VCE Unit 4 AoS 2:
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Learning Sequence week 3
Area of Study 2: Agency and Control in the Media
Outcome 2 On completion of this unit the student should be able to discuss issues of agency and control in the relationship between the media and its audience. Key knowledge/ skills:
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LESSON 1
Big idea/ILO topic : the relationship and regulation of violence over platforms: game violence, guns, reality TV, films.
Aos 2 learning outcomes and key knowledge/skills this lesson addresses:
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Student class Activity:
Activity
Class activity: Watch Deadly women ep Homework: N/A Textbook: Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018) read chapter 11 |
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Key resources:
Lamb B, 2013, Lesson Bucket, media communication theories, retrieved 9thJuly 2019, < https://lessonbucket.com/vce-media/units-3-4/agency-and-control/communication-theories/>
Description: Australian media practitioner Brett Lamb, summarises media communication theories; this is a Key resource for meeting SD 2017 Media language and Key Knowledge area. Apply these theories to case studies so students can understand the theory behind the media/audience relationship. Students please note: these theories should embed into all your analysis and written responses throughout this unit and learning sequence.
Description: Australian media practitioner Brett Lamb, summarises media communication theories; this is a Key resource for meeting SD 2017 Media language and Key Knowledge area. Apply these theories to case studies so students can understand the theory behind the media/audience relationship. Students please note: these theories should embed into all your analysis and written responses throughout this unit and learning sequence.
- Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018) read all of chapter 11 and activity listed below accompanying worksheets
- Video: Deadly womenclip : Deadly Women Trailer, Investigation Discovery, YouTube, Published on 5 Feb 2010, <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vimUVGcv8GE&list=PL3YtTVJAP1QAvjMdp3tCEpA4LJpZkP5kM&index=31>
- Porter, C 2019, Attorney-General for Australian Minister of Industrial Relations, Tough New Laws to Protect Australian from Live-streaming of violent crimes, retrieved 14thAugust 2019, <https://www.attorneygeneral.gov.au/Media/Pages/Tough-New-Laws-to-protect-Australians-from-Live-Streaming-of-Violent-Crimes.aspx>
- Media Watch, Media Pleas form gun reforms, 12 August 2019, https://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/episodes/guns/11405212
Case Study: Deadly Women (Documentary-drama)
Watch video make notes:
Watch video make notes:
Description: TV series, DEADLY WOMEN, is a documentary re-enactment show that has a ‘Cult’ following, made for cable Television running for 14 years. Case study relates to SD 2017, (p. 25-26)“legal and ethical issues in production, distribution, consumption, reception”, as well as “media relationship with audience”.
Investigation Discovery link to distribution site:
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/deadly-women/
QUESTIONS:
Investigation Discovery link to distribution site:
https://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/deadly-women/
QUESTIONS:
- Deadly Women. Representation of violence and crime documentary enactment. How can you describe the relationship this TV-genre to has to audience?
- What possible privacy, ethic, legal issues are conveyed in the production, distribution and consumption of these programs? . E.g true crime families, impact on audiences.
Extra Resources for independent research :
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Lesson 2 |
Big idea/ILO topic: government intervention and the media.
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Student Activity Complete 11.8activity sheet Pair and share Read article on AFP and discuss in pairs the impact/implications Of AFP HomeWork Textbook: Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018) |
Aos 2 learning outcomes and key knowledge/skills this lesson addresses:
- Evaluate ethical and legal issues in the media.
