Ehsans Media Blog2 (Course work)

1) What does Marxism suggest regarding power in society? Marxism suggests that power within society is controlled by the rich or elite, they control the poorer and or working class by controlling the means of production, due to this the poor can never have the ability to gain the means of production resulting in the poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer. 2) Why is  The Apprentice  a good example of the media reinforcing capitalist values and ideologies? The apprentice gives the public the idea of wanting to be capitalistically rich without them knowing so, not only this but the apprentice supports two other ideologies, the growth of private corporations and the ideology that hard work gets you success. 3) Come up with  three  examples of media texts (e.g. TV programmes, newspapers etc.) that either  fetishise working class life (e.g.  EastEnders  presents quite a harmonious East End community which probably doesn't accurately reflect Ea...

TV: The rise of foreign-language television The rise of foreign-language TV: Blog tasks 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? The article suggests that people who watch foreign language dramas tend to be declared as pretentious, odd, and dull. 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Luzzolino suggests that there a few key appeals of his Walter Presents shows, one being that each of the shows present were massive hits in their respective countries, each earning massive amounts of money.  3) The article makes an interesting claim for the popularity of subtitles in the multi-screen age. What does it suggest? It tells us that the subtitles help the audience keep their focus on what they're focusing on, without it they may become distracted and lose the plot of what they are watching. 4) What are the other audiences pleasures of foreign TV dram...

1) Read the section on Strinati's five ways to define postmodernity. What examples are provided of the breakdown of the distinction between culture and society (media-isation)? The characters Borat and Bruno would most likely be recognized rather than the actors that play them, this shows that reality portrayed by media can sometimes be seen as more real than reality itself. It also shows that in most cases the marketing of a product can sometimes be more important than the quality of it. 2) What is Fredric Jameson's idea of 'historical deafness'? How can the idea of 'historical deafness' be applied to  Deutschland 83 ? With modernization comes the progressive loss of accurate cultural historical accuracy, this shown with Deutschland 83 and their music choice e.g. sweet dreams. 3) What examples and theories are provided for the idea of 'style over substance'? Two examples are given: Big brother  Paris Hilton, a celebrity who is famous withou...