media culture and identity

Aaron Rodriguez Media Culture Studies: TVF 2500 Kelly Madison May 9,2018 How Does It Feel to Be Viral Me The article “ How Does It Feel to Be Viral Me” illustrates the way in which Asians and Asian Americans are viewed on social media opposed to mainstream media. They specifically highlight how Asian and Asian American Youtube stars now have the freedom to show the world that Asian are not just submissive and kung fu fighters which media portrays them to be. They specifically highlight Ryan Higa, Wong Fu Productions and Just Kidding Films.The content which they put out on the internet break out of the kung fu and submissive stereotypes and allows them to show more of what the Asian and Asian American culture is as well as their own personalities are and provide an alternative reality in media from what has been portrayed in the past. Sometimes they do revert back to the stereotype but only to make fun of it to show that the stereotype is not who they are and that they are mo...

Aaron Rodriguez TVF 2500 Kelly Madison This article illustrates how how media shows the interplay of representations and ideologies of class, gender, race, ethnicity and nationality.It showed how cultural and media studies shapes the way that we view the world. With this being said it also looks at those who break the rules of how media shapes the world that they live in. It points out that cultural studies insists that culture must be studied within the social relations and system through which culture is produced and consumed and the study of culture is thus intimately bound up with the study of society , politics, and economics.It also points out the value of cultural studies because it provides some tools that enable individuals to read and interpret culture critically. This is important to say because media allows people to see other cultures without leaving their homes. One thing that may be a problem with this is how the media may portray a culture because if they general...

SCREENING:The Merchants of Cool: Know Main points - creators and sellers of popular culture who have made teenagers the hottest consumer demographic in America Go cool hunting- find individuals who are on the next trend and commercialize it -The Economics of the Media Industry (23-33): Know trends in, and critique of, media ownership, conglomeration and integration, and how this relates to political power. - One of the clearest trends in media ownership is its increasing concentration in fewer hands. Ownership of Media has become so concentrated that by the mid 2000s, only 5 global firmed dominated the media industry in the USA, operating like a cartel by taking over smaller media firms to make less competition. -Hegemony (Lull, pp. 33-36 & Lecture): know the author’s main points about the role of the mass media in perpetuating hegemony - Hegemony does not mature strictly from ideological articulation. Dominant ideology streams must be subsequently reproduced in the activi...

TVF 2500:  STUDY GUIDE FOR MIDTERM The midterm will consist of multiple choice, true/false and possibly short essay questions on the main points, concepts, and analyses presented in course readings and screenings. Bring a standard scantron. You should know the main/major points (not just topics, but points) of all the assigned readings, and the screenings we have watched in the class thus far.   Cultural Studies/Media Studies -From Lecture: know the definitions of Culture : the dominant patterns and systems of meaning that make up a way of life in a particular society Ideology : A system of meaning that provides an interpretive framework for understanding some central aspect of life in a particular social formation. Discourse : The actual use of signs, symbols, imagery, etc., to create meaning and communicate those meanings. Fairly coherent sets of meaning that circulate around a particular topic, and construct varying realities of that topic. Hegemony : leader...