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=**English A2 Higher Level Media and Culture Oral Topics 09 11**=

//Indicate below which topic/question you want to do for your Media and Culture oral later this term.//
 * Remember you can look on the network for topics that have come up on Paper 2 in R:\Languages\Linda\A2\Past paper questions\Past Paper Questions Media and Culture
 * If someone else wants to do the same or a similar topic, then put your topic/question under theirs for now. We may need to negotiate about this.
 * I have created some broad topic categories to help with this, but if your topic/question doesn't 'fit' under any of these, please feel free to start a new one.

ADVERTISING

Aaron: i want to do N02H "comment on the techniaues that advertisers use to attract their audience."

nada: entertainment media often present images of idealism beauty ,youth, or nostalgia .discuss some of the uses and influences of these images.(N99H)

Christy: "Discuss advertisements' impact on the consumption pattern of teenagers."
BIAS

Jack: I want to do N00S: "There is a belief in the developing world that the English language media are heavily biased towards the richer, more powerful nations. Is there any justification for this belief?"

CENSORSHIP Lettie" I would like to work on the question "Can government censorship or control of the mass media ever be justified? Discuss using specific examples from your study of this option."

MEDIA EFFEECTS/IMPACT ===Cristóbal: HI guys, I would love to present question N05Ha: although the media is often the target of criticism, it has made many positive contributions to the modern world (...) discuss at least one of these positive contributions.=== s Sophia : "Youth culture is created by the mass media." Do you agree? Explain your reasons, using examples from the option studied. (M07sl 2b)

Benji: The modern mass media are too powerful. Discuss with reference to your study of this cultural option.

MEDIA ETHICS, RESPONSIBILITY, PURPOSE & PRACTICE

//Johanne: I want to do my presentaton mainly on the role of the media and what it is like in countries with different systems, eg. the role of media in Iran vs. the role of media in the US (or wherever), and whether the responsibility of the media thus changes from place to place.//

Lisa: “News is not simply reported by the media; it is created by the media.” Discuss. ** (M08 HL) ** My examples (case studies) would be the movie "wag the dog" and a real case.

OWNERSHIP

Luiza: //N04b In your opinion, is ‘the mass media’ the vehicle of a few, powerful individuals rather than the masses?//

//BAS:// M05Hb '"The mass media serve the purposes of the dominant elite" Do you agree? Defend your position.'

PROPOGANDA

SENSATIONALISM

STEREOTYPING
 * Louis**: i would like to do my presentation on "What kinds of stereotypes are reinforced by the mass media and how?" [M06Sa]