YEAR 13 SUMMER WORK
FIRSTLY MAKE SURE
YOUR EXAM BLOGS ARE UP TO DATE, YOUR ASSESSMENTS AND DIRT SHEETS ARE ON THERE
AND THAT ALL YOUR RESEARCH AND PRELIMS ARE ON YOUR NEA BLOGS.
THEN… (TO GO ON YOUR
EXAM BLOGS, LABEL CONTEXT)
INTRO TO CONTEXT – IN THE EXAM YOU MAY BE ASKED TO REFER TO
ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL CONTEXT. THESE OF COURSE TEND TO
OVERLAP. HERE IS A TASTER FOR YOU TO RESEARCH AND SUMMARISE. WE THOUGHT
ECONOMIC WOULD BE A BIT TOO BORING FOR THE SUMMER HOLIDAYS BUT WE’LL RETURN TO
IT.
BIG NEWS AND CURRENT
EVENTS
Create a timeline and description of the following events
that took place 2016/2017 so that you understand the contexts around them. It
would really help you if you found front covers from the main papers (Guardian,
DM, Times, Mirror)
BREXIT – When did David Cameron announce referendum? Why did
he do this? Who were the leavers/remainers? Analyse front pages of Brexit
result https://www.theguardian.com/media/gallery/2016/jun/25/brexit-front-pages-in-pictures.
POLITICS
·
After Cameron resigned who was running for the
leadership?
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When was May chosen as leader of the
Conservative party?
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General Election result and the rise of Jeremy
Corbyn’s popularity.
ROYALS Engagements, Queen’s 90th, babies
TERRORISM and HATRED
·
Westminster Bridge
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London Bridge
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Borough
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Finsbury Park mosque
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Manchester
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Jo Cox
SYRIAN WAR
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Brief summary, still ongoing, huge humanitarian
issues, refugees
SPECIFIC UK ISSUES
·
Grenfell tower – what issues did this event
highlight?
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Windrush
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NHS – doctor’s strikes, worry over
privatisation, waiting times
·
Charlie Gard
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Football sex abuse
·
Murray wins Wimbledon
·
2016 Great Britain Olympics success
·
Immigration
YOUTH AGGRESSION – Acid attacks and spate of stabbings
TRUMP ELECTION – Lead up and Reaction
#METOO CAMPAIGN
CULTURAL TRENDS
OF 2016-2018 (and how other media has influenced a product) Spider diagram,
Moodboard whatever you fancy to get an idea of the zeitgeist (look it up).
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Films
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Tv programmes
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Music
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Video games
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Youtube, memes, twitter storms
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Find three examples of intertextuality
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TOP CULTURAL FADS ie dab, fortnite and links to
dance moves which footballers then took on in world cup
SOCIAL CONTEXT –
changes in wider society find some egs in media for each
·
DISABILITY (more publicity in Olympics), look at
tv programmes that have tackled this, physical, mental and emotional issues
have had more recent attention recently
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REGIONALISM – Made in Chelsea vs TOWIE vs Geordie
Shore?
·
CLASS – do chavs still exist? How are they
represented? What is ABC1? Beyonce/Jay Z collaboration
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AGE – youth, elderly
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GENDER - look at #metoo and various gender
identities on the rise
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ETHNICITY – look at The Carters Apes**t, This is
America, Black Panther, North Korea and Kim Jong-Un reps, Immigration issue
·
SEXUALITY – there has been a year on year
increase in LGBT characters in the media, find three characters from different
media in the last five years
