Explain why the idea of "postmodern media" might be considered controversial

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.