Semesteral Review

 

Theory	Theorist	Definition (60 words)	Case Study (60 words)
Media ownership / regulation	-
Synergy	-
Cross Media Convergence	-
New Media	-
Agenda Setting	-
Censorship	-
US Law: Section 230	-
Technological Convergence	-
Hegemonic Groups	-
Moral Panic	Stanley Cohen	Moral panics are defined when news, problem or social phenomenon is shown exagertately by the media. This results in a widespread fear that is disproportionate to the problem.	The 'Momo Challage' (2018) was an internet phenomenon that talked about a creepy character named 'Momo' who haunts social media platforms that encourages children to perform suicide or dangerous actions. As the news became more trending. it results in widespread panic of parents and teens who feared their safety. But, in reality there was little evidence that says this threat was even real. Eventually the challange was debunked as a hoax.
Post Modernism	Jean Baudrillard	He states with Highetened and Hyper reality, Its hard for audiences to differentiate what's real and whats not. Typically, audiences also prefer the simulation.	The TV series Hell's Kitchen (2023) is considered a post modern text. as the TV show despite having aspects of reality such as real life actors is still likely manipulated by the producers. The Show's plot of a cooking contest might be exagerated with problems being purposely made or drama shown to increase the engagement. This blurs the line between reality and fiction as audience has a hard time breaking down what parts are real or fake.
Post Colonialism	Paul Gilroy	With colonialism coming to end and with it, the influence of the powerful groups who are at top who are typically white males of Europian decent. They resort in influencing people through the media by portraying themselves as powerful and the 'otthers' as weak.	Black Panther 2 (2022) is a movie that subverts Post Colonialism. This is because, instead of showing the 'Colonizers' ( Europeans or America ) as powerful. The Wakandans who represents Africa show themselves as powerful, futuristic and civilized. This influences the audience as following the release they would view the countries in Africa with a prefered reading and not at all to what most representation of Africa is.