Use the article you looked at for guidance & posters you drew up
Youtube - TV Marketing/construction of identity
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Jameson
To what extent do the two texts reflect Cultural Recycling (the exhaustion of new ideas) - Parody, Pastiche, Intertextuality, Bricolage?
Here is a Prezi of the article which identifies the main points
Task
Re-read over the Xfactor & Only Way Is Essex articles - i have colourised them for you to identify the main points
Compare & list how the 3 examples share similar Post-Modern aspects of Style: Simulacra, Voyeurism, Intertextuality, Self-reflexivity, Hybridity
Compare & list how they challenge Modernist/Traditional Forms: Role of the Audience, Structured Narrative, Dominant Ideology (value/taste/art over commodity/populism), Genre boundaries, Issues of Representation.
Compare & list how they change the relationship between Audience & Text
Consider what we learned about PoMo TV audiences this week - the detached position etc
Use your notes for class this week where we will put together an essay plan:
Intro
Why do you consider them (Gorillaz, X-Factor, TOWIE) to be postmodern?
Which 'forms and style conventions' of Traditional Media do they challenge?
To what extent do you agree and disagree they do challenge?
Arguments for
1. Point - why PoMo, apply theory
2. Example,
3. Explanation of how this challenges traditional Media forms/conventions
Arguments against
1. Point - why PoMo, apply theory
2. Example,
3. Explanation of how this doesn't challenge traditional Media forms/conventions
Conclusion
To what extent does Gorillaz & Reality TV challenge traditional forms?
What aspects do you see as influential in developing Media Futures - where is our Media Culture headed?
(Use your homework last week to help you)
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