sequence recap

The influence of the media on our lives / Being someone you are not

1.  Doll Face - experimental video by artist - strange, snake-shaped robot with a human face, focus on appearance, transformation to match the picture on the screen, (influence leading to death / destruction)

[curiosity / fascination / addiction / frustration / desperation / destruction]

2. The power of media and its influence on women - experimental amateur video made by a student as an awareness message - ideal body image - plastic surgery - medical issues and beauty / cosmetic industry - advertizing

[girls bombarded by images of perfection in media - admiration & fascination - poor self-esteem (self conscious)- transformation (dieting, cosmetics...) - disappointment - frustration - medical issues (eating disorders, psychological problems)]

3. The difference between fashion and style -series of short articles - limitations of fashion and trends - wardrobe - fashion victims - trends change seasonally / style is based on longer-lasting factors / it is an overall impression

4. A media star - cartoon by american cartoonist Streeter and excerpt (extract / passage) from Bill Bryson's autobiographical novel "Notes from a big country" published in 1998. - a sarcastic cartoon about the superficiality of the show business (showbiz) - entertainment business - satisfying the audience

5. Citizen Kane - video extract from the film "Citizen Kane" by Orson Welles - New York daily newspaper - sensational news vs informative news - entertainment versus information and education

6. Facebooked: A critique of the cultural phenomenon - critical article taken from a religious online publication called "America: the Jesuit review - the journalist joined to follow the trend and offers an "inside" view, that of a FB user - modern / airy / some useful aspects (keeping in touch) - huge time-waster / superficial & boring

7. I’m right, you’re wrong, and here’s a link to prove it: how social media shapes public debate - critical article about the influence of social media on political life taken from an online publication entitled "The Conversation" which provides French speakers with quality articles written in English - public debate is influenced through constant online reactions whose quality is questionable (immediacy versus reflexion and investigation) - manipulation - soft power