Media Studies 2014 Chapter 3
Some questions should be answered by all students, some by members of a particular group, or groups.
GROUP A | GROUP B | GROUP C | GROUP D |
Minami | Hiroyuki | Daichi | Jun |
Yusuke | Takashi | Shohei | Yuki I. |
Shoma | Ayaka | Yuki M. | Anri |
Yugo | Yu | Kiyofumi | Ryoto |
Takuya | Yuri | Sayo | Takuro |
Answer
in English. You do not have to write whole sentences, but use your own words.
Do NOT just copy from the text.
1.
Before you read this chapter, watch a TV news bulletin. What is your attitude
to the news that has been reported? For example, do you accept that you have
been shown the 'truth'? ALL
2. Think of positive and negative ways in which the following could be
represented. If possible, explain how this has been done by giving actual
examples, for instance from advertisements or movies:
a) a bottle of whisky GROUP A; b) a hamburger GROUP B; c) nuclear power
GROUP C; d) the police GROUP D; e) a career woman ALL; f) a Muslim ALL
3.
Explain the meaning of the following:
a) a detailed still-life (p.35) GROUP A
b) out of step with (p.41) GROUP B
c) bias (p.41) ALL
d) gender equality (p.43) ALL
e) ethnic minority background (p.45) ALL
f) propaganda (p.45) ALL
g) a so-called 'broken home' (p.45) GROUP C
h) people with disabilities (p.47) GROUP D
4.
In your view, is the account on p.37 an objective representation of how TV news
stories are edited? ALL
5. What does Peter Wall say about journalists and women's appearance? What is the situation in Japan? GROUPS A and C
6. Peter Wall claims that there have been changes in the way in which men and women are represented in TV advertisements in the UK.
a) Summarize what the changes are and why they have occurred. ALL
b) Compare the situation in the UK with that in Japan. ALL
7. What is a stereotype? What are their good and bad points? ALL
What are the main characteristics of the following
stereotypes?
a) Americans (in the Japanese media) GROUPS A and B
b) Arabs (in the Japanese media) GROUPS C and D
c) Japanese (in the non-Japanese media) ALL
8. What does Peter Wall say about stereotypes of young people in the UK?
Compare the situation in the UK with that in Japan. GROUPS B and D
9.
Think about the questions given at the end of the chapter in connection with
the news bulletin you watched before reading. Has your attitude to the news
bulletin changed? Why, or why not? (If possible, watch Kurosawa Akira's famous
film, Rashomon.) ALL