2. 1. Introduction of what's going
on in LGBT issues in Russia-
Anti-gay laws/ culture
(how these debates started)
• Protests
• Discussions
• Boycott
• Etc
Russian Government- Putin
Contradicting as other groups
can do it ( groups such as
religion)
How people in the UK feel
• British government
• Stephen fry letter
• Most people against (stats)
2.Discussion of the
power/development/ popularity
of social media
3. Introduce topic about
the impact social media
can have on groups
(sexual identity)
(Does it change meaning?
Shock value)
Example:
1. First lesbian TV
2. Britney and Madonna kiss (sexualised)
3. Comparison to videos in online age
(pos/neg)
• Lesbian sexual fetishes not capturing the
romance.
• Damaging to society because…
(forms/negative/stereotypes)
4.Presenter to identify/explain the debates
of the impact of social media on sexual
identity
3. 5. General public interviews
about views on LGBT
community (why have you got
these views?)
6. General public interviews with what’s
happening in Russia/ treatment of gay people
1. Lesbian
2. Gays
3. What are the positives/ negatives.
7. General public interviews about their
exposure to material on social media
about LGBT in Russia
1. How do you feel about these
videos?
2. What impact do they have on
society?
3. Have these videos change your
views?
4. Are they important?
8. Presenter to introduce experiment/ case study
( How many people feel about current videos online)
Introduce/ explain the videos
1. Presenter starts off explaining the mission/
objective of the experiment
2. Co presenter introduce them and the videos they
are doing
3. Sound bridging- when explaining the videos, cut to
the footage of the videos.
4. 9. Watching the videos
• Shot reverse shot
• Eyeline match
• Match on action
• Variety of shots/distance
1. Gay mountain- 3 people
2. Luge- 3people
3. XXL advert- 3 people
(3 different locations)
Interviews
1. Overall reaction to the videos
2. Why do you think this video is
positive
3. Is there anything negative about it?
Online survey
• Facebook
• Tumblr
Summary of
experiment- go
animate
After the break…. Celebrities
• Tom Daley
• Ellen page
5. 2 minute montage
Really
cool clip
History of social media:
• Web 1.0
• Web 2.0
• Web 3.0
• How its usage has
changed through-out
generations
General
positives/negatives of
social media:
1. Allows worldwide
communication
2. Allows shared view
3. Views can be taken out
of context
4. Easy to be anonymous
5. Brings people closer
6. No policing
7. Easy to steal identities.
Representation/identity
online:
1. Easy to change
identity
2. Cat fishing
3. Create a whole
different life online
4. Online influences
5. Social Media
influence on aspects
of our times.
Social media influence on age:
1. Statistics on age groups on
social media
2. Main uses for social media
(age)
3. Stereotypes of age on social
media
4. Younger and younger people
learning more from social
media.
5. How young/old is too
young/old?
6. How different age groups
present themselves online
7. How social media influences
age groups in real life.
Social media influence on gender:
• Dominant ideology
• Gender stereotypes/representations –
are they changing?
• Sexism in the media
• Sex symbols in the media –
celebs, magazines, adverts social
media
• Social media influence on
males/females
• How do genders present themselves
online.
Social media influence on
ethnicity:
• Can social media challenge the
negative stereotypes
surrounding different
ethnicities.
• Cultural appropriation (Miley
Cyrus)
• Can social media influence our
cultural identities.
• Does social media allow for
cultural integration?
• Statistics on the dominant
ethnic groups on social media.
