2. Exam
• 50 marks
• 1 hour
• 6 topics are available: we will study collective
identity
• X2 questions will be available for this topic
you will answer one
3. Collective Identity
• Case studies we will cover in terms of
collective identity will be
1.GENDER
AND
2.YOUTH
4. Specification
• 1. You MUST refer to at least TWO different
media (TV AND FILM will be the two media we
will cover)
• 2. You MUST refer to past, present and future
(with the emphasis on the present-
contemporary examples from the past five
years)
• 3. refer to critical/theoretical positions
5. Specification
• So, for 1 we will compare and contrast TV and
Film.
• For 2, we will look into past and present
representations of Gender and Youth in TV
AND FILM and discuss future representations.
• For 3, you need some critics/writers who have
developed ideas about representation and
identity.
6. Specification
• The spec also points out 4 prompt questions
which we should base our study on.
• We will study both case studies (youth and
gender) in relation to these 4 prompt
questions.
7. Prompt Questions
• How do the contemporary media represent
nations, regions and ethnic / social / collective
groups of people in different ways?
• How does contemporary representation
compare to previous time periods?
• What are the social implications of different
media representations of groups of people?
• To what extent is human identity increasingly
‘mediated’?
8. OVERALL
• CLASS: Study collective identity referring to the two
case studies of youth and gender.
• CLASS: Answer 4 prompt questions in relation to both
case studies.
• EXAM: Pick one question under the collective identity
topic.
• EXAM: Refer your answer to one of the case studies
(gender or youth)
9. Past Exam Questions
• Analyse the ways in which the media represent
any one group of people that you have studied.
• With reference to any one group of people that
you have studied, discuss how their identity has
been ‘mediated’.
• Analysethe ways in which the media represent
groups of people.
• “The media do not construct collective identity;
they merely reflect it”. Discuss.
10. Guideline reminder
• Historical – candidates must summaries the
development of the media forms in question in
theoretical contexts.
• Contemporary- current issues within the topic
• Future- candidates must demonstrate personal
engagement with debates about the future of the
media forms/issues that the topic relates to.
11. Material
• Youth- x2 contemporary films, x3
contemporary TV programmes, x1 past films
and x1 past TV Program.
• Gender- x2 contemporary films, x3
contemporary TV programmes, x1 past films
and x1 past TV program.
