13A cover work - Monday 3 December

Firstly, please accept my apologies for not being in - I've been ill all weekend and still don't have much of a voice today. I hate missing lessons, particularly our double lesson for the week, so please make the most of this time. The cover work is to continue what we've been working on in terms of our case study on the representation of young people in London - except this time to apply it to British TV.

I'd like you to watch a couple of 'webisodes' of the EastEnders spin-off E20, which is aimed specifically at a younger audience. You can find the programme website here which has plenty of episodes available to watch. I'd then like you to answer the following questions on a blogpost on your MEST3 exam blog:

1. What representations of young people can be found in E20? This should be an extended answer with textual analysis and examples from what you have watched.
2. Why might producers and audiences be more interested in negative stereotypes of young people?
3. What other examples of representations of young people can you find from British television? Can you think of any positive or unexpected representations of young people?

One other quick reminder: the Media Magazine conference is next week and we need permission slips and money in by Friday. Mr Bush has very kindly agreed to run the trip, the conference will be extremely helpful for both exams and coursework and particularly so if you are planning to go to university next year. 

Mr Halsey