A2 Media Studies MEST3 - Hegemony and the Teen
starter http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/view/
•How are the teenagers represented in this clip?
•Make notes while watching •Discuss in pairs
Hegemony •People must be taught to consent to
everyday life behaviours and practices that keep the powerful people in power.
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How can hegemony be applied to the representation of teenagers?
How are you represented? • List the ways in which teenagers are
represented in the Media. In your listing include the platform and product where you might find that representation.
• Can you find any common threads to the representations?
Moral panics • • •
‘Moral Panic’ is a term often used in Media Studies
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If we do not take steps to preserve the purity of blood, the Jew will destroy civilisation by poisoning us all. (Hitler, 1938)
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Discuss the term with the person next to you?
Do you know what it means? Here is an example of one:
List ways in which teenagers are sometimes viewed through the perspective of ‘Moral Panic’.
View • View the clip from Kidulthood • How much do you feel the representation of teenagers represents reality?
• How much do you think it fuels ‘moral panic’?
ASBO or A* • Research: • Using the iMacs find
representations of teenagers which might fit the two terms above.
• Which representation is truthful?
Self representation • How do teenagers represent themselves? pairs explore the question above and • In think about what impact technology has had. a paragraph or two exploring this • Write issue.
Watch
• http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline • make notes and add a further
paragraph on self-representation
Romeo and Juliet • How can history help us with
representation of teenagers?
• Consider the characters in Romeo and Juliet?
• Why have they endured?
Homestudy
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Look at how teens are represented in one of the following areas.
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web-based programs
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Apply Hegemony where possible.
self representation UK TV drama News (TV, Print and Web) UK film US film Prepare a Powerpoint which explores who controls the representations and their impact.
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