Adlin Suraya's Media Culture

Week 4 Journal Entry The Truman Show I had watched this movie a long time ago when I was young, but never realized the hidden philosophical messages behind the story or the strong criticism it has towards mass media. Back then, I had simply treated it as an entertaining movie. Now, after all the media related subjects I had gone through each semester, I could relate what I learned in class while I was watching the movie. The Truman show is certainly more than just an entertaining movie with Jim Carrey starring in it. It is a movie that questions media and it’s control on people’s lives. To begin, the synopsis of the story is about 29-year old Truman Burbanks (Jim Carrey) whose whole life has been broadcasted to the world through the television screen. Every move he makes is broadcasted live through the abundant amount of cameras in his town called Sea Heaven (in actuality it is a very large set made specifically for him to live an ideal life). The Executive Producer, Christof, ...

Week 3 Journal Entry Facebook Facebook in its most purest form, like many other social media platforms that exists in this day and age, is there to share information. It’s used to tell a story, and that can be by sharing things that interest you or telling your story. I’d like to divide my experience on Facebook into a few stages : ·        Observing ·        Being a part of a community ·        Sharing ·        Watching From what I could remember, the first time I used Facebook was simply to see what was on my news feed. Based on my circle of friends, sometimes they would share things that would have similar interests with me. These pictures or videos that showed up on my feed mostly contained art or entertainment and likewise I would enjoy viewing it and leave a like and comment. I still do this, aimlessly spending a lot of my time scrolling through...

Week 2 Journal Entry Stereotypical Image That Has Caused Harm  “While advertising is only one of many factors that contribute to unequal gender outcomes, tougher advertising standards can play an important role in tackling inequalities and improving outcomes for individuals, the economy and society as a whole." - Chief Executive of the ASA, Guy Parker For decades, media has contorted to a certain way of depicting men and women in the 21 st century. Although media might not be the biggest contributor to gender stereotypes, they play a big role on controlling what we think is right or wrong. According to the Depictions, Predictions and Harms report from the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), gender stereotyping has been known to cause harm for its audience. Although new standards have been implemented to prevent this, not all forms of gender stereotyping are banned. But certain examples like; an advert depicting men are the ones that sit around at home while the wife s...

Week 1 Journal Entry “In your opinion what media discovery or invention has made the greatest impact on society today?” I feel that the ability to store and transfer information is what made us advance the way we have today. So, we owe a lot to the evolution of the internet and the computer. Despite the two being two entirely different things, they go hand in hand together when speaking about a media discovery with the greatest impact on society. It began in the 1960s, when the ARPANET, the first packet-switching network created by the US Department of Defences Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) became fully operational. ARPA was at first, a source funding for computer development. A decade later, ARPA became the openly networked Internet of the modern era. In 1970, the Alohanet, the first radio network that made use of random packet transmission was launched in the University of Hawaii. 2 years later, the first public demonstration of an e-mail was exhibited and catalysed...