scholarly journals Convenient Fictions: The Script of Lesbian Desire in the Post-Ellen Era: A New Zealand Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
ALison Julie Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Television Audience

<p>Little has been published about the ascending trajectory of lesbian characters in prime-time television texts. Rarer still are analyses of lesbian fictions on New Zealand television. This study offers a robust and critical interrogation of Sapphic expression found in the New Zealand television landscape. More specifically, this thesis analyses fictional lesbian representation found in New Zealand's prime-time, free-to-air television environment. It argues that television's script of lesbian desire is more about illusion than inclusion, and that lesbian representation is a misnomer, both qualitatively and quantitively. In order to assess the authenticity of television's lesbian fictions, I sampled the opinions of New Zealand's television audience through focus group and survey methodology, and analysed two primary sources of lesbian representation available between 2004-2006. Television and other media provide the social and cultural background - the milieu - against or within which their fictions, dramas and comedies are set. Even when media texts are clearly non- or anti realistic (fantasy films, for instance), they usually attempt to produce their narratives as consistent, familiar and in keeping with the cultural characteristics, values and proclivities of mainstream contemporary society. This is not realism so much as a set of arbitrary conventions that are read as, or stand for, reality and the real. In short, the media is a teller of stories and fairy tales; and since mainstream Western culture has naturalised homonormativity, television's fairy tales are almost exclusively tales of heterosexuality. Television, from this perspective, reinscribes and reinforces what Pierre Bourdieu refers to as the 'masculine order'. Television uses reality to frame messages of compulsory heterosexuality, and it rarely presents homonormative messages. Lesbian representation is, therefore, difficult for a heteronormative medium to render without effort. Homonormativity is, for lesbian audiences, a central part of the cultural background - the components of realism, if you like, within which representations of lesbians would 'play out' their stories in media texts. Television stories which ignore this imperative deny both the audience's ability to interpret for themselves the integrity of the representation, and their ability to acquire new knowledge of lesbians.</p>

scholarly journals Convenient Fictions: The Script of Lesbian Desire in the Post-Ellen Era: A New Zealand Perspective

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
ALison Julie Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Prime Time ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Television Audience

<p>Little has been published about the ascending trajectory of lesbian characters in prime-time television texts. Rarer still are analyses of lesbian fictions on New Zealand television. This study offers a robust and critical interrogation of Sapphic expression found in the New Zealand television landscape. More specifically, this thesis analyses fictional lesbian representation found in New Zealand's prime-time, free-to-air television environment. It argues that television's script of lesbian desire is more about illusion than inclusion, and that lesbian representation is a misnomer, both qualitatively and quantitively. In order to assess the authenticity of television's lesbian fictions, I sampled the opinions of New Zealand's television audience through focus group and survey methodology, and analysed two primary sources of lesbian representation available between 2004-2006. Television and other media provide the social and cultural background - the milieu - against or within which their fictions, dramas and comedies are set. Even when media texts are clearly non- or anti realistic (fantasy films, for instance), they usually attempt to produce their narratives as consistent, familiar and in keeping with the cultural characteristics, values and proclivities of mainstream contemporary society. This is not realism so much as a set of arbitrary conventions that are read as, or stand for, reality and the real. In short, the media is a teller of stories and fairy tales; and since mainstream Western culture has naturalised homonormativity, television's fairy tales are almost exclusively tales of heterosexuality. Television, from this perspective, reinscribes and reinforces what Pierre Bourdieu refers to as the 'masculine order'. Television uses reality to frame messages of compulsory heterosexuality, and it rarely presents homonormative messages. Lesbian representation is, therefore, difficult for a heteronormative medium to render without effort. Homonormativity is, for lesbian audiences, a central part of the cultural background - the components of realism, if you like, within which representations of lesbians would 'play out' their stories in media texts. Television stories which ignore this imperative deny both the audience's ability to interpret for themselves the integrity of the representation, and their ability to acquire new knowledge of lesbians.</p>

scholarly journals Social Movements Facing Authoritarian-Style Neoliberal Governments: Comparative Positioning Towards Violence in Indonesia and France

