Censorship is a form of protection. Discuss.
Censorship Censorship applies to magazines, videos, films, radio, music, computer games and television. Censorship is a form of protection, instead of stopping you from being robbed like the police force, censorship protects you and your families from pornographic, violent, bloody, rude, vulgar and racist programming. It regulates the broadcasting time of programmes with adult content after the 9o'clock-water shed so viewers of a younger age such as small children hopefully will not see the programme. It stops the extreme programmes such as hard core porn violent films where the gore is to extreme. That's what censorship does now imagine television without censorship you could be flicking through the channels and neighbours could be on one the weakest link on two and f**k fest on three a nice hardcore porn film for the little ones to watch when they get home from school. Without censorship anything would go any time, So lets have a look at what's on without censorship, the Teletubbies could have great big battles with each other or go hunting and shoot the rabbits and on an educational note they could demonstrate how to skin and gut the rabbits for the kids at home. Later on in the day the Weakest Link could become the nude Weakest Link where Anne Robinson could prance about in a PVC catsuite and give a good old S&M style spanking to the person voted the Weakest link, and I
In what ways did the British Government attempt to hide the effect of the Blitz from the people of Britain
In what ways did the British Government attempt to hide the effect of the Blitz from the people of Britain? Censorship played a vital role in hiding the negative effects of the war and controlling public opinion. Censorship is hiding or deleting parts of information. Photos, texts, statistics and information were all edited. The government had overtaken the media and carefully selected positive information and sometimes-irrelevant information to mislead civilians and control people's opinions. Censorship was a strategic military action to mislead the enemy into thinking Britain was winning. The most important factor for censorship was to prevent the enemy from getting too much information. It was used to boost civilian's morale because if they knew the truth, they might riot in the streets, forcing the government to surrender. One of the most significant and successful methods of censorship was the use of the radio. Many people had radios. It broadcasted happy and patriotic songs to keep up the morale. Demoralizing information was censored and statistics were exaggerated to their advantage. A good example of the need for censorship is the Bethnal Green Tube station incident where 173 people suffocated because a woman fell over. They censored information similar to this because they didn't want people to stop using shelters and people dying, if they died trying to reach
DISCUSS THE REPRESENTATION OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MEDIA
DISCUSS THE REPRESENTATION OF MEN AND WOMEN IN THE MEDIA Men and women are both represented differently in the media these days. Ironically it was even represented differently in the title of this essay. Men came before women! I am writing an essay to explain how men and women are represented in the media. I will show you my understanding of how in the past women were marginalised in the media and how men were shown as powerful figures. I will use the following sources in my essay: Kenzo perfume for women advert (4.2a), Yves Saint Laurent perfume for men advert (4.2b), IBM global services (4.14a), Lanvin (4.14b). I will analyse these sources in my main body. In the past fifty years women have been marginalised and were represented as the weaker sex. The woman in the Kenzo advert is represented stereotypically as a weak human. For example this can be seen when the woman is bare footed, full of laughter, innocence and leaning on an object. The woman leaning on the object signifies that the woman cannot live without this perfume. This also could signify that she is weak or is nothing without the perfume. Being full of laughter and looking innocent signifies that this is stereotypically feminine in terms of gender. Another example is how the woman is represented standing sideways, wearing a white dress and is not standing straight. Her not standing straight signifies how weak
Having Viewed 'Pretty Woman' And 'Thelma And Louise,' How Do You Think Women Are Represented In These Films And Hollywood In G
Having Viewed 'Pretty Woman' And 'Thelma And Louise,' How Do You Think Women Are Represented In These Films And Hollywood In General? In this piece of coursework I will be writing an essay on how women are represented in media in general and also in the films 'Pretty Woman' and 'Thelma and Louise.' I will also be writing about how films usually use stereotypes which gives a judgement of a type of person or a group of people which may not true. In these two films women are represented as housewives/sex objects, for example in 'Pretty Woman' Vivien was on the bed half naked the camera, show a close up taking in her body which makes a sexy scene and usually in Hollywood films they use this technique most of the time. For example they've used it in the film XXX (triple X) as well. In 'Thelma and Louise' Thelma and Louise were represented as housewives, mainly because the film was set back in the past when women were not seen equal to men so there husband wouldn't let them work, which made them having to stay at home. In these two films women are sometimes show as stereotypes, just like the media it only shows bits and pieces of how women are really like. For example when Richard first met Vivien she had a blonde coloured wig which gives the audience an impression of her being a 'bimbo' which may was not true. These two films have been chosen for me to watch in my English class
Popular American Culture - Beauty in the Media. America heavily relies on mass media to play a role in molding Americas view of the definition of beauty and reshaping culture at the same time. In present-day society, with the ever-changing idea that port
University of Phoenix Instructor: August 15, 2010 SOC/105 American Popular Culture Paper Popular American Culture Beauty in the Media Defining culture would be an elusive, if not impossible task. Ask any average citizen to come up with a bold and brief description of beauty and guarantee each of them will come up with the same definition. There is not a single definition that will describe culture since it evolves and goes for the same as beauty. Without a doubt, there is no answer to the definition of beauty, yet beauty is heavily involved and, associated in today's media. Media tends to have an enormous powerful influence to the public about standards of beauty, pushing the definition of beauty to a new height becuse beauty never stops evolving and tends to play a very important role in the life of young teenagers and adults. Retailer catalogs such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Victoria's Secret tend to feature airbrushed, scantily clad and altered photos of male and female models. Beauty pageants, fashion shows, the Internet, and movies have swamped the public with two-dimensional pictures of beautiful icons and celebrities. There are even television shows that have joined the delegation, playing a role in the image that it portrays such as Skin Deep, The Swan, and Extreme Makeover. America heavily relies on mass media to play a role in molding Americas view of the
Report on Censorship
Report on Censorship The aim of this report is to research the history and recent events of censorship. I shall look at examples and consider people's opinions. I want to learn about how people dealt with censorship. I visited the local library and used the internet and my own knowledge to gain information about censorship. WHAT IS CENSORSHIP? Censorship is the act of suppressing publications, films, television programmes, plays, and letters that are considered to be obscene, blasphemous or politically unacceptable. A person with the authority to carry out this activity is called a censor. There are many forms of censorship: books can be banned or cut, newspapers can have articles withdrawn, and plays are not given licenses and therefore cannot be performed. In some countries, where people are punished for their religious or political beliefs, they are often subject to censorship and banned from speaking in public or publishing their writings. There are arguments for and against censorship. 'The ultimate form of censorship is death' George Bernard Shaw, Irish playwright, 1911 AN EXAMPLE OF CENSORSHIP (political) This example of censorship took place in South Africa. For most of the twentieth century South Africa was ruled by a white government, even though most of the population was black. For most of this time the white government operated a system called
Explain and briefly evaluate why high culture is seen as superior to low culture.
