Kevin Harris A2 Media Studies

 Task 1  Jean Teng speaks to New Zealand film-makers and funding bodies to assess how well we’re doing with “diversity and inclusion” in Aotearoa. A re we failing to support emerging filmmakers from minority communities, and can this summit act as a catalyst for change? The Power of Inclusion summit took place over two days at the Aotea Centre on 3-4 October. It was hosted by the New Zealand Film Commission (NZFC) and Women and Film in Television International, and supported by the Walt Disney Company and a range of other, smaller players. There were high-profile international guests, including keynote speakers Geena Davis and Yara Shahidi, and many local film-makers and producers. The summit’s stated intention was to “posit future action to create a more inclusive industry and world”. Annabelle Sheehan, the Film Commission’s chief executive, later said that care was taken to ensure the programme didn’t become an echo chamber. The presence of producers and decision-makers in h...

Imagine the first time when young children see a superhero or an astronaut on screen whose image looks like them. For some kids, the moment of seeing  Black Panther  was their first time seeing a superhero of color on screen. Better yet, this groundbreaking film which has netted over $900 million dollars, could have been the first time seeing a predominantly black cast with a black director, black costume designers, black hairstylists, and more, actively producing representation in a positive light. The content our society views on screen is supposed to reflect its people, but all too often the entertainment and media industries tend to marginalize people of color, and women, just to name a few. Stories affect all areas of life in terms of how people view themselves, how they live their lives, and how they see others. Some of the content that these industries distribute to the public remains the only form of representation some individuals see, and these portrayals may be accu...

"Audiences now have just as much power as media institutions." To what extent do you agree with this statement?" Back in the day Big Tech multinational conglomerates like Disney, Facebook, Twitter, etc. They have had more power for many years over the audiences as the producers would create the media for audiences to watch and enjoy in cinemas, as well as over social media itself. But all of this has slightly changed nowadays, thanks to the role of web 2.0 and YouTube, YouTube has received  30,000 hrs of videos uploaded daily, and with 1 billion hrs of videos watched every day, this market is huge and will keep growing as technology grows. as well. Web 2.0 has helped many around the world with gaining power over media as it helps audiences to create their own media instead of relying on big tech conglomerates to create media on time and worth the wait with key points of knowledge and entertainment, with audiences creating their own media it helps others to enjoy it more ...

  Media regulation today is complex and becoming more and more difficult." To what extent do you agree with this question? Media is becoming more and more complex, which makes it difficult to regulate. With technological Advancements growing over the years it has opened the eyes of audiences and allowed them to watch media that can be perceived as harmful and disturbing to either a younger audiences or others watching. Technological convergence has allowed families to be under the same roof with iPhone, iPad, TVs, and laptops to consume media, instead of one form of technology the whole family watches on. Parents of a house hold would be gatekeepers of their family to regulate their child from watching over-rated shows and play games, but as the technology advances this means that parents have no control over what their child watches or when they watch it as, they would no longer need IDs when entering a DVD store to purchase or rent a movie, as they can just stream it on...

"Media regulation today is complex and becoming more and more difficult." To what extent do you agree with this question? The media plays a huge part in how audiences perceive the world as it gives views that help audiences connect with the world. Through this connection, technological advancements have grown over the years, which helps audiences connect with each other. The media controls the stereotypes that are being fed into ideologies for audiences, which relates to hegemony as it perceives to the audiences of  the social, and cultural influence applied by a dominant group. Covid - 4.63 million New Zealanders had access to internet at the time of lockdown. Covid has prevented audiences to go out and watch movies in the cinemas, which has caused theatre attendance to go down, while allowing streaming services to increase. Because of covid the cinemas would show movies that are rated at a certain rating to protect audiences from being harmed and or disturbed, but now that ...

Many Social Media platforms believe that audiences are getting information about the world from twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, instead of from news broadcasting platforms. YouTube have said "To help keep our communities safe, we haven't waited for regulation; we've created new technology, hired expert reviewers, worked with external specialists, and reviewed our policies to ensure they are fit for the evolving challenges online." Facebook have said " we have clear rules about what is and isn't allowed on our platforms and we are investing billions in safety. We look forward to carry on the discussion with government, parliament and the rest of the industry, as the process continues." These two Social Media platforms have said that they do not want any harmful information or posts on their platforms as it can be harming for others, which isn't good. They believe that they have put enough money and resources into preventing this harmful information ...

Social media platforms have served as great information for political engagement and social activism for  years , especially for the Black Americans. This was obvious in 2020, when  an unarmed Black man , George Floyd, was killed by a White Minneapolis police officer which resulted in  widespread protests  that demonstrated the reach and power of these platforms. From both  2016  and  2018 , the idea that although race-related hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter are consistent on platforms like Twitter. Spikes in the usage of these hashtags often correspond with current events. B lack social media users Although engaging in political behaviors and types of activism on media platforms is not limited to any one group, Black social media users are often more likely than their brothers and sisters from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to engage in different types of political activities on social media and to believe these activities are more effective....

Media Regulation Theory Task 1 "How has technology development made media regulation harder?" The BBFC is the regulatory body that is responsible for setting the rules about what can and cant be in films. They are the ones that make the film certificates and assign those to different films, as well as they are the ones to ban a film if they do not conform to those rules. They think regulation of media is hard, first of all its hard to decide what rules there should and shouldn't be, lots of the rules that are in place now in different media industries about protecting audience from harm, there about stopping us from being offended, as well as traumatized. They put in these rules to protect us and in particular to protect children and young people, but those rules also affect adults as well which makes it very difficult because adults often fear that once they are over the age of 18 they should have choice, they should be able to watch what they want as well...

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...