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Gabriel Facal ◽  
Gloria Truly Estrelita
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Civil Disobedience ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Political Strategies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Neoliberal Policies ◽  
Anthropological Approach ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
Systemic Crises

Faced with global and systemic crises, neoliberal oriented governments are taking on more authoritarian forms of governance. By using the power of the media, justice, the police, and a set of government technologies, this authoritarian style manifests itself in alternating phases of low-key brutality and crises of ostentatious repression designed to frighten and demoralize opposition social movements. Confronted with these modes of government, the social movements adopt different tactics of mobilization, ranging from direct confrontation to forms of compromise and civil disobedience. With the climate crisis as well as the globalization of social struggles, these movements adopt new political strategies, which question the dichotomy between violence and non-violence. Using a historical and anthropological approach, this paper studies two cases in contemporary Indonesia and France. It shows that the objectives of the groups involved and the national socio-political and cultural background shape the local specificities of these strategies. The comparison, however, reveals similarities at both levels. It shows the persistence and even strengthening of class and oligarchy networks in the implementation of authoritarian-style neoliberal policies. It also points to the respective effectiveness of violent and non-violent tactics in the implementation of militant strategies.

scholarly journals FRAMING ANALYSIS PEMBERITAAN AKSI PENEMBAKAN MUSLIM CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND DI MEDIA ONLINE BBC

MEDIAKITA ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moh. Yunus
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Media Framing ◽  
Online Media ◽  
Framing Analysis ◽  
The Social ◽  
Religious Issue ◽  
The Media ◽  
Western Media

In this article, the authors chose to do a framing analysis built by western media in the Muslim shootings that took place in New Zealand. The media that the authors of the analysis are online media, BBC. After framing the author found several facts that, the BBC media always tuck in every beginning of the headline (which is related to the event) by using the sentence Christchurch Shootings. The BBC media also picked up a story of a hero in Naaem Rashid, one of the victims who fought against the shooter before being killed. This media also criticized several policies on the legality of possession of firearms in New Zealand and criticism of several social media that ‘already’ broadcasted videos containing shooting content and delays in some of the social media in removing videos thathad spread. BBC media did not mention that this act was an act of terrorism or even called Brenton Tarrant - the Actor of the Shooting - as a terrorist. In fact, this media does not mention the issue of religion which is one of the motives for the shooting carried out by Brenton. The media also did not mention victims based on their religion. This shows that the BBC media does not want to bring up the religious issue which is one of the factors in the shooting.Keywords: Christchurch Shooting, BBC online media, Framing

scholarly journals The impact of the content of the television programming upon the politicization of the Kosovo society

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
Resul Sinani
Keyword(s):  
Prime Time ◽  
Opinion Poll ◽  
Direct Influence ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Television Programming ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Very High

The effect of the media over the society is the object of the studies of the social science of communication since its founding up to today. A lot of scientific theories explore, argues and explain the connections and the effect of the media over the public. The purpose of this paper is to evident and argument the effect that the media, especially the TV programming has on the politicization of the Kosovar society, which is manifested in a large number of conversations that have to do with politics. In order to argument the direct link between the content of the TV programming (as a media) and political conversations among citizens, this writing will present the results of measuring the contents of the four biggest TV stations in Kosovo: RTK, KTV, RTV 21 and Klan Kosova. What was measured is the amount of programs that have political content within a week at the time when the viewing is at its peak, or in what is known as prime time, from 17 00 to 24 00 h. It also involves an opinion poll of the public which was asked about the influence of the content of TV programs on their daily conversations. The results of programming contents prove a very high percentage of political programs on these four TV stations (RTK 1, KTV, RTV 21 and Klan Kosova), whereas the results of the public polling prove the direct influence of the contents of this programs on the daily conversations.

