'Bring on the female superheroes!' - TED Talk by Christopher Bell

As we are taking our first tentative steps into 'Postmodern Media' please listen to this passionate TED Talk by Christopher Bell, Ph.D in which he asks 'where is all the female superhero stuff?'.

Consider the questions he raises about the way in which 'the media' exacts control over public perception and how easily women are 'erased' from the narrative.

He also uses some key terms including 'media saturation' (which we began discussing yesterday - see Dominic Striate quotes in the introductory doc) and 'public pedagogy' which we will be discussing regularly throughout the course.

Article: 'Reading Rihanna: the burden of representation'

Interesting article by David Buckingham re: Rhianna, her music video for the song 'Bitch Better Have My Money' and representation.

Link: http://davidbuckingham.net/2015/07/14/reading-rihanna-the-burden-of-representation/

[TV Drama] Primeval (Representation of Gender)

Here is the clip we are currently analysing. It was used for the OCR G322 Exam in June 2010.

Remember your focus is the representation of gender. Use and build your knowledge of camera, editing, mise-en-scene and sound, adding detail to your notes. You might choose to do this on your own or as a group.

You can see all of the past clips from OCR G322 Exam in this playlist.