Hitchcocks Psyco - An examination of the film which reflects the censor's code of ethics of the 1960 USA and yet remains an important film for students of cinema in 2003.
Name: Marc Simpson Candidate Number: 0206 GCSE English Centre No: 14225 October 2003 Hitchcock had to make Psycho in a time of very strict censorship in the USA. To get the film to the maximum audiences without having to change his ideas he showed in the film, Hitchcock used devious techniques to get past the strict censors. Janet Leigh (the actress playing Marion) said in an interview that she thought the strict censorship rules made Hitchcock a better filmmaker, as he had to be more creative. This is a good point as if you have a film were there is a killer running around killing people with blood and guts everywhere it can get boring after a while since you're seeing the same thing repeatedly. Whereas if you have to be more creative in the way you make a film and people are murdered this comes across to the audience and makes it more entertaining. This can be proved true as Tarantino is often criticised for relying on killings, violence, sex, and drug taking instead of using character development so we know more about them. In "Pulp Fiction" for instance you are distracted by the vivid killings, violence, sex, and drug taking, which takes place in almost every scene, and you never get to know the characters that well. You also don't get the same witty conversation as you do in Hitchcock films although there is humour in what the characters say in "Pulp
To what extent do media representations of refugees and asylum seekers limit their integration within society?
To what extent do media representations of refugees and asylum seekers limit their integration within society? As the number of asylum seekers and refugees entering the United Kingdom continues to rise, one of the pressing concerns of the European Union and the UK government is ensuring their integration within society. However, at present asylum seekers and refugees are not integrating well within society, reports have suggested that this is partly due to community tensions (ICAR, 2004). It has been argued that media coverage is adding to these tensions. As the number of asylum seekers and refugees in the UK has risen, so too has media interest in asylum issues. This is particularly evident in the national newspapers. The majority of reporting shows asylum seekers in a negative way, questioning their genuineness, rather than recognising the plight they have endured. Asylum seekers are commonly presented as 'bogus' or as 'economic migrants', with the media implying that they are not fleeing persecution but are merely seeking a better life in the UK with greater economic stability. Reporters often ignore the real reason why asylum seekers and refugees are in fact often risking life and limb to seek asylum in the UK. Other media coverage involving asylum issues often details incidents of asylum seekers and refugees' involvement in criminal activity, or criticises government
Conceptions of crime are distorted by exposure to media coverage
Conceptions of crime are distorted by exposure to media coverage. Discuss. This cours from coursework.inf coga ga" . "r se" . ga . "ga" . "w or". ga . " " . ga . "k inga foga " . ga . "! The media constitutes a major part of modern society and plays a large role in our lives. It is the prime source of information and entertainment, and moreover acts as a strong influence on public belief and opinion. The media is highly influential in coae ae" . "r se" . ae . "ae" . "w or". ae . " " . ae . "k inae foae " . ae . ". shaping our views upon the world in which we live. When it comes to crime, coae ae" . "r se" . ae . "ae" . "w or". ae . " " . ae . "k inae foae " . ae . ". however, do the reports shown by the media present an accurate picture of the true This cours from coursework.inf events? The more horrific the report, the more likely it is to capture the attention of the public, which obviously secures plenty of profit for media barons. Is our increasing reliance on an institution that relies on sensationalism to create profit unwise, as this could well mean that the facts they report lack truth? The media reinforces social myths by selective reporting, and thus presents a distorted view of reality. This could be leading to an increasingly misconstrued public view of certain crimes. The media is a very powerful influence on the way in which we behave and how
'The media simply reflect and reinforce existing social values, they cannot change society.'
'The media simply reflect and reinforce existing social values, they cannot change society.' There is a notion held by many people that the media has the power to affect our beliefs, attitudes, values and behaviours either directly or indirectly. Many sociologists believe that the media could be extremely powerful and influential because of their technology, economics, and because of the sheer scale of operations. There has been a tremendous amount of research done into the possible short and long term effects of the media on society but very little has been proved either way. Early research often stressed the construction of the audience and made assumptions about the impact on the public. This includes the hypodermic effect theory, also known as the behaviourist approach, which sees the mass media as not just an influence on society but as being able to directly affect us with a metaphorical, powerful syringe full of messages directly into the mind. Based on the theory that behaviour is learnt through rewards and punishment, the notion here is that the media could provide a model of behaviour which could influence people by showing them that they could get the same results as those portrayed in what they had read/seen/heard. For instance if a child sees someone get hurt on television and finds it exciting then they would want to replicate this behaviour, to gain the
Who determines what is pornography and what is art?
Censorship in India, according to me is an eyewash. It is a method of a system to prove to its people that it has an eye on what's going on. Nothing other than that! Else, why would a system ban advertising of tobacco or alcohol on television and not ban it from being manufactured or sold in the market? Why would a system shut its eye to surrogate advertising of the much banned products through other media like events, sports etc eople find loopholes in law, seek outlets or else go about their business illegally and the very system perpetrating warped values and morality is left with no alternative but to turn a blind eye to it. The most common examples of book censorship are in schools and public libraries, and all those examples are most often involving children's literature. Political groups attempt to remove books from library shelves because those books use 'naughty' words, do not have happy endings... or because they have too many rainbows. Rainbows are considered a sign of 'New Age' religiosity. Little Red Riding Hood was the 24th most banned book in the early 90's mostly because she had a bottle of wine in her basket. Many organizations demanded a non-alcohol Little Red. They were successful sometimes in their efforts, by the way." Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?" * Fire *
The Media is the most effective agency of socialisation. Discuss.
