Introduction to the Critical Investigation: blog task

You should now have read one critical investigation from the last couple of years and discussed it in your group. The four exemplars all got A grades and hopefully demonstrate the level you need to be working at over the next 12 months.

Your blog task is simple:

Write your own answer to the essay question that your group discussed.

This is all about developing a critical perspective: forming opinions on the big media debates in our society. Try and bring your OWN perspective to the question rather than just repeating what you’ve read. The four questions we looked at were:

• Are contemporary documentaries, like C4's 'Benefits Street', providing a public service, or simply reinforcing negative stereotypes to generate a larger audience?

• To what extent do the female characters in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ and ‘SALT’ challenge traditional female stereotypes?

• Have Hollywood attitudes towards content in 12A films become more liberal or have audiences’ film desires changed?

• Why do comic book movies like The Avengers reinforce traditional gender stereotypes and what impact does this have on audiences?

Your blog post needs to be at least 250 words - finish for homework if you don't complete it in the lesson. You also need to be thinking about YOUR critical investigation for next year and start shortlisting potential media texts to analyse.

To help you think about possible investigations, take a look at the very best from past GHS students: from 2015, from 2014, from 2013, from 2012, from 2011, from 2010, from 2009 and from 2008.