1. Assignment 21: Basic Episode
Planning
Topic: Does social media influence our Identity
Chelsea Fashole-Luke
Rosalin Zein
Russ victoria Monocillo
Marisha Inoke

2. Topic & Subtopics
Does Social Media Influence our Identity
Age
Gender
Sexuality
Ethnicity

3. Basic Plan for Episode
Episode Topic: Age
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Influences of age on usage
Different age groups online
Stereotypes of age groups on social media sites

4. Detailed Plan For Episode
Episode Topic: Age
Influences of age on usage:
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Data/statistics of different age groups on different social networks
Public interviews (Adults + young people) ‘what do you mostly use social media for?’ ‘what do you
think other generations use social media for?’ ‘what do you think other generations think you use
social media for?’
Found footage – young people and adults on different social networking sites ~ 1 minute
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Different age groups online:
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What attracts them to different social media platforms
How different ages express themselves online
Do people become hyperreal online?
How do people want others to see them online
Stereotypes:
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Which social sites each generation stereotypically uses most
Which they statistically use the most
Youtube, Facebook, twitter, tumblr, linkdin, pinterest etc.
What do people like about social media
Expert interviews (social media staff, business brands)– how do you attract different age groups to social
media

5. Basic Plan for episode
Rosalin Zein
Episode Topic : Social Media and gender
Subtopic 1 : Gender Representations
in the Media
Subtopic 2 : Gender Issues in the
Media
Subtopic 3 : Males VS. Females

6. 1. Gender representations in the media
Different media platforms:
Gender representations: what are they?
Masculinity and Femininity:
(Cut away to archival photos of gender
representations with voice overs)
Gender representations: Are they
Changing?
(Montage of masculine and feminine images
in the media)
Advertising, Magazines, Films, Online social
networking.
(Archival Footage and Photos comparing
the similarities and differences between
20th and 21st century)
2. Gender issues in the media workplace
Gender bias:
Sexism and Inequality:
(Case Study of someone who has faced sexism in the media industry)
(Quoted material – comparing two news reports one written by a
man/female)
(Statistics comparing the amount of men and women working in the
media industry)
Does our gender make us bias?
3. Males VS Females
Social Media Use:
How do they present themselves online?
(Statistics comparing the usage of social
media by men and women)
Social media use: Hyper – reality
Why do the different genders use social
media?
How do the different genders use social
media? (Public Interviews)
Does this help to reinforce gender
stereotypes of challenge them?
(Public Interviews asking people if they present
themselves differently to real life)
Do they reinforce/develop/challenge their
gender stereotypes within the media

7. Basic Plan for episode
Episode topic: Does social media influence
Identity
Subtopic 1 : Over sexualisation of
females/ males
Subtopic 2 : Lesbian+ Gay+ Bi
+Straight
Subtopic 3 : Challenging stereotypes
Russ

8. Does social media influence
Identity
1: Over sexualisation
of females/ males.
Sexualized images of women who are considered
‘Sexy’ by modern standards. (images from social
networking sites ie, facebook, twitter, tumblr, etc)
Negative impact towards younger generation. (public
interview)
Body dissatisfaction/ eating disorders amongst men
and women and girls.
2:Lesbian+ Gay+ Bi
+Straight
Discrimination towards lesbian, gay, bi, and
transgender people
( expert interview)
Positive impact towards LGBT (footage of
Youtubers ‘ coming out of the closet’)
Role models: homosexuality taking over
dominant roles in social media.
3: Challenging
stereotypes
Is Homosexuality a definition of our identity?
(public interview)
How homosexuality is presented through
social media.

9. Basic planning – Ethnicity
Subtopic 1:
What are the effects when negative stereotypes
addressed on social networking sites?
Subtopic 2:
How do different ethnicities/cultures represent
themselves online
Subtopic 3:
Can social networking sites challenge the negative
stereotype through educating online users?

10. Detailed planning – Ethnicity
What are the effects when negative stereotypes are addressed on social network?
Conduct a social experiment on whether people
know what are the stereotypes of AfricanCaribbeans, East Asian, White (Europeans,
Americans) ?
Should there be restrictions on online
democracy, in terms of expressing
extreme views on ethnic minorities?
Public interviews (conducted online)
with How do they feel about these
issues being addressed on social
networking sites?
How people online deal with
prejudice comments on social media?
Representation of ethnicities/cultures on social media
Does social integration
between different ethnicities
and cultures are able to
integrate, via social media?
How does different
ethnicities/cultures represent
themselves online?
Expert interview
Does social media influence
identity? Or does it alter
someone's identity?
Public interviews on how
they feel about certain
cultures being portrayed
Can social media distort our
own identity? And to what
extent do they influence our
identity?
The future of social networking
Can social networking sites
challenge the negative
stereotype through educating
online users?
Public interviews - Will
social networks begin to
help portray positive
stereotypes in 10 years
time?
Quoted material and
public interview on
whether social media
educates users on
cultural appropriation?
Statistics on what the
dominant ethnic groups
on social networking
sites?
Twitter audience is predominately non-white.
Expert interview
(tumblr/twittter staff)
answering the previous
question
Public interview
How people from ethnic
groups challenge the
stereotype?

11. The end.