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STARTER

Complete the following Media quiz:

http://media.edusites.co.uk/article/wjec-as-media-

studies-revision-quiz/

Review your answers at the end to check your

understanding

Note down which topics you got wrong

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LO- Revise case studies- Representation of issues

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Representation

Values and ideology of who is being

represented and in what way

Are any groups being left out?Who and why?

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FOR YOUR EXAM, YOU NEED TO KNOW

REPRESENTAION OF:

GENDER

ETHNICITY REGIONAL/ NATIONAL IDENTITY

AGE

EVENTS

ISSUES

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REPRESENTATION RECAP

In your exam:

With reference to your own examples, how is

________ represented in the media

With reference to your own detailed examples,explore the ways in which _________ are

represented in the media today

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TASK In IT Public > Media > as media > you will find

Representation revision sheet.doc

Completethe grid looking at examples we/you have studied

for AGE, GENDER and REGIONAL/ NATIONAL identity

Use:

Media know all

MediaEdu

Google images

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REPRESENTATION OF

ISSUES: IMMIGRATION

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IMMIGRATION

Immigration is a rich representation

topic for us because it can allow us to

explore ethnicity, nationality, eventsand issuessimultaneously

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Immigration Coming to live in a country different to your birth-place

Immigrant Someone arriving in a country (other than their placeof birth) hoping to live there.

Migrant Someone who moves from one place to another.

Illegal immigrant Someone who moves to a country without the correctpaperwork, i.e. Visas and a work permit. They are

often smuggled into a country in terrible conditions in

an attempt to escape problems in their home country.

This group of people are often the most exploited.

Asylum Seeker Someone who has fled his or her home country as apolitical refugee and is seeking refugee status. They

are often kept in holding camps while the Home

Office considered their case and while here have

limited rights including not being able to work.

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Often all of these terms are conflated in

the press identifying people who are not

White British, or anyone who is new to

the UK as an Other by identifying them

as immigrant or second/ third-

generation immigrant.

Such construction of Otherness is usedto create binary oppositesin

news narratives

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Immigration in Todays MediaImmigration Event: The Romania-BulgariaMoral Panic We say a moral panic is created when the Mediaidentifies a scapegoat for a social problem that

the ruling classcannot fix. The scapegoatsare demonised by the Mediaand blamed for the issue throughsensationalisationtactics and scare

mongering. a moral panic occurs when a condition,episode, person or group of persons emerges tobecome defined as a threat to societal

valuesand interests

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The Romania-Bulgaria Moral Panic

When Bulgaria and Romania joined the EU in 2007,nationals were allowed to travel to the UK without a

visa but there were restrictions on the type of work

they could get; they had to apply for special work

permits in order to work in the UK and were not

entitled to job seekers allowance or other benefits.

However, in-keeping with EU agreements from

January 1st, 2014, these restrictions were lifted andRomanians and Bulgarians can now work and claim

the same benefits as other EU citizens freely.

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Step 1:The social problem - Britain is just emerging from

its worst recession and unemployment rates are still

incredibly high (according to HRM it is 7.1%).

Step 2:The identification of scapegoats - work

restrictions lifted to allow more Romanians and Bulgarians to

come to the UK. Job market even harder for the 7.1%

unemployed. More people applying for jobs. If these people

dont find work then they can now claim benefits, funded bythose who work.

Step 3:The demonisation - Romanian and Bulgarian citizens

are represented as benefit scroungers, beggars and as

stealing our jobs. Step 4:Finally, the public are called to protest against the

restrictions as if this might solve the current unemployment

crisis.

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TASK How have these headlines represented the

issue?

Keep this resource for revision!

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MAIL ONLINE

The MailOnline hyperbolisedthe problem with

sensationalist headlines and sub-headings which gave

the impression that there would be a flood of immigrants

Mixes a number of travel issues to exaggerate thenumber of migrants who might be arriving in the UK

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DAILY EXPRESS

Here we come!

Flood

Benefitsalready an issuse

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DAILY EXPRESS article

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/451409/Benefits-

Britain-here-we-come-Fears-as-migrant-flood-begins

Read the above article How does it create a moral panic?

How does it sensationalise the event?

How is ethnicity/ race represented? Explain your reasons

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DAILY EXPRESS

The article then opens with: BRITAINwill today be hit by the first wave ofRomanian and Bulgarian migrants keento take advantage of our generoustaxpayer- funded benefits.

the newspaper uses emotivelanguageto encourage the reader toagree with their point-of-view.

The word Will ensures the readerthinks this is definitively going tohappen rather than speculation

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DAILY EXPRESS cont.

Take advantage and generous taxpayer-funded benefits set up a binary oppositebetween us - who are all the same (taxpayers)and them

The use of first wave is significant too becauseit suggests that this will be a repeated trend

The words traveller and gypsy are often given

negative connotationsin theMedia, stereotypicallyassociated withinvading local land, causing a nuisance andincreased crime rates.

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The Romania-Bulgaria Moral Panic

We see the final stepof the moral panicabout Romanian andBulgarianimmigrationillustrated clearly inthe right-wing tabloidnewspaper The Sun.

What does this frontpage tell us?

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THE SUN

The dominance of the English red and white

colours

Image of Europe clearly separate the UK - This

image has a strong nationalistmessage you tell him instigates that it is the reader who

calls for Prime Minster David Cameron to take

action

or else! is threatening

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The Home Office Go Home Campaign

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Moving adverts - adds a sense of surveillance -

as if the driver and the advert are spying on your

activities.

Threatening feel to the campaign. These adverts caused a huge backlash, with the

hashtag #RacistVan trending on twitter

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HOMEWORK:

Complete the representation revision document

for ISSUES OF IMMIGRATION

DONT FORGET!MS2 Report PART 2 due on Thursday

Representation of regional/ nat identity question

for Tuesday

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