Community Life

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Residents in an artificial community discuss community problems.

A look at how a small community,artificially created on the remote Scottish island of Taransay, for a reality TV series, 'Castaway 2000', deals with its problems. Various island residents (also competitors) discuss problems relating to the numbers of dogs kept on the island by residents - both in individual interviews and in the regular island meeting.
From: Castaway 2000
First Broadcast : 26 April 2000

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 14-16,16+

Subject : Media Studies, Religious Education, Sociology

Topic : Reality genre, Identity and belonging, Community and culture

Keywords : Community life, Harmony and discord in a community, Monasticism, Jeopardy, Community sanctions,

Notes : Use to look at how small communities organise themselves. Useful as an analogy for organisation within religious communities - eg monasteries. Explore why religious people choose to live in small communites. Use for media studies - reality TV genre.

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