Postmodernism is where you take an text and you interpretate in different ways. It gets shown over and over again but the meaning stays the same. This happens in many different ways through the media. An example of this is Rihanna's song umbrella. This was an interpretation of the classic singing in the rain song. It has been modernised to make it look like in the 21st century but it is still based on that version. The inspiration at least came from that. Now that song umbrella has been remade an number of times after her song and the most famous was when Glee made there own interpretation. Even that version had reference to the singing in the rain with them dancing around on an stage with water pouring out and dancing around singing Rihanna's version.
But there are times when the Media can become controversial. The media like to push boundaries and there are times when people blame the media for having the wrong kind of influence and creating tensions. The Columbine Tragedy is an good example of this. It was blamed on video games having the wrong kind of instructions and it made it expectable, in some peoples eyes, to go out buy an gun and do what they did. Taking this an step forward an controversial film came out called "Super Columbine Massacre". This is an example of popular culture media. The person who shot this knew that it would be an hit because of the media coverage it would get. (bad or good) But he also went onto studying this tragedy years to get this as accurate as possible and for some people, ie- the families of the murdered people, would find it distressing and hurtful of being reminded of the terrible day.
But also TV shows can be controversial. As eluded to earlier Glee is an popular TV show following high school students and there time in high schools. With that they are trying to Represent the average teenage life. But how truthful is this representation and is the media telling us how we should behave or is it taking from studying the teenagers of this generation. Some argue one or the other. This gets the feeling of the death of representation where the media dictates how we should be portrayed. This isnt just Glee the print media or social media has these controls. The media is so powerful that people do not know that they are being dictated because it has been engrained into our lives.
This brings be onto my next controversy video games. Video games are one of the most controversial parts of the media around. As I talked about earlier the Columbine Tragedy was blamed on video games and how much influence it had over us. They have developed over time and have been become more violent. The question is how much influence does it have? To the vast majority it doesnt but for the tiny minority does people get so influenced by the games they play. Some Theorists say yes and others say it cant just be one thing which makes the problem and the things they do afterwards.
This will get tougher to solve because of new technology. As technology moves on the sifitigation of games moves on as well. From sitting in your room playing with an pad just 5 years ago now you play virtual violet games 3D games and people against children playing these games are arguing that an child's brain hasnt fully developed. So children are vulnerable to influences around him or her. So bad influences could lead to problem later on in life when the problem is too big to solve. So they might not believe in total bans of these games but maybe stricter rules to stop children or teenagers getting hold of these games so these theories can at-least be tested.
But is Post Modern Ideas of text really that controversial. In some texts and content they can be controversial. The media do sometimes push the boundaries and maybe sometimes it allays with bad consequences. Some people blame the media for Diana death pushing her to the edge to taking risks which ended in an bad way. There is an need for better regulation to safe guard children and better education for them. There are new dangers occurring every day. Technology is moving forward and great in some ways but dangers in others. There is the internet which is impossible to catch out the bad from the good. But overall I believe that Post Modern media isnt that controversial. Its part of an ever changing life and media. As long as evolve with the changes we should be relatively safe and less and less controversial as time goes on.
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Thursday, 31 March 2011
Grant theft Auto Oxford
Welcome to this new and exciting game called GTA Oxford. This is an thrilling game which is full of adventures through the historic town of Oxford. In this game you will have to fight your way through the Cowley Road where all the gangs are based. You will be driving fast down the A34 as you go through the posh areas of Oxford and fighting off spies which are all around this famous city.
One of the missions is to save an young girl from these terriorist. In this mission you will have to have your wits with you at all times as you will have to first collect evidence, however neccessary, make sure you are not spotted by Police as you are an wanted person and save this little girl life by going in finding her and getting her out safely.
The values of this mission is about forgivesness. Even though you cannot change the fact you are wanted by the police you feel that erge to do you bit for society. You want to rectify what you have done wrong and the only way is help the society that you betrayed and do good for people. It plays on the thought of morality and doing whats right but also knowing whatever you do you will always be someone wanting you.