Explain and briefly evaluate why high culture is seen as superior to low culture. Culture means the language, beliefs, shared customs, values, knowledge, skills, roles and norms in a society. It's the way of life of a social group or society. Culture is socially transmitted (passed on through socialisation). Many sociologists believe culture can be split into "high" and "law" and that thus high culture is superior to low culture. Other sociologists say that there's no such thing as low culture and thus say there is nothing to be superior of. Many sociologists say you can divide culture up into "high culture" and "low culture". The ("high culture") elite (better educated, with more money and power) tend to have a distinct culture from the masses ("low culture"). Shakespeare, opera, sophisticated restaurants and arty French films are the type of things that are associated with "high culture". Meanwhile, the masses enjoy low culture - e.g. soap opera, reality TV, musicals, fast food and Hollywood films. High culture is generally considered more difficult to appreciate and the audience is seen as educated and having "good taste". Aspects of high culture as seen as good for society, though they don't make much money compared to a lot of low culture, so the government often subsidises them. In recent years a lot of funding for high culture has come from a low culture source - the
Media and Racism: does the British media help maintain racism?
Media and Racism: does the British media help maintain racism? Racism in Britain can be traced centuries back especially to the time of the Slave Trade where Britain was regarded as a key figure in creating and maintaining racial hierarchies. This report will assess the role of the British media in maintaining racism in British society and it will focus particularly on the last forty years or so i.e. 1960's onwards. In the report, I will largely rely on the research and work done by other authors in relation to the 'media and racism' but I will also include an evaluation of media coverage of the Bradford Riots in 2001. The report will conclude with a few recommendations on how the media can overcome racism. I have discovered through my research several authors who clearly describe the media as racist and argue that the media assists in maintaining racism in society. Van Dijk (1991), states that the most original and influential early study of the Press in the reproduction of racism was done by Hartmann and Husband (1974), who argued that the media was racist and created an impression amongst readers that black people represented a problem or a threat. They were so defiant on the media being racist that they called their book 'Racism and the Mass Media' rather than 'Race and the Mass Media'. Research by Critcher et al (1977) and Troyna (1981) had similar conclusions to
Any sociological explanation of the influence of the mass media needs to take into account the social situation of the audience. Explain and evaluate the social situation expressed in this situation
RACHEL NAMUDDU ANY SOCIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE MASS MEDIA NEEDS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE SOCIAL SITUATION OF THE AUDIENCE. EXPLAIN AND EVALUATE THE SOCIAL SITUATION EXPRESSED IN THIS SITUATION The social situation of the audience should always be taken into hand in any sociological explanation of the influence of the mass media, as it is the audience that shapes and characters the audience. Various theories analyse the extent to which the mass media affects the audience. Theories such as the Hypodermic syringe model view information and values are injected by the media into the audience who are passive like a patient in the hospital according to this theory the media has a huge influence on the audience this theory takes into account the social situation of the audience and will therefore inject the right type of information and values to suite each type of social class. Another theory that analyses the extent to which the mass media affects us is the Two Step Flow model. People make their views of the world through their own experiences, family and friends and also the media. Some people in the audience are called opinion leaders who are affected by the media and pass that on through the comments they make. These two theories are arguable in favour as they both suite the social situation of both audiences. But the one theory that favours more is
Censorship in school media.
Censorship in school media During the process of deciding what to do my synthesis paper on, I came across information relating to censorship in school publications including newspapers, television shows and yearbooks. I found so much information that I was not sure how to form a question with all of it. After reading a lot about the Hazelwood School District's confrontation with censorship, I decided to concentrate on that case and how it has affected other types of censorship. Censorship in school media has changed significantly since the Hazelwood ruling. I chose this topic because I am very interested in becoming a journalist or at least part of the communications field. Having been a member of my high school newspaper and now a member of The Gannon Knight here at Gannon University, I understand how frustrating it is when articles are censored or altered to the liking of an administrator. Since my involvement in journalism in my sophomore year of high school, I have dealt with at least five cases of censorship alone. The most significant came last May when I had written an editorial for my high school paper. Being the editor of my high school paper, and it being the end of the year, I was writing a final editorial for the year and for my career in high school. I had decided to write about the many negative aspects of my high school, and of course, back all of my