"The Media is the most effective agency of socialisation" Mass Media 'means public communication reaching a large audience' Examples of Mass Media are television, radios, movies, music, book, magazines, newspapers and internet. Mass media is an agency of the secondary socialisation; a secondary socialisation is happened outside of the family home, after yearly years of childhood and continues throughout your life. Mass Media has seemed to be an effective agency of socialisation. This is true to some extent because now children are spending as more time in front of the television than mingling with their parents and other family members. The message and values that come from the media are very powerful because children tend to model the characters on the television. For example when an advert has been shown with a new product on or with a child they instantly think they need this, its necessity. Also adolescents are very influenced by the media, media has become there subculture- pop culture (e.g. movies, music and TV) to have watches the latest film, to heard the latest song is a sensational thing. The internet has become a very important part of teenage life. This is due to chat rooms, email, and web pages. The media is effective for a good reason because some cartoons are educational. An example of this is a cartoon called 'Dora the Explorer'; this cartoon teaches
How might a sociologist account for the high incidence of eating disorders among women?
90% of all people with eating disorders (such as Anorexia and Bulimia) are female (British Medical Association 2008) How might a sociologist account for the high incidence of eating disorders among women? Eating disorders can only be applied to people who have the option to eat, generally they live in a society with an abundance of food, such as the United Kingdom or the United States, but they choose to control their intake of food to a dangerous level. Although eating disorders are considered to be mental illnesses there are several contributing, social and cultural, factors from the external world which drives people to want to achieve a slim body. In post modern society the common appearance of an attractive woman was one of a larger woman because being slim was a sign of insufficient nutrition and poverty. The idea of a slender figure originated in the late nineteenth century within middle-class women. Anorexia was first reported in 1874 in France but it did not become prominent until the past thirty or forty years. In more recent times it has become increasingly frequent in young women. (Gibbens 2006 p253) The high incidence of eating disorders among women has many influential factors. There are pressures from the media and the developing world for women to look specific way. The modern idea of thinness as attractive and healthy which is 'so pervasive in Western
Assess the role of the media
Assessing The Role Of The Media In society the media is, arguably, one of - if not the - most powerful of institutions however some sociologists would argue, for example Baudrillard, that its' power is diminishing or weak. The media is debated widely both assessing its' influence and functions, or in some cases dysfunctions. The media's primary function is to inform the masses which is the origin of its' overwhelming power in society because obviously through manipulating what the masses are informed of - censorship - and the altering the portrayal of parts of the news the media - propaganda - they are able to control our thoughts - ideological control. The media is associated with not only informing the public but furthermore representing the public and bringing up moral, political and social issues on behalf of the public. Also the media gives the public freedom to express and broadcast their views and opinions; take Youtube for example, Youtube allows anyone to broadcast online videos, newsfeeds and blogs it enforces freedom of speech and Youtube along with other independent media sources, such as The Independent, ITV etc. increase and extend democracy in the UK. Dahl, a pluralist would agree with this view of the media, that the media informs us, and he says that the media demonstrates thousands of millions of different views and opinions, it broadcasts many different
Explain and Discuss Moral Panics.
Explain and Discuss Moral Panics Moral panics have been described as a condition, episode, person or group of persons which emerge to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests (Cohen, 1972, p.9). They often occur during times when society has been unable to adapt to significant change and when such change leads to a fear of a loss of control within the normal social structure. This was evident during the 1960s when society experienced such modernising trends as the so called 'sexual revolution'. When events, such as those found in the 1960's, occur there is a concern that moral standards are in decline and entire generations can sometimes be accused of undermining society's moral structure. Moral panics can occur both as novel events, or events which have been in existence within society for a long time and have suddenly become an issue of importance and concern. Many panics result in official change and have serious and long-lasting repercussions, as was the case following the panic concerning so called 'video nasties', which led to the Video Recording Act of 1984 introducing the regulation of videos via the British Board of Film Classification. The debates concerning the issue centred upon the lack of parental control in monitoring children's viewing and the dangers posed by certain programmes and films to young people (Lusted, 1991, p.14). The concern
"The media reflects society; just as there is diversity in society, there is diversity in the media."
Richard Dilley "The media reflects society; just as there is diversity in society, there is diversity in the media." Since mankind first transmitted news, views and opinions there have been debates as to the reasons behind people doing this. These debates formed the basis for sociology in mass media and are the subject of this essay. The theories people deduced to use in this great debate have since developed from their humble beginnings and are now examined throughout the world. The two most widely used theories are ironically the two most conflicting, Pluralism and Marxism. We'll start with Pluralism as it's focal point is the quote that began this essay. Pluralist theory views the media as being an institution that offers society with a wide selection of views to be used by the various groups of society. All society has some diversity within it and as such the media presents people with the information they wish to hear. British society is particularly diverse and is made up of different groups of race, religion and class to name but a few of the factions. Pluralists believe that the presence of media in society has no other use but to give people the range of views and information that will best cater for their needs. The quote I started with is one of the main fundamentals of pluralism. It recognizes that society is diverse and as such you would expect the media it