essay structuring

core base is about Contemporary media represention.
Harry brown, fish tank, the inbetweeners, attack the block, the london riots news coverage, the internet and self mediation. - have to discuss 2 or more different medias.

Now how does this contemporary representation compare with that of the past?
similaritys and differences.
Quadrophenia - the mods and rockers.
have they changed? - plato quote?

The social implications of different media representations of groups of people:
Sterotyping: whats this impact
what power does the audience have to 'resist'
propaganda, moral panic, youth as empty categories, cultural hegemony, stuart hall, and reading the texts and their messages
statistics on result of these representations on attitudes and beliefs vs the reality of the issues.( how people think youths do a lot more crimes then they actually do)

the extent in human identity:
increasing media - increasing mediation different ways to portray yourself.
re-presentation by others/by selves (facebook/youtube (youthtube))
Be critical of who is offering the representations and for what purpose - what result do they want for the representation.
mediated: how the media shapes your world and the way you live in it.

add own personal opinion
what in your opinion is the future of representations and what are you basing this on?
connections must be made between the examples/contrasts are discussed
you must embed the theory into what you are saying.


EXAMINER ADVICE STRUCTURE:
ALWAYS have a introduction: could start with a quote, paraphrase it and link it to issues of identity, representation,and the media.
historical examples - quadrophenia
contempory examples -MAIN BULK OF ESSAY
connect examples together
conclusion - return to start. summarise key idea. Prediction for the future.
maintaining cultual hegemony.
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use referencing - name and year of publication given after first mention, e.g. (giroux,1997)
quote - paraphrase - critique
one text older then 5 years
other texts should be from within last 5 years
make a prediction for the future.

example - significance - theory - critique.

SECTION A: 2 QUESTIONS 25 MARKS EACH
SECTION B: ONE QUESTION 50 MARKS.