EDUQAS AS MEDIA, YEAR 12- TV IN THE GLOBAL AGE, 'LIFE ON MARS' (COMP 2, SEC A) REP AND CONTEXTS

Lesson 5-7 (REPRESENTATION AND CONTEXTS): This TRIPLE and Mastery sheet assessment continues the TV in the Global Age unit for Component 2, Section A. This series of lessons will look in-depth at all of RAIL with this lesson focusing on:

-Exploration of 1973 and the contextual issues happening in Britain at the time.
-Character Assassination:Below are a series of representational terms you have learnt thus far. Independently and on the worksheet, write a character assassination for each of the characters:Archetype, Countertype, Regressive, Progressive, Marginalised and Tokenism.
-Women in the Police Force in the 70’s and a short documentary.
-Women’s rights and feminism short documentary.
-Application of Hall and Gauntlett to that of advertisements surrounding women in the 1970’s.
-The glass ceiling and the 1970 Equal Pay Act
-Toxic Masculinity
-Post-Feminism
-Feminism
-Masculinity V Femininity
-Societal norms
-Breakdown of the following question, including Mastery sheet resource:

1. How far might audiences respond differently to representations in the set episode of Life on Mars? Refer to Stuart Hall’s reception theory in your response. [20]

NOTE: All task sheets, differentiated resources and audio/visual stimuli are included within the lesson/ Power Point as is H/W.Some tasks may be dependent on owning the EDUQAS YEAR 1, AS COURSE GUIDE and may be supported with a reading of Mark Dixon’s Media Theory for A-Level book.

IMPORTANT! THIS RESOURCE ALSO INCLUDES A MASTERY SHEET.

NOTE: I am following EDUQAS Teaching Model 1 in my teaching/ SOW and my school is only providing Media Studies at a AS/A2 Two- Year Course. If you liked this resource and found it useful, it would be greatly appreciated if you could feedback or rate my resource as I am constantly trying to adapt and refine my resources to improve the learning of my students. Many thanks.