He wants to be an good force but he was never able to be an Inspector Morse but more an Martin Mcguinness without the hero tag with him. It could be argued that we are Fragmenting him as the representation of him is always that he isnt accepted and for that reason he has to do his missions in hiding.
There is also an debate in this mission in who takes the higher ground. Some may argue that he does take the higher ground because he giving back to society but others would say he has stolen from society and its only right that he does this and he doesnt get the higher ground.
One of the missions is to save an young girl from these terriorist. In this mission you will have to have your wits with you at all times as you will have to first collect evidence, however neccessary, make sure you are not spotted by Police as you are an wanted person and save this little girl life by going in finding her and getting her out safely.
The values of this mission is about forgivesness. Even though you cannot change the fact you are wanted by the police you feel that erge to do you bit for society. You want to rectify what you have done wrong and the only way is help the society that you betrayed and do good for people. It plays on the thought of morality and doing whats right but also knowing whatever you do you will always be someone wanting you.
He wants to be an good force but he was never able to be an Inspector Morse but more an Martin Mcguinness without the hero tag with him. It could be argued that we are Fragmenting him as the representation of him is always that he isnt accepted and for that reason he has to do his missions in hiding.
There is also an debate in this mission in who takes the higher ground. Some may argue that he does take the higher ground because he giving back to society but others would say he has stolen from society and its only right that he does this and he doesnt get the higher ground.
Wednesday, 9 February 2011
With Reference to at least The Inbetweeners and Glee discuss the extent to which representations of young people in the Media can be viewed as Post-mo
In an ever changing technology world young people in the media is also changing fast. The way the media see the youth now is different to how they see the youth of yester years. Because of the vast media outlets now the way we picture the youth now is changing quicker than ever before through different social networking sites and the media in general. This is also a challenge to the television media to represent there age category (target audience) accurately. If they don’t then the audience will go elsewhere and as the media expands the likelihood is that you would loss that audience forever or having a smaller audience.
As young people are part of this technology generation the youth have an bigger say over how they are represented. Just 20 years ago this wasn’t possible as the media which were available were 5 TV channels and there news, newspapers and the start of the internet. But then the internet hadn’t taken off and print media had a lot of power over the representation of the youth. But if we look at the world now this has significantly changed. The print media is in decline we have many different TV channels, including 24 hours news channels, internet and dot com boom and now a technology youth, like Facebook, Twitter, MSN etc, and the media outlet has changed drastically. by getting news on the phone or the IPAD or the latest gadget. By having this new power it is sometimes a double edged sword if the young people are viewed in good or bad light but a shift is happening and we can see the young people in the Media are viewed as Post-modern.
But all these changes haven’t always changed how the TV media has represented youth in dramas. True there are soaps now for teenagers (Hollyoaks) and they have given a new dimension to soaps but there are a lot of shows which have used old media into modern day texts. If we compare Grange Hill 20 years ago this was a break through into young audience and raising issues that hasn’t been raised before such as young love, anti-social behavior and problems based on growing into an adult. Now shows like “The Inbetweener” have used that concept and have devolved into wider problems. Now it is more socially accepted to have difficult issues tackled on youth problems and deeps of them. What the media has done is highlight it and maybe make it easier for people to come out. What has changed is what is socially expectable to be seen with the media as it is now. By this concept it has allowed TV explore deeper issues without fear of a backlash.
By making it easier is has also made it more expectable to look at issues in a number of different ways. Take “The Inbetweeners” as an example it looks at young teenage boys and there problems of life is general but through a tongue and mouth way of making fun of it without becoming too offensive. Now that would be not too offensive now but maybe 20 years ago it was probably not get to the airwaves as these issues would become too controversial to talk about and made fun of.
Options are also vast in this generation. The TV has expanded significantly over time and options are so much more then they were just 10 years ago. To find your identity maybe easier and harder at the same time. Easier as in you have choice in what you watch but harder because there may be more than one represents you and it might be harder to explain your identity.
Skins is an modern text. What the success of Skins is that they represent most of the teenagers in society. Each characters represents a hope group and what the hope of Skins is that you can relate yourself to one of the characters and understand them properly and know what they are going through. So we can all go on this journey together.
