Representations revision resources

The following are several guides, in addition to any added to blogs on one representation area, on all 7 areas of representation, or the general concept of representation:

This is a nice overview of each of the 7 areas of rep'ns:

G322 Common Representations of Specific Social Groups

View more PowerPoint from Graveney School

This one is a workbook with tasks, but particularly good at integrating THEORY and explaining theories of representation:

Week 4 stereotypes

View more PowerPoint from Nia Jones

This is very good at illustrating a range of common representations of the disabled:

Representations of Disability

View more PowerPoint from jfoster10

This is a very thorough (60-slide) step-by-step run through the concept of representation, how ideology comes into it, and each of the 7 areas are considered in turn:

Representation

View more PowerPoint from Springwood High School Media

This blog post features a summary of a report into representations of the disabled, with a range of YouTube clips included to illustrate the points: http://revisionasmediastudies.blogspot.co.uk/2010/12/g322-tv-drama-representation-disability.html

This blog post has embedded clips for 6 of the rep'n areas to try, plus one exam report: http://coleshillmediasite.weebly.com/g322---concepts-in-media-studies.html

This website is mainly looking at gender and sexuality, but incorporates points (and especially theory) which can be apllied to most of the 7 areas of representation [it contains some strong language]: http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-role.htm

Role models
 

	Ally McBeal Positive role model? by Judith Schroeter
More and Cosmo Confident magazines for women by David Gauntlett
	Men's friendships Joey and Chandler by Vegard Iglebæk
Men's magazines Lessons in sexist attitudes? by Lucy Brown

(that list goes on much longer, each one lnking in to detailed further essays with specific theories highlighted)

There are many clips here which have 1 rep'n highlighted for practice: http://www.scoop.it/t/tv-drama-exam-prep

Past exam clips for G322

The 1st sitting of this exam was January 2009, when Monarch of the Glen was the source of the clip, and representation of age was the focus.


The 2nd sitting was summer 2009, a Dr Who clip with gender the representation focus.


The 3rd sitting, in January 2010, used a clip from Hotel Babylon, with ethnicity the focus.

June 2010: Primeval, focus on gender.


January 2011: BBC1's Hustle, focus on gender:


The June 2011 sitting was on social class and status, using BBC1's Merlin:


The Jan 2012 sitting had sexuality for the first time:

THE EXAM BOARD REPORT
You can read that at http://www.ocr.org.uk/download/rep_12/ocr_67202_rep_12_gce_jan.pdf

You can't read anything into what has/hasn't been the focus on exam, but I will note that Regional Identity plus Physical Ability/Disability haven't yet been covered.

You can access the official mark schemes and examiner's reports, including some sample actual student exam essays, at http://www.ocr.org.uk/qualifications/type/gce/amlw/media_studies/documents/
There's a lot of useful material at the chief examiner's blog too: http://petesmediablog.blogspot.co.uk/
Keep checking the various blogs (look at your blogger dashboard) for more updates to this and other blogs (so long as you follow them you'll be able to see these)

Essential YouTube resources

See http://beauchampmedia.ning.com/ for a range of useful videos