...? Media Audiences Question What does an ethnographic approach to audience research involve? Briefly discuss howthis approach compares with other approaches to audience study and briefly outline the strengths and weaknesses of this approach in audience research. Answer: Ethnography is a branch of anthropology which provides scientific descriptions and interpretations of human social behavior. It is a systematic study of people that observes, through extensive fieldwork, how humans act and interact in a specific and defined culture. Ethnography is an approach to research dedicated to collecting in-depth information on...
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...a story which takes place in Panem. The rule that remains constant in the Hunger Games is to kill or be killed. The author has managed to entertain, and also to brutally intimidate readers by propagating violence. This is because it is mandatory for all citizens to watch the boys and girls trying to eliminate each other by killing one another. The author has used realistic characters that depict normal day to day activities. Works Cited Grossman, Lev. “Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.” Time Magazine 2009. Web. 19 Mar. 2012. Sperling, Nicole. “The Hunger Games: Josh Hutcherson and Liam...
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... to face each other in the final battle of eating poisonous berries; they learn to overthrow each other by giving into each other in such a manner that there is no winner or loser; in this manner, the various districts understand that a winner will only emerge when they work together against the unfair government and overthrow it. That is ultimately their biggest challenge, and not defeating each other, which is merely a trap lay down by the Capitol. Works Cited Collins, Suzanne. The
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...desirable and a required part of our cultural and intellectual growth. The contention that violence in media morphs into real life aggression among its audience to become predisposed to violence is also unclear. Many social scientists and behavioral experts concluded that there is a “weak correlation between watching media violence and real life aggression” (Justinecassell.com). Almost everybody has had their own exposure of violence in books and movies and yet only few are predisposed to violence. Clearly, reading books and watching movies alone that has violence does not automatically make one violent. In Hunger Games, violence may be...
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...Hunger games 2 The ‘hunger games’ is a serial production of the movies with first release dating March in 2012 while the second release being most resent in November 2013 and is entitled ‘catching fire’. The movie is a continuation of the previous episode, which is captured through the 2012 release in the hunger games (1). Power dynamics, dependence, interdependence as well as survival within the ‘hunger games’ series is seen through the eyes of two young people engaged in the games which are conducted annually with a motive of selecting the district to...
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...specified society (Hall, 1996)." By this definition, western culture is its own society, but when referred to, the regions most commonly thought of as embodying western culture are Europe and the United States. The most significant aspect of western culture has to do with the ideology of the hegemony in charge. In western culture this would be the business moguls especially those that own media companies, majority members of government Hall defines representation as "How the world is socially constructed and represented to and by us (Hall, 1996)." The representation is key because it dictates how a group of people will interact with their culture and also how other...
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...Your full December 3, Hunger Games The most memorable moment in the book, The Hunger Games, was when Peeta lost his leg, after which he and Katniss try to commit suicide. Big old wolves, who were actually the dead tributes engineered by the Capitol, were chasing them. Katniss heard Peeta cry when she reached the top of the hill, and she pulled him aside her. She fired into the wolves, recognizing every tribute. Cato climbed beside Peeta, and Katniss was confused. She thought that Cato would pull Peeta down into the pack of wolves if she shot him. However, she shot Cato on his hand, and Peeta pushed him down into the wolves, who bit and torn him there and then. Peeta found...
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...MASS MEDIA AND MEDIA ETHNOGRAPHY by The mass audience It refers to a huge audience. The whole world is practically concentrating on one thing at a single time. An audience is in this sense is regarded as a mass rather than been taken as multiple individuals or still distinct sub-groups. This notion assumes media as a social problem. It homogenizes its audience and makes it into victims of bland and repetitive entertainment. Media audiences may be defined in regard to location, size, consumption and subjectivity. Location of the media locally will raise question concerning regulation and control. Audiences are also defined by the consumption that they make as there are those of a particular genre, text or medium. There is also... the...
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...Theme Analysis Apparently, the overriding theme of The Hunger Games is ‘hunger’. But this paper argues that the concept of ‘hunger’ does not capture the real struggles that people outside Capitol of Panem endure. The expression ‘starved to death’ is a more accurate description of the book’s theme than ‘hunger’. This description, “On the table, under a wooden bowl to protect it from hungry rates and cats alike, sits a perfect little goat cheese wrapped in basil leaves” (Collins 5), shows how extremely valuable is a piece of cheese to these people. It reveals the level of starvation suffered by them and the serious steps they will take to protect that...
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...The Hunger Games Katniss Everdeen is evidently the winner in The Hunger Games. Throughout the play she comes out as bold and courageous, a survivor and one who wears many hats. When her father dies, she takes care of the family. She is focused even during the trying moments. She encourages and comforts her mother during the period of grief. She describes the days following the tragedy (loss of her father) as “it was slow-going at first, but I was determined to feed us… (4.19).” Clearly, this shows that she was committed to help feed the family. She does this even by stealing eggs, catching fish, among other hustlers just to put food on the table.
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