Media Studies Conference

For all Year 12 students...

Don't forget to be on time on Monday - 8.45am outside school - and to bring pen/paper etc.

Homework to do this week in relation to the Media Conference...


TASK ONE

Read the three related internet articles either before or after (before is better) at the following links...

Tony Benn's views of politics and the media
He's the guy above on the right during his celebrated Ali G interview when he took offence at Ali G referring to women as 'bitches'. Do you agree with his criticisms of the media?

Fuad Omar's homepage
The Bollywood producer's site has an enthusiastic article about the pleasure to be had from movies called 'The Medium of Film' in the 'Outtakes' section. Do you share his passion about films?

Guy Cumberbatch's response to new media research
In this BBC website article, the leading researcher into media effects (the impact the media has on audiences) challenges a new finding that claims teenagers should only watch one hour a day or they will be damaged by it. What do you think?

TASK TWO

Go to the Macguffin Forum and follow the links to the discussions on Tony Benn, Fuad Omar and Guy Cumberbatch. (These won't appear until after we've been to the conference). Then respond to the questions posed, making use of your notes from the conference and the articles posted above.

Each posting needs to be at least one paragraph (so you'll write three in total) and there will be credits for the best ones. Make sure you log in before posting so that it gets counted. This needs to be done by Thursday 8th December for 12C and for Monday 12th December for 12D.

TASK THREE

Also, remember that you also need to type up your conference notes for each of the seven lectures. These have to be ready for the same time as the forum posts.