Jordan's Media Blog

Since the inception of digital technology, tv has become global rather than national, and has become more and more commercial, with public service broadcasting forced to adapt its structure, with public service broadcasting forced to adapt its structure, role and function. International coproduction is growing and broadcasters such as hBO have achieved global success Broadcasters are now 'narowcasters' with multiple channels targeting different audiences. Audiences consume television texts in a variety of ways as the industry has increased portability via new platforms and patterns of consumption have changed alongside this (binge watching, on demand and catch up, Netflix etc) Interactive social media channels such as youtube have increased accessibility for the 'prosumer' audience, and social media and viral promotion have become a crucial part of marketing television texts. Imagine... And Then There Was Television First BBC Broadcast is a fireworks show, on...

Gender Performativity (Judith Butler) Identity is a performance - it is constructed through a series of acts and expressions that we perform every day. While there are biological differences dictated by sex, our gender is defined through this series of acts. These may include the ways we walk, talk, dress, etc. Therefore, there is no gender identity behind these expressions of gender. Gender performativity is not a singular act, but a repetition and a ritual. It is outlined and reinforced through dominant patriarchal ideologies. Feminist Theory (Bell Hooks) Feminism is a struggle to end the patriarchal oppression and the ideology of domination, and that the position of the underrepresented is by class and race as well as gender. Constructs of Masculinity: (Van Zoonen) Movement Silence and impassivity Strength, muscularity, and aggression Competition - males as gladiators or combatants Constructed more through to intra-diegetic gaze - the ways that that they are looked a...

Sigmund Freud - The Madonna / Whore Complex: Men define woman in two categories to explain men's anxieties: Madonna- Men respect and admire this categorisation. Virtuous, pure, nurturing, saintly, sexually repressed. Whore - Men are attracted to and therefore disrespect them. Sensual, sexualised and desirable without purity.

Conflict / Diametric Opposition in Humans: Man Vs Machine Anita VS Laura Captivity Vs Freedom Progress Vs Regression Family Vs Institution Individual Vs Society Conscious Vs Unconscious Past Vs Present Male Vs Female Old Vs Young Appearance Vs Reality Representation: We represent people in media because it is easier for the producers to create a presentation for the audience with an already standing group. Women are presented as house maids and sex slaves, as well as friend (to the child), a slave, and a rebel (former memories). Overall they are all domestic and regressed roles. There are many representations within 'Humans'. Firstly, they present Anita from a body bag, showing that she is essentially in captivity, being held without freedom or free will, which is already a demonstration of a binary opposition. Furthermore, she is essentially soulless, a blank slate until she is bonded to Joe, after which she essentially leaves the grasp of the institution t...

Allegory: A representation of a larger event, a metaphor that makes a broader comment on society. Zeitgeist: Cultural Phenomena, representation of the time. Ideological perspective can be encodes into media through use of allegory and zeitgeist.  Humans: Dependence on technology Modern day slavery through Synths Singularity How far we let technology into our lives (privacy attacks etc) Sexualisation / Exploitation Negotiation of exoticism Commodity Fetishism Late Capitalism Vs. Marxism Transgression Postcolonialism  Racism Postmodernism Nuclear Family

Name: Dramatic Specimen Public Invasion Cable Content Radio Silence Digital Domination Reality Radio Reality Recession Carbon Copy Criteria Coverlines: Videodrome Review Interview with Tom I Shop Therefore I Am Are You A Prisoner To Technology? With the release of Timber Timbre’s hit music video for the latest single Sewer Blues, we contacted Thomas Lawes for an interview - Exclusive to Cable Content. Inspiration As the frontman of Timber Timbre, Thomas had a lot to say about the inspiration for the video: "Really, a lot of the inspiration for this video came with the direction our music is going in right now. With the release of our latest album, Future Pollution, we've stepped away from the swamp-folk vibes of our previous works, and transitioned into the big city, this comes with a lot of synth inspired music. The album itself is more produced and essentially, we use similar ideas, just with a different skin. This time the skin we're m...

Thrasher: The magazine is for skaters, it shows off different tricks on the cover and has a fairly unique pattern. The dominant ideology for this magazine is promoting skaters and skate competitions. The front cover does not have headlines, and is focused on the title of the magazine itself, as well as the photograph on the front and the background pattern for illustration. Juxtapoz: Interesting photograph, uses a lot of colours and has small and simple cover lines. This magazine is an art and culture magazine. Mad Magazine: Features a large scale image of the mascot's head grafted over Shrek, minimal cover lines. The main image goes over the title.