AS Lit - good critical analysis of ED

Click here to reach the American Poetry site. You can find on this page criticism on 258, 280, 341, 465, 712, & 754. Especially good for challenging yourself further.

AS Comms - Group behaviour / Zimbardo

AS Comms - and now the revision begins (for those who have finished MM)

Watch the clip below:

Now think about how you can apply all of the Comms course to Facebook as a case-study. For example - how would you apply:

• the Johari Window
• Goffman
• Gergen & Gergen's SM strategies
• Cooley's looking glass self
• Maslow's hierarchy of needs
• Ideal self / self image/self esteem
• NVC

Make notes using the above as headings, and then add your contributions to The Facebook Padlet. Simply doubleclick anywhere on the page to type in your ideas about one of the headings above, and then repeat for the other headings.

AS Comms - who decides what culture is?

Click here to watch a vlog from the BBC, which explores the question: who decides what culture is?

AS Lit: example answers on ED poems

Here is a great blog, which includes example answers on the ED poems we are studying for the exam. Click here to reach the blog.

AS Comms - Black Mirror

Watch the episode of Black Mirror below, which explores reality tv and the cult of the celebrity:

The drama is set in a dystopian future - but what comment is it trying to make about today's society? Do you agree with the arguments being made? How might you counterargue?

Click here to read a blog from The Independent Newspaper about the drama and its relevance to contemporary society.

AS Comms - How is technology changing us?

Listen to Melyvn Bragg's podcast on 'How technology has changed us' by clicking here.

Watch the animation below and then follow this link to watch 3 further animations in this series on how technology is changing us. Afterwards, reflect on the ideas raised that you find most persuasive and interesting.