But A show like Glee is a very different show to “Skins”. Glee is an club within a high school in America and they have these story lines where teacher and pupil have issues to sort out and the show goes with convention with drama. Having a start setting the picture, a middle where the crisis point happens and an end where there is a resolution to the problems to get back to start where everything is rosy. It goes through the Wheel of Fire when you go in you have to do the full circle to get out. It has a bit of a feel like Hollywood type glamour. Another difference between the two are that Skins is an British drama and Glee is American drama. By being from different countries cultural would be different. British drama are based on more “real situations” and American style is more on convention which goes on start building a picture, middle creating problem and ending with a solution and normally an happy ending. British shows have such as Grange Hill, Biker Grove and more recently Skins traditionally gone on real life issues then going on Hollywood blockbusters which are unrealistic and shows go on that convention and American shows such as High School Musical or Glee go on more fantasy lines. Even though they are more realistic then Hollywood blockbusters but not as real as British sitcoms.
As young people are part of this technology generation the youth have an bigger say over how they are represented. Just 20 years ago this wasn’t possible as the media which were available were 5 TV channels and there news, newspapers and the start of the internet. But then the internet hadn’t taken off and print media had a lot of power over the representation of the youth. But if we look at the world now this has significantly changed. The print media is in decline we have many different TV channels, including 24 hours news channels, internet and dot com boom and now a technology youth, like Facebook, Twitter, MSN etc, and the media outlet has changed drastically. by getting news on the phone or the IPAD or the latest gadget. By having this new power it is sometimes a double edged sword if the young people are viewed in good or bad light but a shift is happening and we can see the young people in the Media are viewed as Post-modern.
But all these changes haven’t always changed how the TV media has represented youth in dramas. True there are soaps now for teenagers (Hollyoaks) and they have given a new dimension to soaps but there are a lot of shows which have used old media into modern day texts. If we compare Grange Hill 20 years ago this was a break through into young audience and raising issues that hasn’t been raised before such as young love, anti-social behavior and problems based on growing into an adult. Now shows like “The Inbetweener” have used that concept and have devolved into wider problems. Now it is more socially accepted to have difficult issues tackled on youth problems and deeps of them. What the media has done is highlight it and maybe make it easier for people to come out. What has changed is what is socially expectable to be seen with the media as it is now. By this concept it has allowed TV explore deeper issues without fear of a backlash.
By making it easier is has also made it more expectable to look at issues in a number of different ways. Take “The Inbetweeners” as an example it looks at young teenage boys and there problems of life is general but through a tongue and mouth way of making fun of it without becoming too offensive. Now that would be not too offensive now but maybe 20 years ago it was probably not get to the airwaves as these issues would become too controversial to talk about and made fun of.
Options are also vast in this generation. The TV has expanded significantly over time and options are so much more then they were just 10 years ago. To find your identity maybe easier and harder at the same time. Easier as in you have choice in what you watch but harder because there may be more than one represents you and it might be harder to explain your identity.
Skins is an modern text. What the success of Skins is that they represent most of the teenagers in society. Each characters represents a hope group and what the hope of Skins is that you can relate yourself to one of the characters and understand them properly and know what they are going through. So we can all go on this journey together.
But A show like Glee is a very different show to “Skins”. Glee is an club within a high school in America and they have these story lines where teacher and pupil have issues to sort out and the show goes with convention with drama. Having a start setting the picture, a middle where the crisis point happens and an end where there is a resolution to the problems to get back to start where everything is rosy. It goes through the Wheel of Fire when you go in you have to do the full circle to get out. It has a bit of a feel like Hollywood type glamour. Another difference between the two are that Skins is an British drama and Glee is American drama. By being from different countries cultural would be different. British drama are based on more “real situations” and American style is more on convention which goes on start building a picture, middle creating problem and ending with a solution and normally an happy ending. British shows have such as Grange Hill, Biker Grove and more recently Skins traditionally gone on real life issues then going on Hollywood blockbusters which are unrealistic and shows go on that convention and American shows such as High School Musical or Glee go on more fantasy lines. Even though they are more realistic then Hollywood blockbusters but not as real as British sitcoms.
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