Thursday 7 January 2016

Past Paper Questions


Jan 2010

Media and Collective Identity

6 Analyse the ways in which the media represent one group of people that you have studied. [50]

7 ”The media do not construct collective identity; they merely reflect it”. Discuss. [50]

 

June 2010

Media and Collective Identity

6 Discuss how the identity of one group of people you have studied has been ‘mediated’. [50]

7 “Media representations are complex, not simple and straightforward”. How far do you agree with this statement in relation to the collective group that you have studied? [50]

 

Jan 2011

Media and Collective Identity

6 Analyse the ways in which the media represent groups of people. [50]

7 What is collective identity and how is it mediated? [50]  

 

June 2011

Media and Collective Identity

6 Discuss how one or more groups of people are represented through the media. [50]

7 Explain the role played by the media in the construction of collective identity. [50]

 

Jan 2012

Media and Collective Identity

6. How do media representations influence collective identity? You may refer to one group of people or more in your answer.

7. Discuss the different ways in which groups of people are represented by media. You may refer to one group of people or more in your answer.

 

June 2012

Media and Collective Identity

6. Analyse the ways in which at least one group of people is ‘mediated’.

7. Discuss the social implications of media in relation to collective identity. You may refer to one group of people or more in your answer.

Tuesday 5 January 2016

How to open an essay question for collective identity


Media and Collective Identity
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nalyse the ways in which the media represent one group of people that you have studied.
”The media do not construct collective identity; they merely reflect it”. Discuss.
Women in Dr Foster are represented as the strong, nurturing, emotional, educated, morally responsible gender. There are no ‘simple and straightforward’ representations each female character within the Television series is represented to be unique and individual. The character of Gemma is constructed to be….

Whereas within the print medium of female magazines women are represented as highly sexualised