Communication and Media

• Importance of the internet as a medium to young people

• How social networking sites have become ‘essential’ to young people

• The gamers’ scene in Germany

• The history of the mobile phone

• The internet of the future (includes useful vocabulary relating to the internet)

• Sexualised girls and macho heroes:

How the media helps gender stereotypes

• Movie about a girl fighting against the ban for Jewish athletes to take part in the 1936 olympics

• Berlin as a famous and favoured setting for movies

• Success of German cinema outside of Germany

• Interview with Wolfgang Becker:

The director of Good bye Lenin! discussing his film

• Good bye, Lenin

• Article on ‘Der Vorleser’ (The Reader) which is set in post World War 2 Germany:

The film deals with issues the moral and daily issues faced by the Germans after WW2.

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