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中文Within 10 Years: The Coming Decline of Hip-Hop and Gangster-Rap
I’m a self-made monster of the city streets, Remotely controlled by hard hip-hop beats. These lines from 6’n The Mornin, by Los Angeles-based rapper Ice-T (1987), demonstrate the manner in which such a text represents the dominant Hip-Hop hegemony. The rapper is identified as an independent character who is divorced from mainstream culture and laws. […]
Using some specific examples, explore the arguments for and against Homi Bhabha’s ideas concerning ‘cultural hybridity’
In this essay the theory of cultural hybridity, as first propounded by Homi K. Bhabha, will be examined. In order to do this, firstly the theory itself and its relation to the media today will be looked at in detail. Then the strengths of this particular strand of thought in seeking to understand the media […]
Would You Agree With The Statement That Studying Cultural Studies Can Be Described As A Political Act?
Cultural studies is an academic discipline combining political economy, sociology, society theory, literary theory, media theory, cultural anthropology, and art history to study cultural phenomena in industrial societies. In a bid to understand culture in terms of artistic and political merit, cultural studies researchers often concentrate on how a particular phenomenon relates to matters of […]
Discuss the dominant, alternative and absent discourses of femininity in a film of your choice.
Cinema as a genre has always been a man’s world. From the early breakthrough auteur to the most celebrated directors of all time, movies as an industry and as a discourse have long been male orientated. Because of this, McCabe argues that for the female image, cinema has done nothing but “reduced women to a […]
Study how women are represented in Bollywood Movies using Post-Structuralist feminism theory such as Donna Haraway, Judith Butler
Bollywood is the name given to the Indian film industry, which is recognized as the most prolific producer of movies in the world. As the most popular mass medium in India, Bollywood often plays the role of a mirror to the Indian society, reinforcing and reiterating common stereotypes and social norms and traditions of India. […]
Today’s Channel Five
Channel 5, which now trades under Five as of 2002, was licensed by the Independent Television Commission on 27th October 1995 after a long battle between rival companies for the licence. It began in 1990 when the new Broadcasting Act required the Independent Television Commission to provide a fifth terrestrial television channel in the United […]
Media: A Case Study
According to Tom Ryall, “what are known as ‘British Films’ are invariably films which have been produced in England rather than Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and by and large, films produced in one quite distinctive region of England-London and its outer suburbs.” (Ryall, 1990) Connected to this view are issues of British film and nationality, […]
What is the meaning of Hijab in British culture?
The aim of this essay is to look at the meaning or meanings of Hijab in British culture. As such this discussion will look at the context of Hijab within Muslim cultures both in the past and today. It will look at the feminist issues surrounding the adorning of the Hijab both from the male […]
Television and computer technology have changed the world.
The common perception is that the advent of twenty four hour news channels on satellite, digital and cable television, and news being provided over the internet and via opinions in blogs has greatly changed the British press. In order to further examine this argument, firstly the role of the internet and the changes, both positive […]
The Portrayal of Gay Characters in Television Comedy since 1980
Prominent gay characters within television comedy has been a fairly recent phenomenon, with thanks mainly to high profile US series’ Ellen and Will & Grace. Ellen DeGeneres played one of the first gay lead characters in a television comedy as Ellen Morgan in Ellen. During the 1997-1998 season, she came out both as a character […]
Using some specific examples, explore the arguments for and against Homi Bhabha’s ideas concerning ‘cultural hybridity’
In this essay the theory of cultural hybridity, as first propounded by Homi K. Bhabha, will be examined. In order to do this, firstly the theory itself and its relation to the media today will be looked at in detail. Then the strengths of this particular strand of thought in seeking to understand the media […]
Introduction: How the Big Brother race row began
Big Brother is one of the most successful television formats in the world, and a pioneer of “reality” television. However, it is important to remember that “everything in the Big Brother house is controlled.” (18/10/01, www.bbc.co.uk) Indeed, it was the manipulative element of the show that led programmers to question the viability of a celebrity […]
Identify and discuss what you consider to be the most important sociological concept that underpins the analysis of the modern media
The sociological concept of hegemony attempts to show the way in which the media sustains the views of the dominant elite in society. In assessing this as the most important concept underpinning analysis of the modern media the concept of hegemony as originally presented by Antonio Gramsci will be examined. In turn, its relation to […]
Outline and evaluate some of the arguments for the supposed effects of media on behaviour
“For some children, under some conditions, some television is harmful. For some children under the same conditions, or for the same children under other conditions, it may be beneficial. For most children, under most conditions, most television is probably neither particularly harmful nor particularly beneficial.” (Schramm, 1960) The study of media effects includes the relations […]
Would You Agree With The Statement That Studying Cultural Studies Can Be Described As A Political Act?
Cultural studies is an academic discipline combining political economy, sociology, society theory, literary theory, media theory, cultural anthropology, and art history to study cultural phenomena in industrial societies. In a bid to understand culture in terms of artistic and political merit, cultural studies researchers often concentrate on how a particular phenomenon relates to matters of […]
The City of God (Cidade de Deus) Mereilles, F. 2002
When critiquing a film it is crucial to analyse the central theme to assess the message it aims to portray. In the case of the Fernando Mereilles’ City of God, set in the Cidade de Deus area of Brazil, the film asks the central question: ‘Does crime pay?’ As the film focuses on two young […]
Please produce a textual analysis that compares three images of ‘whiteness’
1. As far as I would understand it, this brief focuses on images of “whiteness” in the media. This does not necessarily mean images of whiteness that are stereotyped, or obvious, or indeed racist, but the images of white people that we as both viewers and readers are bombarded with every day. This is what […]
Discuss the dominant, alternative and absent discourses of femininity in a film of your choice.
Cinema as a genre has always been a man’s world. From the early breakthrough auteur to the most celebrated directors of all time, movies as an industry and as a discourse have long been male orientated. Because of this, McCabe argues that for the female image, cinema has done nothing but “reduced women to a […]
EastEnders (BBC)
EastEnders began as a flagship show for primetime weeknights on BBC1. The series started in 1985, and now runs four nights a week. It is one of the BBC’s most popular shows, and regularly nets between 7 and 13 million viewers each episode. The series is based in the East End of London, and centres […]
Study how women are represented in Bollywood Movies using Post-Structuralist feminism theory such as Donna Haraway, Judith Butler
Bollywood is the name given to the Indian film industry, which is recognized as the most prolific producer of movies in the world. As the most popular mass medium in India, Bollywood often plays the role of a mirror to the Indian society, reinforcing and reiterating common stereotypes and social norms and traditions of India. […]
