2. areas to cover for the exam
What are ‘We Media’?
Where / how has ‘We Media’
emerged?
In what ways are the
contemporary media more
democratic than before?
In what ways are the
contemporary media less
democratic than before?
3. Jan 2011
• Discuss the meanings of the term ‘we media.’
• ‘We get the media we deserve.’ Discuss, in
relation to the role of media in a democracy.
50 marks, ONE HOUR (CHOOSE ONE)
4. • 20 marks for explanation, argument, analysis
• 20 marks for use of examples
• 10 marks for terminology/reference to theory
9. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
10. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
youtube videos
11. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
TV Reality programmes
youtube videos
12. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
TV Reality programmes
youtube videos
protestor videos shot at
demos
13. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
TV Reality programmes
youtube videos
protestor videos shot at
demos
online forums
14. text voting on TV shows
Fanzines pamphlets
Radio Phone-ins
TV Reality programmes
youtube videos
protestor videos shot at
demos
online forums
political mashups
15. 2001
• boy makes collage in photoshop
• posts it on his homepage
• publisher hunts for web images to make poster- makes collage and prints
posters
• angry demonstrators hold placards with the posters- footage appears on
CNN
• TV production company threatens legal action
• fans produce new sites: pastiches of the original
26. Did twitter and facebook bring about revolutions in the middle east?
27. areas to cover for the exam
What are ‘We Media’?
Where / how has ‘We Media’
emerged?
In what ways are the
contemporary media more
democratic than before?
In what ways are the
contemporary media less
democratic than before?
28. Jan 2011
• Discuss the meanings of the term ‘we media.’
• ‘We get the media we deserve.’ Discuss, in
relation to the role of media in a democracy.
50 marks, ONE HOUR (CHOOSE ONE)
29. • 20 marks for explanation, argument, analysis
• 20 marks for use of examples
• 10 marks for terminology/reference to theory
30. • Two different media (at least)
• Two or more critics/theorists
• past, present, future
32. Intro- relate to question
and case studies to use
Structuring the answer
33. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
Structuring the answer
34. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
Structuring the answer
Critics/theory
35. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
Structuring the answer
Critics/theory applying theory to examples
36. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
Structuring the answer
Critics/theory applying theory to examples
conclusion- sum up main points
37. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
• Discuss the meanings of the
term ‘we media.’
Critics/theory applying theory to examples
conclusion- sum up main points
38. Intro- relate to question SPECIFIC
and case studies to use examples
• ‘We get the media we
deserve.’ Discuss, in relation to
the role of media in a
democracy.
Critics/theory applying theory to examples
conclusion- sum up main points
39. Tips
• keep it simple
• make sure YOU understand what you are
talking about
• back up all points with SPECIFIC examples