• Analyse the ways in which the media represent groups of people.

• “The media do not construct collective identity; they merely reflect it”. Discuss.

• “Media representations are complex, not simple and straightforward”. How far do you agree with this statement in relation to any one group of people that you have studied?

• What is collective identity and how is it mediated?

How you will achieve marks in the exam

• EAA- Explanation, analysis and argument [20]

• EG- Examples [20]

• Term- Terminology [10]

• Overall mark [50]

How to hit the criteria when writing an essay

• EAA- Adapt learning to the specific requirements of the chosen question in an excellent fashion. The argument needs to have connections to the question in hand to make it valid and believable. The answer offers a clear fluent balance of media theories and shows understanding of the theory and how it applies to the argument. Knowledge of industries and forms of media is shown with a personal engagement with the issues and debates discussed.

Hitting the criteria

• Use of examples: Examples of theories, texts and industry knowledge are clearly connected together in the answer. History and the future are integrated into the discussion with conviction and seamlessly back up the point made by the individual. Showing that development of a representation has remained the same or adapted from a historical representation. Theory is applied while these points are made.

Hitting the criteria

• Use of terminology: Throughout the answer material presented is informed by contemporary media theory and the command of the appropriate conceptual and theoretical language is excellent. If theory is not relevant to the question and referred to in the incorrect manor it will illustrate the individual is lacking in media understanding. References to past, contemporary and future are evident in the argument throughout.

lead examiner tip

Triangulation method

Argument

Case study

Question

Theory

Remember • This exam is personal to you, it is your own argument you

construct it based on the media theory and texts we will study in lesson, and your own experience of the media.

• There is no right or wrong answer.• The examiner is looking for how well you construct an argument

based on the representation of youth in the media and how the past, present and future media texts have had an impact on this.

• You will show you understand that different audiences of different ages perceive identity in different ways and how historical references have influenced our opinions on todays representations, and how the internet may change future perceptions.

• You will also show you understand how the form of media itself determines an opinion.

Theory/ Theorist Theory explained / key texts linked to

Theory in 5 bullet points

Stan Cohen(moral panics and folk devils)

Tessa Perkins (stereotypes)

Marxism

AlthusserIdeology

GramsciHegemony

Uses and Gratifications

Stuart Hall

Media text/ form Argument/representation linked to the 4 bullet points

The Mods V Rockers ‘print Press’

Quadrophenia ‘film’

The London Riots ‘print press’& ‘Social media’

BBC news reports riots ‘news’

Ill manors ‘music’ & ‘social media’

Geordie Shore ‘TV’

Made in Chelsea ‘TV’

Fish Tank

4 areas:-How do the contemporary media represent nations, regions and ethnic / social / collective groups of people in different ways? -How does contemporary representation compare to previous time periods? -What are the social implications of different media representations of groups of people? -To what extent is human identity increasingly ‘mediated’?