Media, Culture and Popular Culture

Possible areas:
Television.
Film.
Popular music.
The role of music in popular culture.
Privacy and the media.
Newspapers.
Accountability in the media.
Etc.
Crime/Punishment
Possible areas:
Suitable punishments for crime.
How to rehabilitate criminals.
The responsibility of parents in preventing crime.
Etc.
Advertising
Possible areas:
The influence of advertising.
Stereotypes in advertising.
Ensuring responsible advertising.
overnment regulation.
Etc.
Food and Diet
Possible areas:
Food culture in your country.
Food and health.
Should food be genetically modified!
Etc.
Education
Possible areas:
"ifferent education systems in different countries.
#ales and females and the impact of gender on performance at school.
"ifferent types of vocational training.
Etc.
The following $nternet resources offer in%depth articles on a variety of topics of
general interest. &ead some' (hec) vocabulary that you don*t )now' Try to get a
general understanding of what an article is about and try to understand some of the
specific details' "on*t be too serious about this % but try to pic) up something from
these articles. $f you remember +ust one fact that you can use in the test, it will
improve your confidence-