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Media Studies
A2
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Homeworkreview
Using the analysis you did forhomework
present a briefoverview of how disability ispresented in the
text which you viewed.
If you havent completed this you now have20minutes to watch and
work
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Objectives
Explore media representations of disability
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What is the dominant physical stereotype offered inthese images?
Why?
What does the word disabled mean?
Are there positive readings to be taken from theseimages?
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Stereotypes of disabled
representation
Pitiable and pathetic
Object of violence
Sinisterorevil
As atmosphere
SuperCripple
Laughable
Chip on shoulder
Burden toothers
Outside ofmainstream society
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Read
Media Guardian
How does this add to the representation
of disabled people in the Media?
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Resea
rch Tas
k
Disability Planet
Check out this website
for debate and analysis of
media representations.
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Areas
of focus
Audience responses todisability
Institutional approachesand ideology
Positive and negativerepresentations
Self-representation
Differences betweenformats.
Documentary
Sport
TV advertisingTV drama
Film drama
E-media
Radio
Print
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Research We need to compile a numberof dossiers on
different forms ofrepresentations of disabled
people.
Using the prompts from earlierslides spendthe next 20 minutes
collecting information from
the web.
Resources you might include are images,video links orvideo
embeds, text, social
networking group links.
create a useful blog with clear links
and some analysis
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Feedbac
k
Look at each others posts and comment
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Essay
Write a 500 words essay on disabilityrepresentation based on
yourresearch and
analysis.
Title:
The representation of disabled people in themedia often resort
to stereotypes. Explore how
disability is represented and how new media
may be changing ourviews.
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Plenary
Are there any conclusions that we can reachfrom what we have
read and researched?
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Sci-F
i and Disability
Watch clips.
How is blindness represented in Daredevil?
Why do
you thin
kthis is?
Daredevil Trailer
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Analysis exam
ple Watch scene from
Scent of a Woman
Follow analysis onpage 28
Are there details youcan add?
Scent of a woman
Watch scene from
Born on the Fourth of July
Analyse the scene in thesame way as Scent of aWoman.
Here is the contextual
information you will need: Tom Cruises character is a
patriotic soldier who hasreturned disabled fromVietnam.
