radio extract 1958 task 5

what is being represented?


in this video racial violence is being represented, we hear at the beginning of the video that a man is saying an immediate evils of the invasion is breeding. he states that he does not want a mulatto Britain (this is when a person has one black and one white parent). The voice over then says that something new and ugly has raised its head in Britain, this says to me that he is talking about black people living in Britain.

who is being represented? 


I think that white and black people are being represented in  this video. This is because we hear the two sides of the story, one side from white people who are talking about how they don't want black people in Britain and how they don't want a mulatto Britain. Then we don't get much from the black gentleman who speaks but he tells us that he was told britain will never stay black, then he says he is still here today. this tells me he was told at a young age that britain would not stay black and when he is grown he tells us he is still here. 

How is the representation constructed? (communicated?)


This is communicated by racial violence. a white man who talks on the video says he wants to stop immigration by removing the problem all together. He then states he wants to do this by blind violence. At the beginning of the video the voice over tells us that are different opinions about how to fight it, but we know that blind violence didn't work because the Black man in Britain now tells us that he is still here now.   

prezi black britain

Black Britain on Prezi

definition of words

identity:  A psychological identity relates to self-image (a person's mental model of him or herself), self-esteem, and individuality. An important part of identity in psychology is gender identity, as this dictates to a significant degree how an individual views him or herself both as a person and in relation to other people, ideas and nature. In cognitive psychology, the term "identity" refers to the capacity for self-reflection and the awareness of self (Leary & Tangney 2003, p. 3).

Sociology places some explanatory weight on the concept of role-behavior. The notion of identity negotiation may arise from the learning of social roles through personal experience. Identity negotiation is a process in which a person negotiates with society at large regarding the meaning of his or her identity.

Psychologists most commonly use the term "identity" to describe personal identity, or the idiosyncratic things that make a person unique. Meanwhile, sociologists often use the term to describe social identity, or the collection of group memberships that define the individual. However, these uses are not proprietary, and each discipline may use either concept and each discipline may combine both concepts when considering a person's identity               

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_(social_science)

collective identity :The term collective identity may refer to a variety of concepts. In general however, these concepts generally pertain to phenomena where an individuals' perceived membership in a social group impacts upon their own identity in some way. The idea of a collective identity has received attention in a wide variety of academic fields. In psychology, and in particular social psychology, this has led to a vast research literature and concerted scientific study. Most archetypal perhaps being Henri Tajfel’s andJohn Turner's work in developing social identity theory

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_identity

Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR), is a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement (facilitative mediation). In some cases, mediators may express a view on what might be a fair or reasonable settlement, generally where all the parties agree that the mediator may do so (evaluative mediation).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation

HEGEMONY: Gramsci believed the media have always had a key role in teaching people to do things in their everyday lives that support the power structures. In media studies today, people look at how the media support power structures such as government, capitalism/corporations, and patriarchy. For example:

•   A news report that shows strong support for a controversial foreign policy decision can be said to hegemonically support the government.

•   A home improvement network that makes it seem "normal" to own high-end granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances can be said to be hegemonically supporting the capitalist economic system.

•   A game show that shows scantily-clad women passively standing still until the host tells her to "open the case" can be seen as hegemonically promoting patriarchy.

Media can also be seen as being counterhegemonic. An episode of a sitcom that questions traditional women's roles, for example, might be seen as counterhegemonic. So might a documentary that questions the government's involvement in a war.

Antonio Gramsci's conceptualization of hegemony has become an important part of the media studies discipline and media studies classes around the world. This concept has contributed a valuable vocabulary for discussing the relationship between media and power.



Read more at Suite101: Hegemony and Media Studies: Antonio Gramsci's Theory of the Hegemonic Media | Suite101.com http://www.suite101.com/content/hegemony-and-media-studies-a52278#ixzz1R7uTLcRW

COLONIALISM and POST-COLONIALISM

 by a stronger country of weaker one; the use of the weaker country's resources to strengthen and enrich the stronger country

Post-colonialism is an intellectual direction (sometimes also called an “era” or the “post-colonial theory”) that exists since around the middle of the 20th century. It developed from and mainly refers to the time after colonialism. The post-colonial direction was created as colonial countries became independent.

imperial other: relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire" 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_subculture

YOUTH SUBCULTURE: A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family, work, home and school. Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.

Syncretism

the attempt to reconcile contrary beliefs, often while melding practices of various schools of thought. The term means "combining," but see below for the origin of the word. Syncretism may involve attempts to merge andanalogise several originally discrete traditions, especially in the theology andmythology of religion, and thus assert an underlying unity allowing for aninclusive approach to other faiths.

Syncretism also occurs commonly in expressions of arts and culture.

Post-Modernism

Postmodernism is a movement away from the viewpoint of modernism. More specifically it is a tendency in contemporary culture characterized by the problem ofobjective truth and inherent suspicion towards global cultural narrative or meta-narrative. It involves the belief that many, if not all, apparent realities are only social constructs, as they are subject to change inherent to time and place. It emphasizes the role of language, power relations, and motivations; in particular it attacks the use of sharp classifications such as male versus female, straight versus gay, white versus black, and imperial versus colonial. Rather, it holds realities to be plural and relative, and dependent on who the interested parties are and what their interests consist in. It attempts to problematise modernist overconfidence, by drawing into sharp contrast the difference between how confident speakers are of their positions versus how confident they need to be to serve their supposed purposes. Postmodernism has influenced many cultural fields, including literary criticism, sociology, linguistics,architecture, anthropology, visual arts, and music.

Urban Music

Musical genre of the 1980s and '90s defined by recordings by rhythm-and-blues or soul artists with broad crossover appeal. Urban contemporary began as an American radio format designed to appeal to advertisers who felt that "black radio" would not reach a wide enough audience.