RI 2024 GP Y5 Infopack Media Issues Students.pdf

RI GP Y5 2024 | Media Issues FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY 1 of 80 Note: Articles and/or sections in bold/asterisk(*) denote foundational readings Enduring Understanding(s) RAFFLES INSTITUTION YEAR 5 GENERAL PAPER STUDENTS’ INFORMATION PACKAGE 2024 Unit: Media Issues EUs Page Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions Past Year Examination Questions 2 3-5 Section A: Foundational Concepts* 1. Understanding the mass media – Key definitions 2. Understanding the mass media – The 5 Functions 3. Evaluating the mass media – Asking 5 Critical Questions 1 & 5 1, 3, 4 & 5 1-5 6-8 9-12 13-16 Section B: Media Representation & Effects 4. Media and gender stereotyping* 5. Dollars and diversity: Hollywood’s inclusive films 6. Minahs and minority celebrity: social media as sites of resistance 7. How the news changes the way we think and behave 3 & 4 1-5 1-3 & 5 1, 3, 4 & 5 17-20 21-24 25-28 29-32 Section C: Media’s Effectiveness as a Tool for Sociopolitical Change 8. Is posting on social media a valid form of activism?* 9. The Second Act of Social Media Activism 10. Cancel Culture – Force for Good or Mob Justice? 1, 2, 4 & 5 1, 2, 4 & 5 1, 2, 4 & 5 33-35 36-38 39-42 Section D: Privacy & Security 11. We’re living in a digital serfdom – trading privacy for convenience 12. Is social media vigilantism a valid or harmful way of dealing with rule breakers? 1, 2 & 5 1-3 & 5 43-45 46-49 Section E: Media Freedom & Regulation 13. World Press Freedom Index (Report for 2022) 14. Hold the press – A primer on Singapore media* 15. Broader implications of the SPH Media circulation scandal 16. Has POFMA been effective? A look at the fake news law, 1 year since it kicked in 17. Looking beyond POFMA to Combat Fake News and Misinformation in Singapore 18. Social media regulation in different countries 19. Excessive regulation no ‘silver bullet’ to Internet woes 20. Banning harmful ideas only strengthens them 21. Of social media platforms’ power and the future of digital democracy 1-3 & 5 1-4 1-2 & 5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1-5 1, 2, 4 & 5 1-5 50-52 53-56 57-59 60-65 66-69 70-72 73-74 75-77 78-80 Section F: Media in a Post-Truth World 22. After a ‘post-truth’ presidency, can America make facts real again? 23. Belonging is Stronger Than Facts: The Age of Misinformation* 24. How falsehoods fire up online battle to control narratives of Israel-HAMAS war* 25. How Finland starts its fight against fake news in primary schools 1-5 1-5 1-5 2 & 5 81-84 85-87 88-91 92-94

RI GP Y5 2024 | Media Issues FOR INTERNAL CIRCULATION ONLY 2 of 80 What key concepts students will understand as a result of this unit: 1. The media serves multiple functions and roles. These functions are informed by the interests of the producers (commercial, political etc.) as well as the interests of the consumers. 2. The func