OCR Media Studies G325

1. Media and Collective Identity
50 marks – I hour question

2. Summer Term
• 5 Rs
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1IHsPt_
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3. Making Notes
• Check for bias
• Classification system
• Fishbone diagram
• Gantt Chart
• Importance Pyramid
• Keywords
• Kipling Questions
• Memory Map
• Question Time
• Solution Focus
• SPECS
• Weighting Charts
• What’s the logic

4. Task
• Look at the examples. Choose appropriate
tools for:
1. Organising your time
2. Reading
3. Writing
4. Revising

5. Context
• Crucial unit worth 25%
• Hard unit
• 2011 results
• Maintain class notes
• Supplement with independent study: films,
music, newspapers, theory (books, online)

6. Assessment
• Explanation/ analysis/argument (16-20 marks) Candidates adapt their
learning to the specific requirements of the question in excellent fashion.
The answer offers a clear, articulate balance of media theories, knowledge
of texts and industries and personal engagement with issues and debates.
• Use of examples (16-20 marks) Examples of texts, industries and theories
are clearly connected together in the answer, with a coherent argument
developed in response to the question.
• Use of terminology (8-10 marks) Throughout the answer, material
presented is informed by contemporary media theory and the command
of the appropriate theoretical language is excellent.
• Complex issues have been expressed clearly and fluently using a style of
writing appropriate to the complex subject matter. Sentences and
paragraphs, consistently relevant, have been well structured, using
appropriate technical terminology. There may be few, if any, errors of
spelling, punctuation and grammar.

7. Content
Explanation/ analysis/argument (16-20 marks)
• Theory
• Industry
• Debates
• Personal reflection
Use of examples (16-20 marks)
• Films
• Newspapers
• Social Media
• Musical Artists
Use of terminology (8-10 marks)
• Representation
• Identity
• Etc

8. Examples
• Films – Ghosts, Dirty Pretty Things, London
River, East is East, Sapphire etc
• Newspapers – 1960s vs contemporary
broadsheet and tabloids
• Music – Britpop vs Grime
• Online – Facebook/YouTube/Twitter

9. Concept 1 - Identity

10. Concept 2 - Representation

11. London Riots
• bbc london riots
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biJgILxGK0o
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAGTE_RGN4
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• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7esj1Huxz0A
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSszS7bzO00
• What representation of Britain are offered by
these clips?

12. ILT
• Prepare a presentation on your scrapbook.
• This should use as many media terms as
possible.