Image Re-presentation in Don DeLillo’s Point Omega

While technological advancement and artistic creations have amazingly diversified the (re-)presentation of images, infinite image proliferation becomes an irresistible trend. To resist the subsuming power of the image-laden society, the renewed perceptions and interpretations of the image presentation are explored both in artistic presentation and in literary writing. Point Omega is a convergence of such an attempt. The paper explores how the time-featured image in Point Omega activates new idea, sensuous responses, and self-perception. Point Omega represents Douglas Gordon’s 24 Hour Psycho which is an adaptation of Hitchcock’s Psycho. By reframing the running speed to two frames a second, Gordon drastically challenges the familiar recognition and interpretation. Writing about Gordon’s work, DeLillo stresses the emergence of various perceptions, imaginations, and association in the video-watching process. No longer resting on the cultural critique on the media society as what has been done in his earlier works, DeLillo marks time as the prominent variable for the emergence of the new and the unknown. Moreover, DeLillo’s image representation highlights the physical condition which is both an essential feature of Gordon’s video installation and the hinge for DeLillo’s distinct writing. For one thing, the emergence of the new and the unthought lies in the interweaving between the spectator’s awareness and imagination of the physicality and his responses to the reframed image. For another, the physicality of the time-reframed image resonates with the desert underscored in the main story. In the story, DeLillo contends about the relation between the time-featured space and the transient self. The desert mirroring the time-featured image renders the distinctive conditions for different self-perception. Hence, the image representation in Point Omega proffers the condition for the unexpected and unthought, reconfigures the selfhood, and, significantly, enacts the alternative writing which trespasses from the filmic to the fictional, from the visual to the verbal.

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Surgeon, Media, Society, Patient

The Changing Scope of Technoethics in Contemporary Society - Advances in Information Security, Privacy, and Ethics ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-5094-5.ch011 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 197-225

Author(s):

Brett Lunceford

Keyword(s):

Plastic Surgery ◽

Cosmetic Surgery ◽

Full Range ◽

Ethical Considerations ◽

Respect For Autonomy ◽

The Media ◽

Media Society ◽

Ethical Failures ◽

The Relationship ◽

Made In

For many, cosmetic surgery holds the promise that one can reshape his or her body to remove perceived defects and thus have a more perfect body. However, the decision to undergo elective cosmetic surgery is not made in a vacuum, and it is easy to overlook the full range of ethical considerations surrounding cosmetic surgery. Many medical ethicists subscribe to an ethical code that centers mainly on the relationship between the doctor and patient, with a focus on respect for autonomy, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and justice. This chapter builds on this framework by extending the scope of actors to include not only the surgeon and the patient but also the media and the overall society. To illustrate this framework, the author uses the example of actress Heidi Montag, who underwent 10 different plastic surgery procedures in one day. The chapter concludes with a discussion of potential correctives for ethical failures in each of these areas.

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Latinizing Fenway Park: A Cultural Critique of the Boston Red Sox, Their Fans, and the Media

Sociology of Sport Journal ◽

10.1123/ssj.17.4.403 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 17 (4) ◽

pp. 403-422 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Alan Klein

Keyword(s):

People Of Color ◽

Cultural Critique ◽

Media Content Analysis ◽

Racial Tolerance ◽

Large Numbers ◽

The Media ◽

Media Reports ◽

First Time ◽

Fenway Park ◽

Boston Red Sox

This study examines racial tolerance through the intersection of the media, fans, and the Boston Red Sox. Through the 1998 season Red Sox home games in which Dominican Pedro Martinez pitched attracted large numbers of Latinos. This marked the first time that large numbers of people of color regularly attended Fenway Park. Media reports simultaneously promoted both an awareness of this cultural phenomenon and portrayed it as widely applauded. In presenting a story of Boston’s “embracing the ace,” the media reports also wound up pushing a view of widespread approval of the new Latino presence both in Fenway and society at large. This study sought to compare the impressions of widespread exuberance for Martinez and the Dominicans at the Park with actual interviews of those Anglos at the Park. It also sought to examine what motivated the Dominicans to attend in such large numbers and to so publicly celebrate their identity. The results showed that Anglos held a fractured view about Dominicans: a very positive view of Pedro Martinez as a Dominican but a fairly evenly split view of Dominicans in general. For their part, Dominicans were unconcerned with what Anglos thought and came to the game only to lend support to their Latino hero, as well as bask in his reflected glow. One methodological conclusion arrived at is that media content analysis must be cross checked against some sort of data and must not be assumed to accurately reflect social reality.

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Spin in the Media - the Media in a (self-)Spin?

MedieKultur Journal of media and communication research ◽

10.7146/mediekultur.v22i40.1317 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 22 (40) ◽

pp. 10

Author(s):

Nete Nørgaard Kristensen

Keyword(s):

Election Campaign ◽

Main Argument ◽

One Dimensional ◽

Professional Self ◽

The Media ◽

Media Society ◽

The Relationship

The article focuses on the discussion of spin in the Danish media, especially during the 2005 election campaign, in which spin was a prominent issue amongst journalists. The main argument is that this is not primarily an expression of a professional, self-reflective con- sciousness regarding the shifts in the relationship between the media, society and politics. Rather, it is an expression of a self-legitimizing meta-discourse that might, however, fail to see the more structurally rooted tendencies that spin is part of - a mediatization of politics - presenting new perspectives and challenges for both politics and the media. These perspectives appear to disintegrate in the comprehen- sive but often one-dimensional and self-centered discourse of jour- nalists and communication experts, wherein they proclaim every political, communicative initiative as spin in the hunt for the disclosure of political facade.

