Press Regulation Essay Plan

Prepare an essay plan for the following question;

Assess the arguments for the regulation of the press in 2016.

You should have examples and arguments that support and argue against increased press regulation, n, for and against statutory and self regulation.

There are *lots* of examples on google classroom, and on this blog below, to help you prepare for the question.

G325 - BBFC Mini Essay

You need to complete a mini essay on this question:

"Discuss the arguments for the regulation of film in 2016"

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Your essay should focus primarily on the BBFC, but you may address other organisations (such as the MPAA, OFCOM, GRA, and PEGI) if you wish.

Your essay should include at least three specific examples of films.

Your essay should include at least three specific examples of media theory and/or theorists.

Your essay should reference the regulation of film
- in the past ( > 5 years ago)
- today
- in the future

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Here is a link to a google doc of an essay plan that should help you.

G325 Regulation Questions

Click here to see a list of past exam questions for G325 - Media Regulation.

REVISION NOTES FOR QUESTION 1B EXAM

If you want to write about your music video for this question then you need to revise Andrew Goodwin.  As he talks mainly about what makes music video a particular art form you can use his 5 categories to discuss theories of Audience, Representation, Genre, Narrative and Media Language.

Make notes on your blog using the 6 bullet points below with SPECIFIC EXAMPLES from your own work to match each category.

ANDREW GOODWIN'S THEORY

1. Music videos represent Genre characteristics: a rock band should be performing in the music video - how did you do this?
2. Relationship between and visual and lyrics: what is being said is being literally or metaphorically represented visually in a specific camera shot
3. Relationship between music and visuals: shots change in synch with drum beats
4. Record company’s demands: close up of artist, star image.
5. Voyeurism and the notion of looking: any explicit references to this in the mise-en-scene?
6. Intertextual reference: any implicit representations in your video to other texts?  Link this to your audience.

OTHER MUSIC VIDEO THEORISTS WHICH YOU CAN USE.

Make notes on Sven E Carlsson's theory summarised below (it's a little like Levi Strauss!)

What is music video? Sven E Carlsson's theory summarised

HOMEWORK - Complete Question 1B - Media Language using Andrew Goodwin and others

Make sure you complete your Media Language essay on your blog this week.
When writing about your music video you are best to start with a Goodwin quote - see above.

Now try to find examples from your work to exemplify his theories.

Use my Revision sheet to add in more theorists such as Rick Altman and Steve Neale's ideas on Genre; Blulmer and Katz's Uses and Gratifications for the Audience; Roland Barthes' Myths and Levi Strauss' ideas on Binary Oppositions.

See below for some more help on Blulmer and Katz.

A2 EXAM REVISION GUIDE

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO REVISE FOR YOUR EXAM

Just click on the link above and do the practice tasks to prepare you for Questions 1a and 1b

Audience Theory - Homework

Please make sure you complete the essay that you began in class today, applying theories of Audience to your own production work. I have uploaded the powerpoint to SlideShare to help you with the theories - see below.

Theories to apply for Audience Question 1B

Revision on Narrative Theory

You will be writing up an answer in class next week for Question 1B.

This will be your question:

Apply theories of narrative to one of your coursework productions.

Use the revision worksheet I gave you this week to prepare with specific examples to evidence your points.

To what extent is human identity increasingly mediated?

To what extent is human identity increasingly mediated? 

- Using your work from the last two lessons prepare a plan for a 500 word essay on this question.

• Identity: - Gauntlett says for modern society; "Having an identity is a known requirement"
• David Buckingham says "identity also implies a relationship with a broader collective or social group of some kind." 
• Zygmut Bauman says "Identity is almost infinitely negotiable" 
• Mediation: - De Zengotita says mediation is the process of us experiencing the world through the media, so the media must shape our identity. 
• Mediation also means the negotiation to resolve a dispute between two things. Remember Bauman! 
• Stuart Hall tells us that negotiation in the media - is when we interpret a media text based on ourselves and our own ideas, rather than mindlessly absorbing it.
• So...  Mediation could be the negotiation, the process of us using the media to create our identity. 
• Buckingham and Poletta & Jasper say that we normally create this identity using a collective (group). P&J say this identity can be created by an outsider (The Media) but the group must accept it.
• This group can often become a subculture. 
• Cohen says that if this group is not understood (they are Deviant) by society, they can be Demonised. This can create a moral panic against that group by the outside media. This can in return, strengthen and reinforce that group in a repeating cycle. (The media essentially publicises the deviant behaviour) 
• Lacan says that we like to look at people like ourselves (The mirror stage). 
• So!... 
• Mediation could be.... our relationship with the media, how we use the media to find others like ourselves and to define who we are. (This is often how subcultures exist or are defined) 

The questions says, has this process increased or decreased? 

