The document provides specifications for an exam on collective identity, focusing on two case studies: gender and youth. Students must compare and contrast representations of these groups in television and film from past, present, and future time periods. They should also refer to critical theories and answer four prompt questions about media representations and constructions of collective and mediated identities.

1. G325 SECTION B
COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
INTRODUCTION

2. Exam
• 50 marks
• 1 hour
• 6 topics are available: we will study collective
identity
• X2 questions will be available for this topic
you will answer one

3. Collective Identity
• Case studies we will cover in terms of
collective identity will be
1.GENDER
AND
2.YOUTH

4. Specification
• 1. You MUST refer to at least TWO different
media (TV AND FILM will be the two media we
will cover)
• 2. You MUST refer to past, present and future
(with the emphasis on the present-
contemporary examples from the past five
years)
• 3. refer to critical/theoretical positions

5. Specification
• So, for 1 we will compare and contrast TV and
Film.
• For 2, we will look into past and present
representations of Gender and Youth in TV
AND FILM and discuss future representations.
• For 3, you need some critics/writers who have
developed ideas about representation and
identity.

6. Specification
• The spec also points out 4 prompt questions
which we should base our study on.
• We will study both case studies (youth and
gender) in relation to these 4 prompt
questions.

7. Prompt Questions
• How do the contemporary media represent
nations, regions and ethnic / social / collective
groups of people in different ways?
• How does contemporary representation
compare to previous time periods?
• What are the social implications of different
media representations of groups of people?
• To what extent is human identity increasingly
‘mediated’?

8. OVERALL
• CLASS: Study collective identity referring to the two
case studies of youth and gender.
• CLASS: Answer 4 prompt questions in relation to both
case studies.
• EXAM: Pick one question under the collective identity
topic.
• EXAM: Refer your answer to one of the case studies
(gender or youth)

9. Past Exam Questions
• Analyse the ways in which the media represent
any one group of people that you have studied.
• With reference to any one group of people that
you have studied, discuss how their identity has
been ‘mediated’.
• Analysethe ways in which the media represent
groups of people.
• “The media do not construct collective identity;
they merely reflect it”. Discuss.

10. Guideline reminder
• Historical – candidates must summaries the
development of the media forms in question in
theoretical contexts.
• Contemporary- current issues within the topic
• Future- candidates must demonstrate personal
engagement with debates about the future of the
media forms/issues that the topic relates to.

11. Material
• Youth- x2 contemporary films, x3
contemporary TV programmes, x1 past films
and x1 past TV Program.
• Gender- x2 contemporary films, x3
contemporary TV programmes, x1 past films
and x1 past TV program.