Sheldon Media A level exam blog - Mr Bush

 Media Magazine issue 52 has two good articles on Ideology. You need to read those articles (our Media Magazine archive is here) and complete a few short tasks linked to them.  Page 34: The World Of Mockingjay: Ideology, Dystopia And Propaganda 1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence.   The Hunger Games films are  commentary on celebrity life and their  culture presented through the scope of a dystopian world. 2) What view of capitalist ideology is presented in the Hunger Games films? The Districts work to provide resources and other means of production for the capital  and the earn no profit from it . This aligns with Karl Marx's view that the Proletariat work tirelessly for the Bourgeoisie and in the end don't benefit from  it due to the structure of the social hagiarchy and how the upper classes view the lower class and districts  3) What do the Hunger Games films suggest about the power of the media to shape and influence ideologi...

 1) Introduction to Media: 10 questions 2) Media consumption audit 3) Semiotics blog tasks 4) Language: Reading an image - media codes 5) Reception theory - advert analysis and factsheet 6) Genre: Factsheets and genre study questions 7) Narrative: Factsheet questions 8) Audience: classification - psychographics presentation notes 9) October assessment learner response 10) Audience theory 1 - Hypodermic needle/Two-step flow/U&G 11) Audience theory 2 - The effects debate - Bandura, Cohen  12) Industries: Ownership and Control 13) Industries: Hesmondhalgh - The Cultural Industries 14) Industries: Public Service Broadcasting 15) Industries: Regulation 16) Representation: Introduction to Representation 17) Representation: Feminism - Everyday Sexism & Fourth Wave MM article 18) Representation: Feminist theory 19) Representing ourselves: Identity in the online age - MM articles & Factsheet 20) Ideology: BBC Question Time analysis and MM articles 

 Task 1: Media Magazine article Read the Media Magazine article on collective identity: Self-image and the Media (MM41 - page 6). Our Media Magazine archive is here. Complete the following tasks on your blog: 1) Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?' Things, we are all involved in constructing an image to communicate our identity . We have complex ideas about our selves; there is a difference between the person we think we are, the person we want to be and the person we want to be seen to be. A significant influence on our ideas of self-image is the context of the culture that surrounds us. When studying the media it soon becomes apparent that the representation of cultural values, the construction of role models and the way the media informs us about lifestyle and fashion choices have an influence on who we want to be. 2) Do you agree with the view that modern media is all about 'style over substance'? Wha...