Detailed and differentiated (up and down), student led lesson that allows students to examine patterns of media ownership and the three main approaches (manipulative, hegemonic and pluralist) to media ownership and control of media output. Also introduces studets to the difference between Marxism and Neo-Marxism and links to structural vs humanistic marxism and structural determinsm. Examines the following concepts to do this: Ideology, Hegemony, Agenda-setting, Gate-keeping, News values, Marxism Neo-Marxism, Lords of the Global Village. ANSWERS TO MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED** RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) **REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what impact might globalisation have on popular culture and what role might the media have in this (e.g. how to describe globalisation and identify the impact it has had on popular/mass culture, To explain the impacts of a global popular/ mass culture and the role of the media in creating it using real-life examples and to analyse and evaluate the impacts of a global popular/ mass culture and the role of the media in creating it). Covers the key following terms: Globalisation, Cultural homogenisation , Global culture, Cultural imperialism , media imperialism, Transnational, The Culture-Ideology of Consumerism, Cocacolonisation Covers key terms you should know that might come up: Popular/ mass culture, High culture, Low culture, Culture, Cultural products, Norms, Values, Subculture, Cultural capital  Covers key sociologists: Strinati/Giddings/ Postmodernists, Kellner/Sklair/ Flew, Sklair/ Ritzer, Sklair Based on the information in textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law ** INCLUDES ALL ANSWERS FOR MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDES A KEY TERM AND DEFINITIONS SHEET Includes an exam question with scaffolding RESOURCES CAN BE FOUND AT THE END PPT

Detailed and diiferentiated (up and down), student led lesson that recaps: patterns of ownership the mainpulative, hegemonic and plurlaist approach to media ownerhsip and control formal and informal controls of media output or content. References the following concepts: Agenda-setting  Gate-keeping   News values  Marxism    Structuralism vs Interactionism     Ownership  Ideology  Capitalism   False consciousness   Neo-Marxism Lords of the Global Village  Formal and informal methods of control. ANSWERS INCLUDED FOR SOME MAIN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED** RESOURCES FOR LESSON CAN BE FOUND AT THE END OF PTT Made for AQA A-level but can be easily used for other specs (just need a different source of information/ textbook) **Based on the content in 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law **

Detailed lesson with lots of scaffolding based on adaptive teaching that help students understand what are sociological views of popular culture (e.g. define popular culture, other terms used to refer to it, explain sociological views on popular culture and to analyse and evaluate those views. Covers the following key terms: Popular culture High culture Low culture Mass culture Critical Theory Social repression (extension)  Social conformity (extension) Tabloidisation Infotainment Key terms you SHOULD know that might come up: Social control,  False consciousness, Profit, Ideology, Dominant ideology/Hegemony, Class inequality, Pluralism, Neo-Marxism,  Media products, Media technology, Agenda-setting, Gate-keeping, Lords of a Global village Covers the following key sociologists: Marcuse, The Frankfurt School, Strinati, Livingston, Curran et al (2009) **REQUIRES textbook - 'SOCIOLOGY For AQA Volume 2 by Browne, Blundell & Law ** Answers to all main activities included Includes a 10 marker with three model paragraph plans RESOURCES AT THE END OF PPT