RUKIYA EXAM - HALSEY

Part 1: Media Magazine reading Media Magazine issue 52 has two good articles on Ideology. You need to read those articles ( our  Media Magazine archive is here ) and complete a few short tasks linked to them.  Page 34: The World Of Mockingjay: Ideology, Dystopia And Propaganda 1) Read the article and summarise it in one sentence. The Hunger Games represent a capitalistic society, revealing the divide and inequality of the rich and the poor. 2) What view of capitalist ideology is presented in the Hunger Games films? The people in the districts work, which only benefits the capital. Essentially, all their efforts go towards the capital which reap the rewards from the other peoples labour keeping them poor and controlling them. 3) What do the Hunger Games films suggest about the power of the media to shape and influence ideological beliefs? It suggests that the media is harmful and influences people because it is used as propaganda which keeps people in their place. 4) What ...

  Task 1: Media Magazine article Complete the following tasks on your blog: 1) Read the article and summarise each section in one sentence, starting with the section 'Who are you?' Fashion, make-up, hairstyles are all used to construct an image of us, that we want to be seen as. Our identity would have been based  around aspects of our lives that were constructed outside of our selves; class, religion, gender and the predetermined roles. During the second  half of the 20th century, people began defining themselves as individuals, and so wanted to express their ‘difference’ and ‘uniqueness’ they were empowered by being encouraged to ‘be themselves’.  Advertising and marketing was persuading people to consider what they wanted – a radically different way of thinking. Consumer goods were about creating and then satisfying desires. 70/80s -  Advertisers sell the personality rather than the product, so that people will choose products that match their own self- image...