Media critical analysis
Causes of World War I
Media critical perspectives on multinational popular history magazines
Tasks:
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Study the covers of magazines from Sweden, Poland, England, Spain and Germany. Discuss with a classmate similarities and differences in the selection of pictures in different magazines. a. Can you find any tendency of national perspectives in the pictures? b. What perspectives are evident in the photos (how do they for instance depict gender and power)? c. What effect do you think the images of history can have in society today? |
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Examine the layout of popular history articles Look at articles from Germany, Sweden , England and Spain. How can one see that the texts are written for popular history magazines? a. How long is the article (pages)? How many images are used? What types of images are used? b. Compare headers and highlighted quotations in the texts. c. What do you think is typical of headlines and layout in popular history? d. Does the layout contribute to your perception of the article’s trustworthiness? |
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Study the covers of magazines from Sweden, Poland, England, Spain and Germany.
Discuss with a classmate similarities and differences in the selection of pictures in different magazines. |
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Examine the layout of popular history articles
Look at articles from Germany, Sweden , England and Spain. How can one see that the texts are written for popular history magazines?
a. The use of images is more common in popular history than in academic writing. As stated above there are often male dominated and militaristic perspectives in the images. |
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