This activity is a good starting point for a discussion on gender stereotyping and inequality in media coverage, and to approach the concept of feminist media analysis. 

This activity focuses on creating empathy with others by stepping into situations they might encounter in their daily lives.

A story can be told in many different ways. The variations can be linked to the storyteller tone and intentionallity, the context, even our own state of mind. 

This 'telling of the story' has been used by media to "set the agenda" by focusing the audience attention to specific events, but also -in some cases- from very restrictive perspectives. This is what is called Framing.

This will act as a warm-up exercise for the group, whether they know each other, or not. Provide a short introduction around the idea that each media production is a mystery story, a coded message. Once we ‘break the code’, the mystery is solved, we can begin a fuller interpretation of the production. This is a semiotic approach. 

Put Movie/ TV/ Literature/ News/ Print/ Technology questions to the group as a whole. This is a good activity to introduce the concept of Media Literacy

This activity will look at different types of sources that can be used to research specific topics for radio programmes.

The aim of this activity is to think about how stories are being told and how stereotypes and attached prejudices are shaped by media and how these impact in our understanding of society.

Through this activity, the participants will get their first inside into the analysis and construction of a media text. The learners will use the ability to evaluate information and communication across print, graphic, and audiovisual forms, and use these comprehension skills to understand what is the intention of the communication, consider how the story is being told, and in that way, to identify the author's purpose and point of view.

Illustrated handout on interviews by Ulrike Werner.

Sociological analysis of the media allow us to examine how groups and institutions use media as a tool to organise social life.