Review of Fri 28th and HW

Well done to all for a productive lesson on Friday- myself adn Mrs Harte are impressed with the level of commitment and attention this group is bringing to the course so far- keep it up.

To review what was covered:

• We 'read' and analysed a couple of extracts from the text 'Soccer AM', considering the representation of women each contained.
• We complemented this with a close deconstruction, exploring how these representations were formed.
• Next, we considered the question of whether or not these sexist representations were important
• We looked at and discussed three examples of Audience theory: The Effects model, the Uses and Gratifications Model, and Reception Analysis

Homework:

Homework this week is to further our understanding of theUses and Gratifications model by reading an article and making notes on it. The article is from the BBC and can be found here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A770951

As with last week, I'd like you to choose the form that you want to take notes in (this can be visually, written, recorded etc) and bring to the lesson.

Extension reading on this can be found at the Media Magazine site, and I strongly advise you to collect an article from there and have a read. In particular, the article entitled 'How to Make Sense of Audience Theory' from the TheoryZone section is excellent for extension reading. If you want to get an A in this subject, read it and make some extra notes.

Have fun!

Mr Boulter

Homework from 21 / 9

Hi,
Homework this week is two tasks.

Firstly, you are to complete a short essay (min 600 words) answering the following question:

Discuss the representation of women in one or more texts that you've studied recently.

This is a deliberately open question, which gives you the freedom to choose your own text, and structure your response in your own way. However, you may want to use the '3 Step Plan' method of writing an essay. In this method:

Step 1: Addresses the key words of the question in the first sentence, eg 'In the text ...... , the representation of women is striking'.

Step 2: Consists of a list of the points you want to make: 'I will focus on the ways that the text considers women to be located in the domestic sphere, the focus on physical rather than intellectual features, and the focus on women in a nurturing role rather than a professional context.'

Step 3: At this point, take each of the (in this case three) points you've made in step two, and turn them into a paragraph of detailed discussion, based around specific examples and evidence from the text.

This is due in on Friday.

Your second task this week is to read and make notes on this article on the representation of gender: http://www.mediaknowall.com/gender.html It is a very useful overview of the topic, and I'd like you to bring your notes to the lesson on Friday. You need to choose the method you use to make notes, but one recommended way is through drawing a mind map- find out the details of how to do this on : http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm . Alternatively, feel free to record your notes on a podcast or vodcast, and bring in the file on a memory stick.

Have a great week,

Mr Boulter

Today's Task

Well done for reaching the blog! Your task to day is as follows:
Go on the the Media Guardian website (follow link at the bottom of this blog). You will then need to register and your task is as follows:

Read through some of the articles in the archive. Then choose one Media issue, and prepare a short presentation to give to the class. For example, you might look at violence in the media, the regulation of YouTube, or whatever is topical.

Remember- this will be your Supported Independent Study lesson, so make sure you approach this task with some vigour!