Media Studies

I have chosen the movie Signs to do my worldview analysis on. First, I will discuss the worldviews that the main characters in the movie have. I will then answer the question of if the characters were true to their worldviews. I will also discuss the obstacles that the main characters faced that deterred the character or characters from living out their worldview. Lastly, I will describe mental, emotional, or spiritual reactions I had to the movie as well as explain if I agree or disagree with the worldview present in the movie.

easy life and Mrs Johnston has a hard life and has to work hard to

explain it to someone else. But this is neither a film review nor a film

The drama focuses on seven women who live in a tenement building on a walled-off street named Brewster Place. Each in her own way struggles to overcome the hardships of poverty and the disappointments of shattered dreams.

While negotiating the brief I had to deliberate on the intended audience, the purpose and the genre markers inherent in my trailer. The trailer will be set in a haunted asylum, three film students will investigate the mental hospital to dismiss the rumours in a documentary format, it of course turns out the rumours are true and the trio need to try and escape the asylum with their lifes still intact. I chose the unisex young adult market for my trailer, persons aged 15 to 25. I also had to decide on what genre markers would be present in my trailer. The trailer is of course an advertisement and it's main purpose is to get the viewers to go and see the full release of the film in cinemas.

People in the lower class are often portrayed as pitiful, unworthy, lazy people who aren’t good for anything. That is according to what the media shows us daily. Blue collar work is viewed as “real” work (Linkon). The lower, working class takes pride in what they do because they accomplish something that takes effort and skill. The working class requires effort and strength. There are good lower class citizens who work for the benefit of their communities. The working class is unfortunately being brought down by the more “fortunate” higher-middle class and rich people. Basically, there is a bias in the representations of society (Ginsburgh). In a Levi’s - Go Work commercial, the lower class are positively portrayed as hard

Media Analysis ‘Media’ is the plural of the word ‘medium’, which often refers to different ways of communicating with other people; if the target is a large number of people, then it is called ‘mass media’. There are many types of media, such as TV, radio, films, newspaper, Internet etc. The main purpose of media is to entertain; however they can also be used to persuade, inform, explain and advice. Media can be very powerful; therefore people are influenced and affected by them.

The characters have lost control of their lives, and are being taken advantage of by their toxic environment. Everyone acts tough but they all share similar insecurities on the inside, however they cannot reveal these inner vulnerabilities without being ridiculed and physically punished. The short stories in this novel are analogies in which the characters have been satirized and are compared to the impoverished people in the real world. To accomplish this, Selby uses a very unique writing

Both plays display a variety of issues that relate to the historical events of that time. There are numberous comparisons of these plays, some of these being; The struggle of a recession. Both plays show how the power of poverty effects the way people could live. In 'Road ' a character named Louise is talking to her mother about how she is unable to eat, that she could eat, but she cant afford to. There is another character named Scullery, who resorts to looting because there is no other way for him to make money. They are living in a world where they feel they need to be somebody. In comparison to this, within 'The Entertainer ', it addresses the futily of ordinary people, trying to be somebody and failing each time round. The main characer, Archie, struggles to keep a once thriving music hall but is failing, symbolising the decline in wealthy England. 'The inhabitants of 'Road ' are out of work, have very little money, abuse themselves, resort to prostitution to pay for their houses. They

1. What struck me most about the astronaut video is the way in which all the speakers agree that they had a type of cosmic, profound experience when seeing earth from the perspective of space. They refer to this as the "overview" effect, where space travelers become aware of earth and its sun as a planet and star among others in space. One person noted that the effect of this, for him, was an emotional, visceral sense of being "one" with everything. Living on earth, it is difficult to achieve this perspective in a truly profound way. I think it must be an awe-inspiring experience to see earth like this, from space, with all its interactive, dynamic systems. It must be far more profound than study could ever make it.

When I was younger, I never really liked school. It was too long and boring for my liking. When I came to the middle school, that all changed. I took the media class and soon I wanted to come to school more just to go to that class. I was interested in technology and media is very entertaining. Kids in school like media class because you get to interview people, learn about editing, and work with others.

In this globalization era, the internet or the virtual world has becoming more complicated and has the potential by showing more effective platform of various collaborative activities which includes academic and education purposes. The intention and the desire regarding the uses of internet world are all about the uses of the internet.

JL MC 477 has influenced my thoughts and perspectives of how the media represents diverse cultures, ethnicities, social classes, and even gender. This course has helped me clarify how and why the media identifies each group with their own stereotype or portrayal. Before the course, I had a general idea of what the media portrayed specific groups as, but now I am able to understand deeper because this course enhanced my thinking and analysis of each one. I have become aware that many of the portrayals of these groups from the media reflect reality.

Have you ever had an original thought? Why do we dress the way we do, watch what we watch or even live the way we do. Through our means of entertainment, it is almost a guide in how one should live their life. With the technology we have in our world we are persuaded to believe what is right and what is wrong. Although we create our own world, our thoughts were imposed upon us since the day we are born. “What if the world is some kind of show. What if we are only talents assembled by the Great Talent Scout Up Above! The Great Show of Life! Starring Everybody! Suppose entertainment is the Purpose of Life,” says Gabler. We wake up in the morning where most of us have a daily routine we go through. Why do we put on

Mass media is a media intended for a large audience. It may take the form of broadcast media, as in the case of television and radio, or print media, like newspapers and magazines. Internet media can also attain mass media status, and many media outlets maintain a web presence to take advantage of the ready availability of Internet in many regions of the world. Some people also refer to it as the “mainstream media,” referencing the fact that it tends to stick to prominent stories which will be of interest to a general audience, sometimes ignoring controversial breaking news. Many people around the world rely on this form of media for news and entertainment, and globally, it is a huge industry.