Van zoonen Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Crime Dramas: Prime Suspect and Hinterland QUESTION: Discuss the representation of gender in the two crime dramas you have studied and how it reflects social context. (Liesbet van Zoonen)

Video Game: Tomb Raider QUESTIONS: 1. ‘Females in video games are portrayed as stereotypes’. Using van Zoonen’s theory of Gender, explore the concept of gender in the video game you have studied. 2. ‘Lara Croft is an empowering female character’. Using van Zoonen’s theory of Gender, explore the concept of gender in the video game you have studied.

QUESTION: 1. Compare the representations of gender in two crime dramas you have studied and reflect their different historical contexts. Use theorists to support your argument. 2. Compare the representations of place in two crime dramas you have studied and reflect their different cultural contexts.

Drama: Prime Suspect QUESTION: How does ‘Prime Suspect’ reflect the representation of gender in the 1990s? (Liesbet van Zoonen)

Video Game: Tomb Raider & GTA (GTA V) QUESTION: ‘Characters in video games are frequently portrayed as stereotypes.’ Using van Zoonen’s theory of Gender, explore the concept of gender in the video game you have studied.

A PowerPoint presentation with detailed notes on Sims Freeplay (langs, reps, auds and reps). The PowerPoint was not created by me but supplied by my teacher, however, it does include my personal notes on the powerpoint. It included theorist thinking and a mass amount of examples, which can be useful in making essay points! These notes helped me achieve B++ and A's on my Essays!!

This is a brief and thoroughly informative, document exploring media theorist terminology. This document includes all AQA Media A-level theorist ideology and key terminology with some application to CSPs organised under headings of INDUSTRIES, AUDIENCES, LANGUAGE and REPRESENTATIONS. It also includes satellite theorists which aren't on the spec but can be used to back up other theorist thinking. It s imperative in A-level media to apply theorist thinking to achieve top bands in your answer...

My Sims Freeplay notes from studying Alevel Media Studies. It includes notes from industries, audiences, language and representations as well as theories that can be linked to the CSP. - which is helpful for planning essay points!! These were very helpful in my studies. I was able to achieve B++ and A's on my Exam answers on these notes!!

When was the advert released? 1967 When was the equal pay act was introduced? 1970 When was homosexuality was decriminalized? 1967 When was the contraceptive pill introduced? 1960 What was the advert trying to reinforce with the representation of heterosexuality? Trying to reinforce traditional stereotypes and traditions at the time in order to calm those individuals who did not like the drastic changes that were occurring - such as the decriminalisation of homos...

Summary van Zoonen, Liesbet. 1994. “Introduction” and “‘New’ Themes.” In Feminist Media Studies, 1-28 for Introduction to Gender Studies at UU. (2018/2019)