YEAR 13 LESSON THREE [29th Sept 10]: Homework.

Students were introduced to the theories of John Berger and Laura Mulvey. The idea of the male gaze was explored through a series of advertisements from the 1970s and equally offensive contemporary examples of advertising that reduce the representation of women to a sexualised object. Students were provided with recent shocking statistics from the Home Office relating to violence against women and this linked to the possibility that negative representations of women within the media could be influencing male behaviour.

Students were asked to consider the positive and negative features of the web and consider the concept of 'Levelling' and the implications relating to the fact that the Web is not controlled by a central authority.

Homework: Watch the first episode of the BBC's The Virtual Revolution. You will find the links elsewhere on fishymedia. Consider narrative theory and genre issues as we will be applying these theories to our next written response. Digest the notes that I have given to you. We are dealing with a lot of content at the moment and you must synthesise these ideas as you will be expected to apply these ideas to a media text. Consider coursework content.Click on fishymedia and watch the Fox news features and features relating to the representation of women. There are articles posted in August 2010 that will allow you to access examples of Fox news's approach to journalism and interviews with Anna Van Heeswijk of Object. A fishymedia post in May 10 allows you to access an excellent Rachel Williams article in The Guardian . What do you think of Murdoch's approach to news?What are his institutional values? How hard would you like to punch Bill O'Reilly? How would you respond to the views being offered by 'Object' ? Click on the fishymedia August link to view Anna Van Heeswijk's BBC news debate with an ex-editor of FHM.

I expect you to be navigating through fishymedia to develop a sense of critical autonomy.

I created this site for you so please use the resources being placed upon your media plate. You will not be expected to produce a written homework but there is a lot of material that I expect you to visit independently with the aim of allowing you to develop a more sophisticated understanding of current media debates and issues.

Ta.

MLR.