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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$

    Catholic Junior College 2012 Melissa Olsen, Laureen Toh

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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

    Catholic Junior College 2012 Melissa Olsen, Laureen Toh

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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 );