- Use media language
- Discuss the extent of the influence of media and media audience The way media is used by globalised media institutions, government and individual
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Key resources:
Textbook:
Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018)
chapter 11
Description: Chapter 11 specifically relates to AOS2 and covers the key knowledge and key skills requirement listed in SD 2017
Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018)
chapter 11
Description: Chapter 11 specifically relates to AOS2 and covers the key knowledge and key skills requirement listed in SD 2017
![]() Lamb B, 2013, Lesson Bucket, media communication theories, retrieved 9thJuly 2019, < https://lessonbucket.com/vce-media/units-3-4/agency-and-control/communication-theories/>
Description: media communication theories; this is a Key resource for meeting SD 2017 Media language and Key Knowledge area. Apply these theories to case studies so students can understand the theory behind the media/audience relationship. |
Case Study: AFP Raid on ABC
Video:"https://metro.co.uk/video/embed/1707686"
Metro, 2018. Mother’s anger at author who revealed daughter’s last words,television program. Accessed from https://metro.co.uk/video/embed/1707686
Description: case study relating around ethics in information, privacy, morality.Relates to SD 2017 p. 25 outcomes: the regulation and control of media link to globalisation and media, and/or the ethical and legal issues in distribution and consumption
Textbook:Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018) Chapter 11Description Activity specifically relates to AOS2 and covers the key knowledge and key skills requirement listed in SD 2017
Regulation and government:
- Web article: AFP Raid on ABC https://metro.co.uk/2018/06/14/mothers-anger-author-revealed-daughters-last-words-promote-book-7630083/, 14thJune 2018, metro webpage, retrieved 10thAugust 2019.
Video:"https://metro.co.uk/video/embed/1707686"
Metro, 2018. Mother’s anger at author who revealed daughter’s last words,television program. Accessed from https://metro.co.uk/video/embed/1707686
Description: case study relating around ethics in information, privacy, morality.Relates to SD 2017 p. 25 outcomes: the regulation and control of media link to globalisation and media, and/or the ethical and legal issues in distribution and consumption
Textbook:Media Reframed: VCE units 1-4, (2018) Chapter 11Description Activity specifically relates to AOS2 and covers the key knowledge and key skills requirement listed in SD 2017
Regulation and government:
- Screen Australia, 2018., Fact Finders. Retrieved 10thaugust 2019,
- https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/fact-finders/television/industry-trends/content-regulation>
- Australian Government, 2016, Updating Australia’s Media Laws Fact Sheet, Department of communications and the Arts, retrieved 27thJuly 2019, www.mediareform.communications.gov.au
Watch video (make key notes on impact of government power on news network):
EXTRA RESOURCE: POWERPOINT

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Lesson 3
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Essential resource:
Brett Lamb table – Media Influencers table (communication theories).
https://lessonbucket.com/vce-media/units-3-4/agency-and-control/communication-theories/
Brett Lamb table – Media Influencers table (communication theories).
https://lessonbucket.com/vce-media/units-3-4/agency-and-control/communication-theories/
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Supporting resources
what considerations are needed in media control.
- Screen Australia, 2018, What’s the deal with Video on demand fact finders, www.screen.australia. Gov/research.com retrieved 5thaugust 2019.
- Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), 2018,Free Tv Australia, Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice, December 2015, retrieved 27thJuly 2019, https://www.freetv.com.au/what-we-do/industry-standards/
- Australian Government, 2014, The Australian Government Guide to Regulation, The Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, retrieved 27thJuly 2019, <www.cuttingredtape.gov.au>
what considerations are needed in media control.
- Booner F, “Recording reality on film and television”, in in Hall S, Evans J, Nixon S 2013, 2nded, Representations, Culture and Signifying practices, Sage Publications. (1997 First edition)
- YouTube has its own set of guidelines including requirements for acceptable content as well as content that may attract advertising.
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ADDITIONAL SUPPORT
Educational resource section
Australian media practicitioner webpage with insightful resources for teaching and learning. Supporting materials for arts in Australia with information on exhibitions
Reference to contemporary artists
Information with local knowledge on art, media and events around Melbourne and Australia. Lesson ideas and current arts issues.
- https://fuse.education.vic.gov.au/Secondary
Fuse is Victorian government initiative for unified resource in media education - https://nofilmschool.com
Australian media practicitioner webpage with insightful resources for teaching and learning. Supporting materials for arts in Australia with information on exhibitions
Reference to contemporary artists
Information with local knowledge on art, media and events around Melbourne and Australia. Lesson ideas and current arts issues.
- https://www.nfsa.gov.au/learning/educational-resources/film-australia-collection
National film and sound archives. Fantastic resource for teachers searching Australian content in film, television and multimedia.
“Every art communicates because it expresses. It enables us to share vividly and deeply in meanings…”
John Dewey, Art as Experience