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Indicated here are the more pertinent issuessurrounding the given focus areas that allow you tocarry out your own research to build contentknowledge and bolster arguments.

As far as possible focus on key events/issues andexamples from 2010201!/" to strengthen thecurrency of your examples.

Enjoy the process.

ESSAY Survival GuideTOPICS and FOCUS AEAS#Adapted from Cambridge Alevel Syllabus$

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!E"IA

Co#parisons o$ the uses and $unctions o$ di$$erent #edia $or#s

%orms& 'raditional and mainstream vs new media( new media vs social

%unctions& 'o inform / educate( watchdog( cultural( to entertain( service the political syste

Issues/)vents& *ecline of print readership newspapers( death of broadsheets( competition

from online media

esponsi%ility o$ the #edia +esponsibilities& ,pholding -ournalistic values/standards( voice of the common people( press as

the fourth estate/watchdog

Issues / )vents& uardian advertising standards/Advertising standards authority( +upert

urdoch ews orporation phonehacking scandal 3uly 2011

!edia representation o$ di$$erent &roups

+ole and impact of the media in creating stereotypes

Issues / )vents& %urore over sports advertising of female athletes( greater diversity of

characters and minorities on screen( shift in the portrayal of men and male relationships

Issues in Advertisin&' Print' T(' Online #edia )#ediu# speci$ic*

Issues / )vents& +ise of narcissism and 4eneration e5 due to 6outube/yspace( instant

celebrities( role and power of social media

Politics and its relation +ith the #edia

anipulation( use of( ownership and intervention

7ilvio 8erlusconi media mogul/politician( 8arack 9bama and social media

!edia,s in$luence on $a#ily and social &roups

:iolence in video games ;uake( *oom( *ead 7pace( cyber addiction( alternate realities

7econd ei >ei$

I#pact o$ #odern technolo&y on the arts

*igital animation( graphic design changing nature of story telling( mixed media artists( ability

to showcase art rise of independent artists #website& deviantart$

Social status o$ the arts' value / i#portance o$ the Arts

Art as soft power( recording breaking art prices/sales( increasing investment/corporate funding

of the Arts

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0an&ua&e

Chan&es to lan&ua&e' accents' dialect' standard En&lish vs. pid&in $or#s

ISTOY and TE FUTUE

(alue o$ history as a &uide to hu#an %ehavior #A level =2 200?$

1ature o$ history and the #eans %y +hich it is shaped who writes history( about what( for

whom.

Predictions o$ $uture/current events 2awareness of ma-or shifts in the last century to predict

future trends.

CI!E' CO1TO00I1G CI!E' CO1F0ICT and (IO0E1CE

The use and a%use o$ po+er in various $or#s

Issues/)vents& +evived debate on torture( *A and racial profiling( surveillance and privacy

#eorge 9rwell5s 8ig 8rother$( culture of fear( rise of police states( police brutality

International cri#e and justice

Issues / )vents& +ise of transnational crimes due to increased connectivity( concept of world

government( International riminal ourt #@ague( etherlands$( prosecuting of individuals forcrimes against humanity( International riminal 'ribunal for the former 6ugoslavia #I'6$(prosecution of +adovan aradBic( sentencing of hmer +ouge prison chief *uch( recent attemptto prosecute

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PO0ITICS

Governance and leadership

%ailing/fragile democracies( ;ualities associated with / desired for political leadership

1ature and e$$ectiveness o$ political syste#s' #eans %y +hich political ends are achieved

*emocracy in decline( decreasing confidence in liberal democracies( credibility of soft

authoritarian government systems( rise of )ast Asian model of democracy( installation ofdemocracies by the >est #Afghanistan( IraD$( soft revolutions( twitter revolution( Iranian

bloggers( fragile democracies 'hailand

E$$ectiveness o$ international or&ani3ations' &overnance

7urge of humanitarian aid( rise of philanthropy( prominence of 9s during crises #+ed ross(

+ed rescent$

elationship %et+een individual and state )e4tent o$ state intervention*

7upport for anny states #7ingapore( alifornia$

I1TE1ATIO1A0 E0ATIO1S

Interference by countries into politics of another( national sovereignty

orth orea uclear 'esting #200E$( ,A'9 intervention in ars/3ust war theory(7outh hina 7ea disputes(

SOCIA0 ISSUES

!AIAGE' FA!I0Y' SI1G0EOO" A1" PAE1TI1G #changing norms and structure$

o 'raditional family structures #heterosexual$ vs. rise of alternative lifestyles

#homosexual$

o arriage rights #legal protection$ for homosexual marriages #e.g.( etherlands 2001$

o :alue of marriage vs. cohabitation

o +ights of single mothers #maternity leave( childcare benefits. ompare 7weden withmore conservative countries( e.g.( ,7A( 7ingapore$

o %amily

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E"UCATIO1

For#' varyin& $unction/&oals' criticis#s o$' value o$ su%jects6 e.&. value o$ #athe#atics

etc*

o ynicism about formal education( rise of homeschooling( hothousing( education and

religious radicalism/liberalism( cinsey report on education

SPOT

Sport as entertain#ent' relationship +ith pro$it/#oney

)xorbitant transfer fees for sports stars( cult of the sports celebrity( selective funding of

sports( corporate interest in sport #ownership and control of teams$( rise of televised sport#%

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FASIO1

Fashion as identity' political state#ents' art /as a concept )trends/ +hat is currently

popular*

*eath of fashion icon Alexander c;ueen( rise of fashion as political statement( prominence

and reliance on stylists image creation #=atricia %ields( +achel Hoe$( image manipulation( riseof It irlsJ( fashion bloggers( 'he 7artorialist( musicians creating fashion @aus of aga

SCIE1CE' TEC1O0OGY 8 !E"ICI1E

oles o$ Science

Science and its relationship to pro&ress' pro$it

8ig pharma( forprofit science #space tourism$

Advanta&es and dan&ers o$ scienti$ic develop#ents

*evelopment of nuclear technology( biomedical science and ethical dilemmas( surveillance

technology( issues surrounding investment in

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E1(IO1!E1T A1" GEOGAPY

Ener&y/resource issues )Crisis' ha3ards' develop#ents/solutions*

limate change denial/scepticism( limategate( failed openhagen 7ummit( , 7ecurity

ouncil( clean energy investment/technology( controversy over dangers involved in hydraulicfracturing #natural gas$( biofuels( growing water crisis/deficits( dwindling grain harvests

Oceans - their role

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SI1GAPOE 7ASE" @UESTIO1S

I#pact o$ &lo%al events/#ove#ents in Sin&apore 2 significant events that have had a ripple effect onour economy( sociocultural fabric and in terms of policy making

Asian %inancial risis( 200? lobal %inancial risis( E/11 and 'he >ar on 'error( global

pandemics( growing homosexual rights movement( shift of power to the )ast

Si&ni$icance or i#portance o$ &eo&raphical location

!i&ration and its policies

rowing proportion of foreigners( stiffer competition across all aspects( dissatisfaction withpolicies on foreign talent( recent policies to reduce tension #more stringent criteria forimmigrants$( integration policies for foreigners( prevention of enclaves

istory and its repercussions );