A2 MEDIA STUDIES - COLLECTIVE IDENTITY

Individual application of theory activity x 1

Read through the 4 quotations, in the grid below, from the theorists Giddens, Gauntlett and
Buckingham, about how identity is constructed.

For each quotation, find 2 examples from your individual blog that supports (or challenges)
their ideas. Make a note of the examples that you find in the grid below.

THEORIST & QUOTE EXAMPLE 1 EXAMPLE 2

Giddens
“The individual's biography,
if she is to maintain regular
interaction with others in the
day-to-day world...must
continually integrate events
which occur in the external
world”

Gauntlett
“the Media plays an
important role in providing
some of the tools which can
be used in constructing an
identity...models in the
Media are navigation points
as individuals steer their own
personal routes through life.”

Gauntlett
“Making is connecting
because acts of creativity
usually involve a social
dimension and connect us
with other people. We
produce our own images of
ourselves as individuals and
the collective identities that
we share with others”
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Buckingham
“a focus on identity requires
us to pay close attention to
the diverse ways in which
media and technologies are
used in everyday life, and
their consequences for both
individuals and social
groups.”