How can maps and the media represent changing places? Flashcards
Define media places
Media places are those that experienced on film, TV or through reading.
Two ways the media has portrayed slough
. Satire
. Parody
Define Parody
Work created to mock, comment or poke fun at an original work
Define satire
Use of humor, irony, exagerration to expose and critize work, people or places
How can people who have never visited Slough still have an opinion on slough?
. TV shows e.g. office
. Poems e.g. John Betjeman
. Documentary
. Media
Define topography
Shape, relief and physical features of the surface of the Earth
Define Land use
How the land is used e.g. houses, factories, offices
Define Function
Purpose of land e.g. residential, industrial, commercial, leisure,educational
Define Infastrucutre
Basic organisational structures and facilities (e.g. builidings, roads, power supplies, railways, canal, sewage works, motorways) needed for the operation of a society or enterprise
Define Qualitative
non - numerical e.g. maps
What is Media better at representing?
Sense of place
What is maps better at presenting?
Location and lócale
True of false - Media and maps are both subjective
True
How can you find on OS maps?
Topography
Land Use
Function
Infastructure