Objectives: To understand the analysis of how minority ethnicities are represented in the media. To understand analysis of changes in media representations of minority ethnicities. Key terms: Tokenism Key Questions: How are representations of minority ethnics linked to culture and identity, crime and deviance and stratification?

Objectives: To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Homogeneous audience Disinhibition effect Deviancy amplification Scapegoat Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?

Objectives: To evaluate ideas and evidence on media representations of gender. To understand and explain changes in media representations of gender. Key terms: Stereotype | Patriarchal | Kibly | Butler & Paisley | Crechen | Lewisham | Winship | Zomen Key Questions: How are men represented in the media?

Objectives: To evaluate ideas and evidence on media representations of gender. To understand and explain changes in media representations of gender. Key terms: Stereotype | Patriarchal | Tuchman | Butler & Paisley | Brundsmen | Abercrombie | Anderson | Radway | Winship | Zomen Key Questions: How are women represented in the media?

Objectives: To understand how sexuality and disability are represented in the mass media. To Evaluate changes in representations of sexuality and disability Key terms: Camp Heterosexual gaze Key Questions: How have representations of people disability and sexuality changed over the years?

Objectives: To understand the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life Understand the application of evidence and studies of crime and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Hypodermic syringe model Cultural effects model Deviancy amplification Scapegoat Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?

Objectives: To understand different models of media effects. Understand studies and application of evidence in relation to media effects Evaluate explanations of media effects, contracting effects and reception models. Key terms: Homogeneous audience Social networks Opinion leaders Heterogeneous audience Key Questions: How does the mass media affect us as audiences? How far could we believe everything we see/hear?

Objectives: To outline three types of marital breakdown. To outline the trends in divorce over the last 30 – 40 years. To explain the reasons for the increase in divorce. To outline the social groups more likely to get divorced. Key terms/concepts: Divorce Separation Empty-shell marriage Key Question: How have the patterns of divorce changed?

Objectives: To will be able to outline changes in the partnerships we live in (marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships) To be able to explain why these changes have occurred To be able to outline the impact of these changes Key terms/concepts: Marriage Cohabitation Secularisation Empty shell marriage Key Question: How have marriage and cohabitation patterns changed?

Objectives: To understand the impact of new media on its audiences and society. Key terms / studies /concepts: Cultural convergence Participatory culture Collective intelligence Digital divide Digital underclass Social capital Key Question: What is the impact of new media on society?

Objectives: To understand the nature of stereotypes To understand the relationship between advertising, consumerism and media representations Key terms: Stereotypes Williams Key Questions: In what ways do we stereotype people? What impact does media advertising have on these?

Objectives: To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life. Key terms: Homogeneous audience Disinhibition effect Deviancy amplification Scapegoat Key Questions: How influential is violence in the media?