10Ls Blog: Media Montage

With a partner, put together a PowerPoint presentation that demonstrates how you believe women are generally presented in the media.

In your presentation, combine pictures, words, phrases and, if possible, sound and video to help put your case across.

You and your partner will be presenting your PowerPoint to the class and explaining why you made certain choices.

The aim is to make your presentation as detailed as possible. You should also aim to provide specific insight as to how you personally view the way women are treated/represented by the media.

As you progress through your PowerPoint, you may wish to include representations throughout history (not just contemporary media). You should also try to broaden your focus and include representations that are not just taken from the gossip columns. Look at the news, books, film, the music industry, the business world, etc.

Once you are happy with your PowerPoint, the two of you should write a brief overview that you can deliver to the class, explaining what the focus of your presentation is and why you selected certain images, etc and what representation you believe they display. While we often aren't able to provide personal opinions in English tasks, this is one ocassion where you are able to express how you feel personally about what is being depicted. You may also like to develop some questions for your audience that encourage them to think about specific images, etc that you have included in your presentation.