In today's lesson we discussed what your case studies are currently like (uh oh!) and what they need to be like in time for the exam. We looked at the mark scheme and how to plan a successful answer to a Section B question. We also went through how to write an introduction and focus closely on the question. You should have all written an introduction now. Your homework is to complete your answer on the question (below) - you have 50 minutes left. Please hand it in to either me or Miss Campbell by Friday.
There are a wide range of representations in the media and audiences are free to choose how they interpret them. Do you agree? (48 marks)
Here is the introduction example that we came up with:
For my case study I focused on PUT YOUR GROUP HERE. It is my belief that there is/is not a wide range of representations available in the media for PUT YOUR GROUP HERE.
And then you must decide what you think! Here are two sentences according to whether you believe there are limited or wide ranging representations.
Limited:
Due to limited representations, the audience will find it difficult to interpret this group the way they want to. This is because...
Wide ranging:
Wide ranging representations allow the audience to consume a variety of different ideas about this group and therefore interpret them in their own way.
After your have said this you need to give some examples. So if you have said that there are limited representations or a particularly dominant representation then you must explain what that is and why this representation is so prevalent in the media.
If you have said there are wide ranging representations then you need to say why there are. Has it always been like that? Why does this particular group have a wide range but others don't? Does this mean that the audience truly can interpret the text the way they want? Remember that the aim is to be critical - just because there are lots of representations doesn't necessarily mean you can interpret them the way you want to. The key to Section B is having an opinion and then backing this up with examples and critical debates/issues.
Your Media Studies brain should be yelling STUART HALL at you! If you can't remember him then look back at your Reception Theory and Kidulthood notes. I also posted this on the blog for you a while back.
Good luck!
Here is the introduction example that we came up with:
For my case study I focused on PUT YOUR GROUP HERE. It is my belief that there is/is not a wide range of representations available in the media for PUT YOUR GROUP HERE.
And then you must decide what you think! Here are two sentences according to whether you believe there are limited or wide ranging representations.
Limited:
Due to limited representations, the audience will find it difficult to interpret this group the way they want to. This is because...
Wide ranging:
Wide ranging representations allow the audience to consume a variety of different ideas about this group and therefore interpret them in their own way.
After your have said this you need to give some examples. So if you have said that there are limited representations or a particularly dominant representation then you must explain what that is and why this representation is so prevalent in the media.
If you have said there are wide ranging representations then you need to say why there are. Has it always been like that? Why does this particular group have a wide range but others don't? Does this mean that the audience truly can interpret the text the way they want? Remember that the aim is to be critical - just because there are lots of representations doesn't necessarily mean you can interpret them the way you want to. The key to Section B is having an opinion and then backing this up with examples and critical debates/issues.
Your Media Studies brain should be yelling STUART HALL at you! If you can't remember him then look back at your Reception Theory and Kidulthood notes. I also posted this on the blog for you a while back.
Good luck!
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