A negative representation is better than no representation at all.

A negative representation is better than no representation at all. Discuss this statement with reference to the group or place you have studied (500 words)

London is situated with many businesses that give of the best representation of Britain but in August 2011 normally known as the ‘silly season’, London was attacked by many teenagers due to many topics stirred by the media of what teenagers actually want. Giving people ideas of teenagers started to spin making a negative representation of teenagers better than no representation as teenagers wanted to be heard.

The media is controlled by hegemony of politicians as newspapers are either right wing (conservative) or left wing (labour) leading to the reader/audiences feeling that they MUST believe what the media say as it is the ‘common sense’. This is shown by the front page news allowing the reader to believe in the preferred reading (Hall’s) which is not taking teenagers seriously over the issues they want to discuss leading them to riot.

The images shown of the teenagers are shown either holding a weapon, which constructs and makes black people fall in to Alvarado’s theory of black representation, as Alvarado believed that black fall under four categories of dangerous, exotic, humorous and pitied; this leads into the London riots as they are dangerous because they are rioting, exotic because they are black, humorous because some of them don’t know why they are rioting and pitied by the audience intercepting the media.

Positive representation of other teenagers especially whites challenges Edward Saeed’s theory portraying white to be the other as they are counting to do the right thing, this is shown in the times newspaper to make the white youths look like they are the dominate ones and the helpful ones as the media in the UK is made up of representation of white upper class educated people.

Conflict between the police and urban youth had increased throughout the riots in London as police in Tottenham who are blacks are wearing white masks as they turned white as they have forgot about culture and where they have come from linking to Franz Fanon theory of wearing white masks.

                          

I believe in that a negative representation gives a person, meaning to be heard as action can be critical. Throughout the riots in London if the teenagers had no representation they would have mean allowed to riot and not stop by the police. Overall the teenagers in the media especially in newspapers were represented to be negative as they were shown to be the main cause of the riots.

BBC News night Article

BBC News night Article

Links:

1.       http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9652824/BBCs-Newsnight-airs-claims-of-child-abuse-against-leading-Tory-politician.html

2.       http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20278885

3.       http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/22/jimmy-savile-scandal-george-entwistle-evidence

Summary:

The articles discuss that the politician had taken part in rape and abuse of young boys from the homes as a part of paedophile ring. Steven Messam was one of hundred children, BBC news night only uncovered fraction of the abuse. The criticism was reveal by Iain Overton through twitter “a very senior political figure who is a paedophile” that had created speculations. News night did not name the politician. Messam had reported the abuse to the police but was called a liar. The investigation had be led from the BBC was accused of covering a previous Newsnight investigation that Jimmy Saville abused children.

Opinion:

I believe that George Entwistle was used as a scapegoat as he said that is was wrong to air the Newsnight program and he was only aware after programme was shown on TV but he had apologised to Lord Alpine and my perspective of this is that Entwistle should be allowed to work for BBC but be demoted to another section of BBC.

I accept as the public, I think that Newsnight should remain open due to the information that is available through the newsnight but BBC should put down or fire or even change the journalist on the show.

Twitter users should not be charged as they are required to their freedom of speech but I think some people such as Iain Overton had used their freedom of speech to create a stir in society between politicians and people like Sally Bercow as they had been all speculating on Twitter.

BBC: CHILDREN IN NEED

Children in Need goes ahead in shadow of BBC scandals-

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/nov/14/children-in-need-go-ahead-bbc-scandals

Summary:

The BBC will try to address the fallout of Jimmy Saville in the CHILDREN IN NEED fundraiser on BBC and will not mention his name. The BBC will keep an close eye on the public and how they respond. Terry Wogan will present the show. The recent problems of the BBC will shadow the the six hour fundraiser. They will make reference to the recent events that happen and shown in the press. The BBC also faced a downfall in the trust of license fee payers due to the result of Jimmy Saville.
Opinion:
My opinion about Jimmy Saville being the elephant in the room of this years children in need is that the BBC should really give any notice to him as he abuse those girls and don't think that public will take the reference positively due to the fact that we are license payers.

Feminism Essay

 "To what extent do you agree with Judith Butler's theory that gender roles are socially constructed"?

I believe that the genders are socially constructed as Judith Butler's and I agree with Judith butler theory as gender are fixed from the day you are born when your mum puts either blue or pink clothes on you.

As Judith Butler's theory argues that genders are reinforced in the media, through advertisement for example Lego toys which were aimed at boys, they are slightly aiming to a more unisex approach to advertisements.

Furthermore, a theory that opposes Butler's theory is Mc Robbie is that gender/feminism is empowered for example in the 90's and 80's, women wanted either a family or marriage; now teenager girls want to go university and get a job which allows men to have a different view of traditional feminist.

The women who show us, Mc Robbie's theory in everyday life is Julia Guillard who is a YouTube sensations and Australian Prime Minister, she had related her self to being a women as as fellow member of the party had quoted the judge to being misogynist (hatred against women) and the video had become viral for many people to see around the world.

Furthermore I do agree with Judith Butlers theory of genders are socially constructed due to Christmas toy displayed in shops like Morrison splitting up gender from a young age leaving a child confused about what toys they are allowed to play with.

Post colonial essay

Does the British media reflect the modern, multicultural nature of British society?

Throughout the years the British Media has change their views of multicultural British Society as their traditional views have been taken over, this can be shown in the Olympics 2012 as the opening ceremony; Danny Boyle shows how music has changed over the years in which shows how people have change.

As in the beginning of the last scene of opening ceremony it shows a strong white male protagonist (Mr Bean) running against other white males, the representation we get from here is that white males are stronger and well-spoken than any other multicultural society in which can counter argued as we won’t actually situated white males to become converted white Muslims, this countertype has recently been used in ‘Citizen Khan’ as they used a ginger white Muslim convert as the mosque leader.

The change over media has actually been connected to the colonialism because the British societies took over or rein many countries such as African Countries, Caribbean, India and Australasia as they wanted to make a profit, expand power and spread religion in which lead to many historical events such as Slavery as hey had racial & cultural inequality from 15^th-20^th century. Colonlism is still occurring in the here and now but less than before as many of countries or people of the countries like India have placed them in Britain and also brought over their culture for example curries, festivals and patriotism, this is shown in the movie, Yasmin as she is made to choose her roots over her normal day to day life in which she ends up in dilemma, this shows many young girls are being put in the circumstances every day.

This links us to post-colonism as this is the end of colonislism, the last and recent countries who were introduced to this was Hong Kong, it also connects us to Alvarado views of black stereotypes as he thought that racial representation belonged in four categories of exotic, dangerous, humorous and pitied, this is also shown in the London Olympics 2012 a Mo Farah is shown as pitied & exotic as he is asylum seeker and hardworker. 

Another, post colonist is Franz Fanon, about black people wearing white mask which is shown in modern society by the president of the USA as he acts like he wears a white mask, as he has seen to lost his native language and his culture has vanished as he  has become educated in which made him to act and behave in white white ways as he made to adapt and identify to the country.