U6th Media- Holiday Work

U6th Media – Representation questions. Answer 3 questions.

Revise thoroughly and plan your answer, including gathering quotes

Complete your answer under exam conditions- allow 60 minutes per question

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1./ Are there arguments in favour of stereotyping by the media?

Give a range of examples in your answer.

2./ It is argued that dominant media representations serve the interests of the

powerful.

Discuss with reference to one or more social group.

3./ Do stereotypes change over time?

Answer with reference to specific examples.

4./ How far is it possible for the media to produce fair and accurate

representations?

Discuss with reference to social groups.

5./ Are we currently seeing more positive stereotypes in media representations,

or is there little change?

Provide examples throughout your answer.

6./ Compare the media portrayal of two social groups.

7./ Not all representations found in the media are negative. Discuss this

statement with reference to one group of your choice.

8./ Assess the argument that stereotyping in the media is both inevitable and

necessary. Refer to one group in your answer.

9./ “Audiences find stereotypes accessible, but accessibility is both a strength

and a weakness.”

Discuss, illustrating your answer with examples.

10./ “Realism only emerges through construction.”

How convincing do you find the media construction of a social group

that you have studied?

11./ Examine the reasons why some stereotypes within the media have

changed over time?

12./ How do media representations reflect social inequalities?

Refer to one or more social groups you have studied.

13./ What are the problems associated with the construction of accurate

representations?