1. GTA 4 case study
MS1 Representations and
Responses

2.  Learning objectives: to explore issues of
stereotyping and intertextuality in GTA4
 Learning outcomes: to have textual
evidence of intertextuality and
stereotyping in GTA4
 EBI to have identified ideologies evident
in the game

3. Task
 Complete the comprehension exercise
from The Observer article

4. A stereotype?
 Niko Bellic

5. Intertextuality
GTA4 and
Bullit (1966, US)

6. Intertextuality
 Bank robbery scene from Heat (1995, US)
 Bank robbery scene from GTA4

7. A critique of American values?
 Patriotism
 Xenophobia

8. Views on ‘fast food culture’?

9. Is liberal America deluded?
 Consumerism

10. Plenary
 What ideologies are at work here?
 How significant is it that the developers
of this game are British?