How Does Media Affect The Media

There were many symbols in this short story. Many researchers state that several symbols refer to Christianity. As an example, the last name of one of the women, Mrs. Delacroix, was a French name meaning “of the

However, the artist used Christian meaning in symbols to celebrate their religion. Such symbols were a piece of garland meant victory over death, a tendril was the Eucharist, a nude figure is Christmas, a peacock is immortality, and a flying bird is a soul flying to heaven.

The media plays a massive role in the construction of crime, this includes the reporting of crime, the sensationalisation of stories, over-representation of different social groups and age of offenders. Construction of crime is also through stereotyping both ethnicity and gender. It is sometimes argued that the media is an ideological tool that is used to distort reality from its viewers. Female killers are often considered as ‘oxymoronic’, as they are seen as contradictory. Females are generally seen as caring beings but once they commit violent crimes, they are judged based individual circumstances and it is not taken into consideration that they could just as violent as male offenders in their own right. In this essay, I will be focusing on the gender stereotypes in media, specifically focusing on female killers.

The small Christ figure is carrying a cross, a possible reference to the knowledge of what he is being sent to do for the people. The way Mary is seated shows her acquiescence towards Gods’ resolve; she is so devoted that she would do anything God requested or required of her.

In The Truman Show the newspaper headlines are used to help persuade or control what Truman does. In the headline, “ Seahaven the Best Place on Earth” it is telling Truman that Seahaven is has been proven to be the best place on Earth. This is trying to convince Truman that why should he leave when he lives in the best place on Earth. In the headline “ Who Needs Europe” is telling Truman that Seahaven, like in the last headline, is the better than anywhere else like Europe, so why would be want to go to europe? In the last headline, “ Crackdown on Homeless” this is showing Truman that the man that looked like his father isn’t his father. This is meant to convince him that his life isn’t fake because the father incident started everything.

The first newspaper headline was “Best place on Earth, Seahaven voted Planet’s top town.” This headline has a way to control Truman because it is saying that no way else in the world is better than Seahaven, therefore Truman will not want to leave ever. The second headline is, “Who needs Europe?” This headline was when Truman started saying out loud that he wanted to go away from Seahaven, it was a roundabout way of saying that there wasn't a needed for other places because Seahaven was the only place you need. The last headline is “Cracking down on homeless, Seahaven Island Fathers say “Enough is enough.” This was the headline after truman say his dad, the producers were trying to tell subconsciously tell Truman that he will not see his father again.

There are some names that have symbolism in the Truman Show that are very important to what the show means and how we understand it. The names are Seahaven, Truman, Burbank, Christof, Santa Maria, Simeon. Seahaven is a symbol because a sea can represent freedom in Truman’s case because he sailed to be free from the lies. A haven is a safe place. When you put these two words together is makes Seahaven which represents a safe place to be free from the real world and all of reality. Truman is a symbol because it is his name and it means he is a true man. This also connects with a quote where Christof says While the world he inhabits is, in some respects, counterfeit, there’s nothing fake about Truman himself. This shows that Seahaven is fake or

The discussion post gives a good overview and explanation of Christ’s symbolism found in the Feast of Tabernacles. Each feast of the Jews clearly provides indications that point to Jesus. For example, Christ is easily seen as the Passover lamb in the Feast of Passover. The Apostle Paul shows how First Fruits points to Jesus’ resurrection as He has lead the way for the believer to be resurrected to life. In like way, the Feast of Tabernacles gives images of Christ in the symbols and rituals of the ceremony. The quote that Jesus is the personal symbol is an interesting point that shows He provides a special connection to each believer. As one observes the ceremonial aspects, each person can experience a personal connection with God. To

Truman Burbank lives in a beautiful town with a wife, nice home, friends and a good job. To the average person this would be the perfect life. However Truman does not realize that his life is a figment of one man’s imagination. The manipulated reality of Truman’s life is based on ones perception on life. Some of the manipulated realities, in “The Truman Show” were ok because they occur within the course of the lifetime. On the other hand, some of the events Truman encountered were just illusions

The Truman show is a story about a man named Truman Burbank, a normal man that doesn’t realize his entire life is staged, fake and streaming live every moment of every day. Within the first few minutes of the movie starting you think everything is perfect in Truman’s fake world with is nice welcoming neighbors, friendly businessman and people around him. What you don’t know and realize is that Truman’s 1950’s utopia is scripted and controlled by another mini village of people behind the scenes of the world’s largest studio every built. Everything seems to be perfect for Truman, he has a successful job as an insurance sale mans with a sweetheart wife who is also a nurse and his best friend from childhood who loves to stop by at random time with a cold six pack in hand to help distract Truman and keep him on track. However, Truman is a smart man and slowly starts to see things out of place and puts things together, while he still doesn’t know he’s living in a studio he’s slowing realizing something just isn’t right. Than he begins his quest to answer his question and break out of

This symbol helps shape my beliefs and faith as it shows me that we are all the same. In this world many people get so caught up in materialistic entities that we forget we are all equal. This shows that at the end of time, when my body turns to dust, my house would not matter, nor my clothes, nor my grades. This is something that I do to keep me in check as it helps me realize the things that actually matter because many priorities that I seem to have are useless in the end. This reaches into my faith as in the Bible, God made us equally and loves us the same, so I should reinforce his word through this symbol

Contradictory to the movie, the name also inquires that everything around Truman is the truth. In addition, Truman had moments of resemblance to Jesus Christ which also ties into the names Christof and Santa Maria.

“We accept the reality of the world with which we’re presented. It’s as simple as that,” quoted Christof (Ed Harris) when asked about Truman’s oblivion to reality versus “the city” surrounding him. When presented with a film like The Truman Show, Peter Weir (Director) raises questions about the “Real”, how does it function in society and why is it seen as a desirable living environment? What are the typical aspects of city life that can be depicted in an artificial space? Midway through the film the hidden cameras on the set revealed that the set is placed in the centre of Hollywood, Los Angeles instead of the man-made creation of Seahaven Island. The main protagonist, Truman Burbank (Jim Carrey) is raised to grow up in a reconstructed world, where his friends and neighbors are all hired actors/actresses without his knowledge. His world is influenced by what is called “New Urbanism” in the 1980s where cities tried to transform back into original middle-class lifestyles to restore cleanliness, walkability and a family-friendly neighborhood. The Truman Show seems to represent a contrasting view on American cities such as New York, Chicago or even Los Angeles, thus also critiques the arguments presented on the negative aspects of city life by theorists such as Tom Slater.

One notices that all of these symbols are from times nearing the end (or at the end) of Jesus' life. (Think of a point to do with this).

It can change opinions because they have access to people and this gives it a lot of strength. This strength can either be used constructively by educating the people or it can be used destructively by misleading the innocent people. Power of the media can transform the whole society especially in the developing countries it can be used as a 'weapon of mass destruction'. But I think the most important use of media is to educate the people about the basic human rights. The dilemma of the developing countries is that people are not fully aware of their basic rights and if they know, they don't know about what to do and where to go. They don't know their collective strength. Even they don't know how to protest and what is the importance of