Monday, 29 February 2016

Collective Identities research Tasks

Complete the following by Tuesday 8th March


TASK ONE:
Find out the definitions of the following terms, include quotes if you can and make sure you reference who said them and where you got them from you can copy and paste definition BUT you must reference where its from AND explain what you understand from what you copied if you cant do that then there is no point!:

  • IDENTITY 
  • COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
  • MEDIATION 
  • REPRESENTATION - Find out the definition, find a media text to deconstruct and apply this term to it
  • HEGEMONY - Find out the definition; discuss its relevance within media COLONIALISM and POST-COLONIALISM
  • IMPERIAL ‘OTHER’
  • YOUTH SUBCULTURE - Find out the definition, discuss how the term may be relevant for collective identity
  • SYNCRETISM 
  • POST-MODERNISM 
  • URBAN MUSIC 

TASK TWO:

Watch THE WINDRUSH YEARS (1948-1998), parts 1-15 on YouTube, make notes after each part on what you have learnt and what you got from it. 




TASK THREE:

Listen to this radio extract from 1958. Who is being represented? What is being represented? How is the representation constructed? (communicated?)




Wednesday, 24 February 2016

G325 Section B: Collective Identities

Lesson 1: Collective ID - Introduction to exam topic, and watched first film 'Sapphire' which provides some historical context for the representation of Black Britain. Please complete research tasks at the end of the PowerPoint by Tuesday 1st March.