13D1 Cover Work Tues 23rd March

Look at a sample paper for MEST 3, Section A using the following link

http://store.aqa.org.uk/qual/gce/pdf/AQA-MEST3-W-SQP-07.PDF

Now find two (contemporary) texts that deal with issues of representation and new media technologies. These could be any combintion of print texts (advertisements, film posters, newspaper stories, magazine articles), website (screen grabs from a website) or moving image (trailer, advertisement, opening sequence, news report etc).

You should try to find texts different to those of your other class members.

Firstly identify the media issues and debates that the two texts raise, (theories, wider contextual issues etc).

Using the framwork of the exemplar exam questions create your own set of questions for your two texts.

You will be presenting these texts in next week's lesson and you will take on the role of 'teacher' in leading the discussions about the issues and debates.

MEST 4 Peer Marking

MEST 4 Peer Marking

Weds 17th Cover 13D1 p3

Watch Panorama from Monday this week on bbc i-player ('Are the Net Police Coming For You?'). Take detailed notes and discuss with each other the key issues and debates this raises. Remember it is good practice to have detailed understanding of a number of case studies as this will give you more scope in the exam.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00rl4dl/Panorama_Are_the_Net_Police_Coming_for_You/

Remember you need to write up the essay from the two texts we discussed in class yesterday.

Yr 13 cover Weds (13d1) & Fri (13C1 & C2) Section A practice

Watch the T-Mobile 'Life's for Sharing' TV ad broadcast on a number of terrestrial and digital channels in Spring 2009.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ3d3KigPQM

Then view the Sony Ericsson c-905 mobile phone advertisement feature which appeared in FHM magazine. (You will need to zoom in to see the details)

http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sony-ericsson-c905-mobile-phone-ad-campaign-a-world-first.bmp

Identify the issues and debates and theories evident relating to matters of representation and new and digital technologies in the two texts (making reference to specific examples from BOTH texts).

Write up a comparison of the two texts, making detailed reference to these points (min 1,000 words typed) for next Tuesday's lesson. This work must be printed out BEFORE the lesson.