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FUNCTIONALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT

Knowledge International Journal ◽

10.35120/kij30061713m ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 30 (6) ◽

pp. 1713-1722

Author(s):

Gojko Milivojjevic ◽

Daryan Boykov

Keyword(s):

Social Sciences ◽

New Media ◽

Media Management ◽

Public Response ◽

The Public ◽

Fundamental Knowledge ◽

The Media ◽

Media Society ◽

Media Research ◽

And Performance

Media management is at the crossroads of communications and economics, not only because of the public response from the functioning of the media, but also because of the interdisciplinary intertwining of strict economic principles and fundamental knowledge of communication science. It is a complex array of accumulated knowledge in various social sciences, confirmed by empirical research. To this, globalization is added as a relatively new phenomenon, so the field of media research is becoming even more attractive and interesting. As the media transports values, attitudes, feelings and ideas to the world, acting as mediators in the distribution of information from one to many points in its classical version and interactive, stimulating dialogue, the "new media" version of this article is also considered analyze the parameters and characteristics of the media society as a systemic entity whose structures are outlined by themselves and where the coexistence of people is influenced by them.

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THE ARTS OF SOCIAL REALITY (RE) CONSTRUCT INDIVIDUAL MINDSET OF POST-INDEPENDENCE COMMUNITY VIA HISTORICAL DOCUMENTARY

Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews ◽

10.18510/hssr.2019.7231 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 270-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mohd Nor Shahizan Ali ◽

Neesa Ameera Mohamed Salim

Keyword(s):

Mass Media ◽

Rapid Development ◽

Social Reality ◽

Meaning Construction ◽

Current Debate ◽

Technological Advancement ◽

Rapid Urbanization ◽

The Arts ◽

The Media ◽

Media And Communication

Purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to analyse the meaning construction of the post-independence communities based on a historical documentary “Big Kitchen (1952)” which focuses on the literacy aspect of how an individual construe, implement and adapt technology in constructing meaning in line with the rapid development of the country. Methodology: A focus group discussion was conducted which involved twenty-one informants from an Institute of Higher Learning in Malaysia. The discussion focuses on how the post-independence communities collectively construct their institutional knowledge by linking these three main areas; literacy, meaning construction and technology based on the historical documentary which consequently reveals the social reality of the community. Main Findings: Findings revealed thatthere is a culture change (in Malaysia) due to migration, technological advancement, and rapid urbanization based on the meanings constructed by the post-independence communities. The combination of migration, technological development, and rapid urbanization have caused the informants to not be influenced by media materials that are shown but assess material based on the understanding and withholding long underlying themselves over the years. Applications of this study: Since the media and communication studies is an established academic discipline in today’s digital era, this study is beneficial in contributing to the development of mass media and communication field specifically in the area of media literacy/ broadcasting literacy as the study covers the art of scientific investigation of the media. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study justifies how media research and the technological shift in the media landscape affects the arts of social reality and the meaning construction of the post-independence communities in Malaysia via the “Big Kitchen (1952)” documentary. Findings revealed in this study contribute to the current debate of the current media issues, and to the development of mass media and communication field.

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Creating Boundary-Breaking, Marketing-Relevant Consumer Research

Journal of Marketing ◽

10.1177/0022242919889876 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 84 (2) ◽

pp. 1-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Deborah J. MacInnis ◽

Vicki G. Morwitz ◽

Simona Botti ◽

Donna L. Hoffman ◽

Robert V. Kozinets ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Consumer Research ◽

Policy Makers ◽

Rigorous Research ◽

Wide Range ◽

The Media ◽

Media Society ◽

Business Practitioners ◽

The Impact ◽

Breaking Work ◽

Do So

Consumer research often fails to have broad impact on members of the marketing discipline, on adjacent disciplines studying related phenomena, and on relevant stakeholders who stand to benefit from the knowledge created by rigorous research. The authors propose that impact is limited because consumer researchers have adhered to a set of implicit boundaries or defaults regarding what consumer researchers study, why they study it, and how they do so. The authors identify these boundaries and describe how they can be challenged. By detailing five impactful articles and identifying others, they show that boundary-breaking, marketing-relevant consumer research can influence relevant stakeholders including academics in marketing and allied disciplines as well as a wide range of marketplace actors (e.g., business practitioners, policy makers, the media, society). Drawing on these articles, the authors articulate what researchers can do to break boundaries and enhance the impact of their research. They also indicate why engaging in boundary-breaking work and enhancing the breadth of marketing’s influence is good for both individual researchers and the fields of consumer research and marketing.

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TED Talks in EFL Context: An Alternative Way for Teaching and Improving Student’s Speaking Skills

ELSYA : Journal of English Language Studies ◽

10.31849/elsya.v2i2.3968 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 7-11

Author(s):

Mutia Sari Nursafira

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Technological Advancement ◽

Discussion Paper ◽

Relevant Paper ◽

Efl Context ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

The Media ◽

Ted Talks ◽

Speaking Skills

The technological advancement has made the media rapidly grow, particularly as a learning media. Teachers and educators today are required to be creative, innovative and updated in finding and using media as a learning tool in class. It can't be avoided anymore the use of technology in millennium era has become a necessity for teachers in EFL teaching. This study aims to discuss how a video-based conference video channel known as TED Talks can be useful in improving students’ speaking skills. The methodology used qualitative research and data collection obtained from relevant paper-based articles that have studied TED Talks as a learning medium to improve speaking skills. The results of this discussion paper showed that TED Talks has an effect on improving speaking among the EFL and also as a motivation for teachers and students to always keep spirit, inspirational and insightful. A novelty finding is that TED Talks also changes the students’ perspectives for the better, as they see that people from any country and ethnicity can speak English confidently in public.

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