With the exam fast approaching a few key targets are emerging from my marking
1. Examples and Theory
2. Explanations
3. Argument
1. EXAMPLES + THEORY - TASK 1(A02 20 marks A03 10 marks)
Create a word doc for EVERY text we have studied and find examples of:
2. EXPLANATIONS - TASK 2 (A01 20 marks)
Try and explain whether these examples support the following 'criticisms', was there a 'purpose' behind the texts?
Jameson - PoMo bad. Trapped in depthless, circular references.
Foucault - Representation through 'technologies' (four types - production, sign, power, self)
Kirby Ferguson - PoMo good. Everything is a remix and is essential for creativity and 'growth' of genres.
Eno - Death Of Uncool. PoMo. Basically thanks to the internet we can now get our sources from everywhere. Nothing is uncool anymore
Difference between PoMo and Mo -
Flattening Effect - a scientific term describing a person's detachment and lack of emotional reactivity.
Hyperreality - a symptom of postmodern culture where a person loses their ability to distinguish reality from fantasy. The hyperreal world is often thought of as an idealized enhancement of reality, much preferable to the real life equivalent.
3. ARGUMENT - TASK 3 (A01 20 marks A02 10 marks)
PAST QUESTIONS
Can you identify Topic, Aspect, Focus and Instruction and then summarise your ARGUMENT/OPINION.
Try and express your opinion in approx. 50 words. Add this to your word doc.
1. Examples and Theory
2. Explanations
3. Argument
1. EXAMPLES + THEORY - TASK 1(A02 20 marks A03 10 marks)
Create a word doc for EVERY text we have studied and find examples of:
- Intertextual reference
- Bricolage
- Hyperreal world
- Baudrillard
- Simulacrum (items, objects, places etc)
- Levi Strauss (addition, deletion, substitution)
- Hyper spectator
2. EXPLANATIONS - TASK 2 (A01 20 marks)
Try and explain whether these examples support the following 'criticisms', was there a 'purpose' behind the texts?
Jameson - PoMo bad. Trapped in depthless, circular references.
Foucault - Representation through 'technologies' (four types - production, sign, power, self)
Kirby Ferguson - PoMo good. Everything is a remix and is essential for creativity and 'growth' of genres.
Eno - Death Of Uncool. PoMo. Basically thanks to the internet we can now get our sources from everywhere. Nothing is uncool anymore
Difference between PoMo and Mo -
Flattening Effect - a scientific term describing a person's detachment and lack of emotional reactivity.
Hyperreality - a symptom of postmodern culture where a person loses their ability to distinguish reality from fantasy. The hyperreal world is often thought of as an idealized enhancement of reality, much preferable to the real life equivalent.
Most examination questions contain the following components:
- Subject matter or topic. What, in the most general terms, is the question about?
- Aspect or focus. This is the angle or point of view on the subject matter. What aspect of the subject matter is the question about?
- Instruction or comment. This refers to the instruction word or phrase. These instructions tell the student exactly what to do.
PAST QUESTIONS
Can you identify Topic, Aspect, Focus and Instruction and then summarise your ARGUMENT/OPINION.
Try and express your opinion in approx. 50 words. Add this to your word doc.
- Why are some media products described as 'postmodern'?
- "Postmodern media blur the boundary between reality and representation". Discuss this idea with reference to media texts that you have studied.
- Explain how certain kinds of media can be defined as postmodern.
- Discuss why some people are not convinced by the idea of postmodern media.
- How do postmodern media differ from other media?
- How far do you accept the idea of postmodern media.
- Define postmodern media, with examples.
- "Postmodern media manipulate time and space". To what extent does this definition apply to texts you have studied?
- "Postmodern media break the rules of representation". Discuss.
- Assess the arguments for and against postmodernism, in relation to media examples.
- Explain why the idea of 'postmodern media' might be considered controversial.
- What is meant by postmodern media?
- Provide your definition of postmodern media and support it with examples.
- To what extent do postmodern media challenge the relationship between text and audience?
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