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Here's the article we discussed about whether, for modern youth, subcultures have died

Here are some ideas of examples you can focus on. Think about

New Media: 

YouTube: - KSI / Zoella / PewDiePie / JennaMarbles / Other famous YouTubers that are either identified with, or where collective identity is formed as being a collection of fans (eg. PewDiePie's 'Bro Force')

• http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/oct/22/pewdiepie-youtube-felix-kjellberg-this-book-loves-you 
• http://variety.com/2014/digital/news/survey-youtube-stars-more-popular-than-mainstream-celebs-among-u-s-teens-1201275245/ 
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2846670/What-YouTube-superstar-Zoella-reveals-teenage-girls.html 
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-3280866/I-don-t-feel-like-celebrity-just-feel-like-teenage-girl-wants-Zoella.html

Instagram: - One Direction / Taylor Swift / Justin Bieber / Essena O'Neill

Facebook / Social Media: - UniLad / LadBIBLE / VICE / IFLScience etc. / Fan Pages

• http://www.buzzfeed.com/patricksmith/inside-the-lad-bibles-viral-web-empire#.yx08vblmgR 
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31126002 

Web 2.0 Sites:  - Reddit / 4Chan / 9Gag / LadBible

TV: 

Educating Essex /Cardiff/EastEnd / Barely Legal Drivers / Made In Chelsea / Misfits / The Inbetweeners / Fresh Meat / Fandoms: Dr Who, Sherlock Etc. (People who identify because of being a fan rather than with the show, the content defines them)

• http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/29/educating-the-east-end-educating-yorkshire-educating-essex
• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8216973/Misfits-a-typically-British-surprise-hit.html

MUSIC: 

One Direction / Justin Bieber / Lady Gaga / Rihanna / Beyonce / Specific Musical Subcultures: - Eg Dance / Grime / Metal / Punk / Dubstep / Rave / Indie etc.

- http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/aug/24/one-direction-fans-boyband-teenage-girls

FILM:

Eden Lake / Shank / Harry Potter / Kings of Summer / The Hunger Games / Twilight /

NEWS: 

Reporting of London Riots / Knife Crime / Gang Violence / 'Out of control Party' stories / Moral Panics surrounding young people and: Alcohol / Sex / Violence etc. / Moral Panics surrounding internet memes and viral trends.

How has the way the media has represented and/or created collective identity changed over time?

How has the way the media has represented and/or created collective identity changed over time?

- Refer to at least one historical and one contemporary text in your answer.
- Refer to at least two different media industries in your answer.

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Create an essay plan for this question, use the historical examples in the previous post, as well as our work on moral panics, subculture, youth identity, your own research and theories, to help create your answer.

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Introduction -
- Define the question
- Outline your argument & case studies. What are you going to prove?
- Theoretical Underpinning

Example One: Historical identity;

- What are the historical representations of youth identity in the media?
- Are did the media reflecting or creating these representations? (Was this an example of a moral panic?)
- What is the collective identity presented, or was it created, how?
- Theorists / Evidence / Quotes from the time.

Example Two: (More recent identity)
- What is the collective identity created or represented here?
- How was it created or represented?
- Are there any quotes, references, or theorists to help explain this?
- How does this differ from the more historical example? Or is it the same? (Probably a bit of both)
- How does this match the quotes and theorists and sources you used in your previous example?
- Go back to the question; how has this changed or not?

Example Three: (Current & Contemporary identity.)
- What is the collective identity created or represented here?
- How was it created or represented?
- Are there any quotes, references, or theorists to help explain this?
- How does this differ from the more historical example? Or is it the same? (Probably a bit of both)
- How does this match the quotes and theorists and sources you used in your previous example?
- Go back to the question; how has this changed or not?

Conclusion;

Summarise your arguments and points. What is the pattern or trend you have shown in your essay?
Go back to the question how has the identity changed? (What are your key points to justify this)