Friday, 29 November 2013

In the exam I will be discussing muslims and another group and refer to 2 different medias.

David Gauntlett on representation and identity (2002): “identity is complicated; it is not fixed and representations are rarely binary; they change fluidly”.  E.g. Gone too far: yemi’s identity is complicated. British Nigerian, throughout the film he begins to accept his cultural identity.

David Gauntlett’s Media Studies 2.0 (2006)
“Media Studies today is shaped by new and converging media industries. The old distinction between audience and producer is blurred, with audience as participator”. Now the audience controls the media. Everything is more accessible. Much more media.
Audience make the media. And challenge media representation

“Since the audience is now participator and media expert, they have control over the message, not big institutions” (Web 2.0).
We can use this media to challenge representation.


-Levi-Strauss’ (1973) binary oppositions are concerned with a tension between two opposing characters. Muslims are seen as the 'alien' or bad.
E.g. White/black, men/women, masculine/feminine, old/young.
Few neutral binary oppositions (relations of power)
Dominant/ other
White/black,                  
Men/women,
Masculine/feminine,
British/alien: different culture/customs. The ‘other’
Binary oppositions exist. 


Hall focuses on representations of black, Asian and minority ethnic groups in the media. BME people are usually represented as the other”.

Negative connotations

The media represent these groups as under privileged and isolated.  Hall states historically minority groups are always shown as outsiders ‘alien’.
 
hegemony is Before, it was the norm the women had to stay at home and cook and clean

Hybridity is when new identities are formed

europe looked at the world in a negative way from the times of colonialism. the negative representation of muslims began during these times







Headlines

'Islamic Terrorist' Should the media use this. should culture, age ethnicity be identified. does it matter?

Nowadays when people think of the word terrorist they think of muslims. Because that is the image the media have created.

Before 9/11 muslims weren't mentioned much in the media. Afterwards the stories increased over 200% and now newspaper readers are far more aware of Islam as journalists are writing more about them.

Women in Dubai

Media always focus on the negative.

They focus on saudi where women can't drive.

Russell Peters

The media don't show the normal people, they show people in protests etc.

Friday, 18 October 2013

Gone too far

I thought that the film was interesting because it uses stereotypes to portray different races and areas.  Gone too far shows different races like Chinese and Indians all living together in Peckham.
There is one scene where Armani tells the Chinese woman to leave her alone otherwise she will call immigration and all the Chinese people get scared, this represents the stereotypical Chinese identity to other people living in the UK, that they are all immigrants.

How is identity mediated: how is it shown?

How are black people shown/ represented in this film
Ø  Stereotypes were not negative: not about crime
Ø  Stereotypes are quite accurate – film written & directed by people born to Nigerian parents- who can relate to the characters & issues to some extent.
Ø  Yemi’s mum portrays the character of a strict African mother
Ø  There is the scene where razor apologises to an old woman, we see him coming up to the woman and because of stereotypes no one would guess that he was going to apologise.

Ø  Stereotypes   

Friday, 11 October 2013

Representation of Black people

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUgSSn8ewVg






http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120919132719/www.communities.gov.uk/documents/corporate/pdf/2113275.pdf

In our survey of the mainstream news media, we have clearly identified that
black young men and boys are regularly associated with negative news
values. T

 7 in 10 stories of black young men
and boys related in some form to crime




http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051299/Black-women-look-outside-race-successful-man.html

Gone too Far

DESTINY EKARAGHA – WRITER AND DIRECTOR: 
After various runner jobs, including a stint at BBC Films, Destiny teamed up with producer Tamana Bleasdale to make her first short film TIGHT JEANS which she both wrote and directed. TIGHT JEANS was funded by the Southern Exposure branch of Film London. TIGHT JEANS went on to be officially selected by the 2008 Times BFI 52nd London Film Festival. It was also voted the best short film shown at the London Film Festival by The Observer newspaper.


