Kevin Harris A2 Media Studies

Notes on Censorship Research Disney have been editing the cartoon of "DUMBO" and are censoring away the offensive scenes inside DUMBO to make it more family friendly and not offend anyone which will get them in trouble. Other countries have been censoring movies to fit their regulations and/or beliefs like in china they have censored movies that may have got nudity. The tend to put clothes on the actor/actress so it doesn't interfere with their regulations as a country or if it would upset anyone. A Disney movie called "COCO"  wasn't going to come out in china because they weren't allowed to show movies about death either, but one of the people in the sensory industry watched COCO he cried and loved it so much that they decided to release the movie into china.

Media Regulation: Case Study, "13 Reasons Why" The New Zealand classifications body has created a new category of censorship for controversial Netflix drama   13 Reasons Why , after complaints from mental health bodies that it glorified suicide and could prompt copycats. New Zealand has the highest rate of teenage suicide in the OECD, with an average of two young people taking their own life each week. The New Zealand Office of Film and Literature created a new censorship category RP18 to address concerns over the series, issuing an immediate restriction on the show to those aged under 18, unless accompanied by an adult.  The authority said the existing classification distinctions were not considered adequate, as 16- and 17-year-olds were a prime age-group for teen suicide. The series, which was released in New Zealand at the end of March, chronicles the sexual assault and suicide of Hannah Baker, who records an extended suicide note through a series of 13 tapes expl...

Power and the Media Essay " Analyze  the representation of social groups in contemporary media." Power in the media is the understanding of who has power in constructing ideologies about society events and/or groups of people in society, which also mean how people are perceived or represented. An Example of this is Stuart Halls Representation Theory, he believes that the media like to use stereotypes a lot, stereotypes reduce people down to a few minor characteristics which others have come to associate with them. Ethnic minorities are represented in the media and stereotyped as very negative. Stuart Hall also believes that stereotypes tend to come about when there are people with power who are from the dominant hegemonic groups within society. Hegemony or Cultural Hegemony is a Greek word that means "to lead" but its usually associated with the ideas of dominations and control, as in the means by which one group dominates and controls another. H...

Power + the Media - Who owns all the media? How this relates to hegemony / power + the media. Television, film, and video game companies seem to come out of the woodwork in today’s startup-centric economy. But while it may  seem  like you have limitless options, most of the media you consume is owned by one of six companies. Or better known as the Big 6. independent media outlets still exist (and there are a  lot  of them), the major outlets are almost all owned by big 6. To be clear, “media” in this context does not refer just to news outlets — it refers to any medium that controls the distribution of information. So here, “media” includes 24-hour news stations, newspapers, publishing houses, Internet utilities, and even video game developers. National  Amusements Unless you’re directly involved in business and / or entertainment, you’ve probably never heard of National Amusements before. The company owns movie theaters throughout the world — about 950 total — ...