Under control
The influence of the media on our lives / Being someone you are not
Introductory document :
Doll Face
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=246&v=zl6hNj1uOkY
- express your feelings about the video : How does the video make you feel ?
It makes me feel... uncomfortable / uneasy / oppressed / disturbed...
- qualify this video : How would you qualify it?
distressing / unpleasant / disturbing / scary / frightening / spooky / creepy / shocking...
Keywords for analysis :
warning / warn the viewer against / attract the viewer's attention to ...
focus on / concentrate on / revolve around / center on...
what is striking about this video is... / what affects the viewer is...
identify with / empathize / sympathize / feel sorry for...
influence / control / transform / alter / change / impress / overcome / upset...
self-esteem / vulnerable / lack self-confidence
destruction / damage / devastate /
addictive / influential / fascinating...
14/02
Brainstorming about the media
the media : define the word
Any form of tool which conveys information to people. We're talking about the press (magazines, newspapers...), about the web and social networking as well as TV...
Mission : inform us?
informative role / satirical : thought-provoking entertainment
how can the media influence us?
https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/influence
Influence on women :
http://armorinsecondes.eklablog.com/the-power-of-media-and-its-influence-on-women-a49947658
This is neither entertainment nor information. It denounces the way the media present a model which (in this case) women have to conform to. This model is set as a standard through constant exposure which conditions people to recognize it as desirable.
This doesn't correspond to personal needs (except that to be accepted and loved) but it satisfies the so-called needs of the economy... under influence, we consume!
clothes, food, make-up, jewels, cosmetics, technology, health products, sports activities, cars, holidays, pills, cosmetic surgery...
04/03
A Media Star - page 76
about the business of entertainment
Text about Bill Bryson's experience of media training and publicity tours, how superficial and inauthentic they are.
07/03
Extract from Citizen Kane
Taking over a newspaper
11/03
Recap
Part 2 of the video:
The newspaper is a daily called the Enquirer (this suggests that the news published is verified, that the journalists really investigate and enquire before publishing anything. They check their sources and cross informations)
The role of the editor is to read and select articles and to work on the layout so his choices really set the tone for the paper.
Mr Kane is introducing changes and one of them is that he wants the news to go on 24 hours a day.
Explain the situation. What are Mr. Carter and Mr. Kane arguing about?
14/03
The men are assembled to discuss the content ofg their newspaper. They disagree about the editorial choices. At the heart of their argument is a huge difference in values and drive. Mr. Carter's motivation is to inform and educate people with real news, accurate facts unlike Mr Kane who is interested in making a profit regardless of accuracy.
Text : The Truth
21/03
recap on the Truth
- why the journalist's wife got killed / who killed her...
- role of journalists
- freedom of the press
25/03 & 28/03
MEDIA BIAS CHART :
Chart analysis :
- description
- what the chart informs us about
Video study :
04/04
About the power of the radio :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g
On the night of October 30, 1938, families everywhere were gathered around their radios for another episode of CBS’s Mercury Theater On The Air. The evening’s episode was a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic War Of The Worlds, in which the Earth is invaded from outer space. The story was familiar to many, but was about to be presented in a way that had never been heard before.
Instead of simply telling the story, the broadcast presented it as a series of newscasts that interrupted “regular programming” to describe a martian invasion that started in a small town in New Jersey. While the live news format had been used in radio drama before, it had never been done as realistically or for as long without commercial interruption. The episode prompted many listeners to flee their homes and call friends and family for verification. While somewhat primitive by today’s standards, the broadcast was far ahead of its time and was an early demonstration of the power of radio for both news and entertainment.
08/04
https://www.americamagazine.org/issue/698/new-media/facebooked
11/04
Dystopia / brainstorming and definition :
An imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic.
A dystopia often uses existing trends in a society and develops them to an extreme to warn readers against the consequences of those trends.
"1984" by George Orwell,
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley,
"The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
among series :
"Black Mirror" and "West World"
Through dystopia, authors express their concerns about issues of humanity and society, and warn the people about their weaknesses. Authors use dystopia as a literary technique to discuss reality, and depict issues that might happen in the future. Thus, the role of dystopia in literary works is to educate and give awareness
29/04
CE : passage de George Orwell, 1984, page 119
02/05
CCTV cameras pros and cons
CCTV cameras in Britain - CO
06/05
CCTV cameras - recap
CE texte page 122
09/05
CCTV cameras in examination rooms - CO
Your school wants to install CCTVs in your school. Discuss the pros and cons. - EE (150 words)
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