GONE TOO FAR follows two estranged teenage brothers over the course of a single day as they meet for the first time, and struggle to accept each other for who they are. Yemi can't wait for his big brother to join him on the estate in Peckham - but when Ikudayisi arrives from Nigeria wearing socks and sandals Yemi questions both his judgement and his African heritage. A day on the estate filled with danger and excitement teaches both of them the values of family and self respect. Written by Rob Watson
When British teenager Yemi meets his long lost Nigerian brother Ikudaisy, he quickly finds his estranged sibling's African heritage and unimpressive socks and sandals fashion sense a blight on his own street cred, particularly when trying to impress local trouble-making temptress Armani. As simmering adolescent passions and West Indian-African tensions erupt over the course of one day on their estate, both Yemi and Ikudaisy must decide where their loyalties lie. Adapted from Bola Agbaje's Olivier award-winning play, the film is a delightfully funny tale from the endz of Peckham that still finds the space to address serious racial tensions. Written by Anonymous







Friday, 27 September 2013

More than a quarter of young adults in Britain 'do not trust Muslims' because of terror attacks

 
 
According to this article:
 
  • 27 per cent of 18- to 24-year-olds said they didn't trust Muslims
  • The Government group blames negative media coverage of Muslims for stoking anti-Islam sentiment.
  • The Metropolitan Police released figures in August that suggest there has been a 61 per cent rise in anti-Muslim crime, such as attacks on mosques, in London over the past year.

 
 
 
 









character profile: East is East


Ø Ayub khan-din wrote the story , based on his life ( seen through youngest son sajid)

Ø Damien O’Donnell directed the film

Ø Film released in 1999, but set in 70’s in Salford

Ø “East is east and west is west and never the twain shall meet” people from the east are a certain way and that’s how they’ll be

 

East is East character profile

Zahir ‘George’ Khan: Loves his family but cares more about his image and dignity than their happiness

Ella Khan: George’s wife, Irish catholic, doesn’t stand up to George

Nazir ‘Nigel’ Khan: eldest son, disowned by dad after running away from an arranged marriage for a homosexual relationship

Abdul ‘Arthur’ Khan: Second son, dislikes conflict and does not rebel against his dad until he abuses the mum

Tariq ‘tony’ Khan: Third son, Most rebellious

Maneer ‘Gandhi’ Khan: 4th son, obeys George

Saleem ‘Picasso’ Khan: 5th son: stands by family when dad goes too far, studying foundation art and dad thinks his doing engineering   

Meenah Khan, the sixth child and the only daughter. She also has a rebellious streak and frequently teases Sajid.

Sajid "Spaz" Khan: the sixth son and youngest child. The pain he undergoes following his late circumcision is what prompts Ella to rethink her attitude towards George. He wears a parka at all times of day and night.

Stella Moorhouse: Tariq's secret girlfriend. Their relationship becomes somewhat strained once she finds out George has planned to marry Tariq off.

Mr. Moorhouse: Stella and Earnest's grandfather. He has old-fashioned (perhaps bigoted) ideas about race and ethnicity, supporting controversial political figures like Enoch Powell, and does not know of Stella's relationship with Tariq, although he is frequently irritated by Earnest's friendship with the Khans, who openly dislike him.

Earnest "Pongo" Moorhouse: Stella's younger brother. Like Stella, he is friends with the Khans, being Sajid's best friend and harbouring an unrequited crush on Meenah. It is implied that he is somewhat weird and often abused by his grandfather.

Peggy, Stella's best friend: She appears jealous of Stella's relationship with Tariq and tries desperately to find a boyfriend, but her overweight figure repels boys. In the end, she is implied to have a romantic fling with Saleem.

Mr Shah: a devout Muslim desperately seeking Pakistani bridegrooms for his two comically unattractive daughters. Though he appears amiable on the outside, he is actually mean-spirited and rude, scoffing at Earnest Moorhouse for no reason and branding Ella as a disgrace solely for speaking back to his snobbish wife even when she insulted Ella first. On a comical note, his constant sweating is a sign of poor hygiene.

Auntie Annie: Ella's sister. She frequently helps George and Ella at the chip shop and has an amiable relationship with George, although she advises Ella not to be too soft with him.