Parameters of Regional Media Discourse: Subject, Communicative Situation, Context Structure

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-157
Author(s):  
Bair B. Sibidanov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Goal Setting ◽  
Social Action ◽  
Speech Communication ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
Ethical Assessment ◽  
Typical Situation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Texts ◽  
Media Message

The article examines the main characteristics of regional media discourse defined on the basis of Teun. A. van Dijk’s cognitive discourse theory. The article focuses on three aspects: the types of subjects of social action; features of the media text; and the context structure of regional media discourse. The author proposes to introduce a regulatory goal setting along with the cognitive one into the media discourse functioning model. This change influences the ultimate goal of media functioning. According to the author, apart from giving information, journalists and their articles have an important task of encouraging social action. Therefore, the article concentrates on the types of subjects of social action, but not on the types of authors of media texts. Subjects of social action are: institution, person, media, and society. All of them (except for society) can act both as authors and main characters in media texts. Society is the only subject of the media field that is symbolic. Its function is to give an ethical assessment of the content of the media message. Mass audience is characterised as generally passive, and it is not able to become the subject of media discourse. It leads to the fact that the opponent (interlocutor) of the author cannot take part in shaping the content and developing the dynamics of regional media discourse, like in oral discourse. The characters of the texts, i.e. subjects of social action, do it, depending on how the author presented them. As a result, the images of subjects become dramatic. Thus, the main communicative factor in shaping media discourse is the activity of the mass media and the authors. The text is an elementary unit of media discourse. The text takes up the functions of a communicative situation and can fill gaps: it can help reconstruct some characteristics of the simulated speech communication. The media text (in the intended role characteristics of the consumer) contains conditions for the consumption of the mass product. The importance of the context increases in the conditions when a typical situation becomes equal to the text of a media message. In accordance with regulatory goal setting, the structure of the media context is as follows: the event-related context layer is on the surface, the social is deeper and leads to the development of social change in the actions and the worldview of the consumer, and the cultural media context is the most profound and penetrating. All layers of the media context are closely intertwined and connected with each other.

scholarly journals A Case Study into the Environmental Context of Walking School Buses and Other Modes of Travel Used for the Journey to School

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John Forne
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
School Buses ◽  
Social Fragmentation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Work Commitments

<p><b>The journey to school involves a number of different modes of travel. Approximatelyhalf of all journeys to school in New Zealand rely on the use of an automobile. Thisheavy dependence on automobiles involves a number of environmental detractions.</b></p> <p>Walking School Buses provide an alternative to cars as a mode of travel for thejourney to school. This mode of travel compares favourably in a number of respectswhen compared to other modes of travel and is generating considerable interest.</p> <p>Based on a case study involving in-depth interviews with ten caregivers this papercompares whether and how Walking School Buses emerged from a different socialand cultural background when compared to other modes of travel. Four keyinfluences, in particular parenting culture, the work commitments that caregivershave, the risks posed by strangers and traffic, and the social fragmentation ofneighbourhoods were found to be significant in shaping the journey to school. Basedon finding a number of similarities between different modes of travel to school it isconcluded that the journey to school is embedded in a wider system of social andcultural ideas that shape Walking School Buses and other modes of travel alike.</p>

scholarly journals Roles of the Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) in Aceh’s Reconciliation to Strengthen Indonesia’s National Integration After Tsunami in 2005

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 101
Author(s):  
Mujiburrahman Mujiburrahman
Keyword(s):  
Crisis Management ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Personal Contact ◽  
Peace Agreement ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
The Social ◽  
Free Aceh Movement ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Republic

Crisis Management Initiative (CMI) is a National Government Organization that focuses on advocacy for sustainable security and conflict resolution. This organization was founded in 2000 by Martti Ahtisaari. Ge was the former president of Finland in 1994-2000. CMI was asked to facilitate negotiation between the Indonesian government and GAM (Free Aceh Movement), through personal contact between Farid Husain and Juha Christensen. Aceh conflict was a disintegration-oriented-conflict, so it was potential to threaten Indonesia’s sovereignty.This research used the historical method with heuristic, criticism or verification, interpretation, and historiography stages. The primary sources of data on this research were information in the media, both printed and electronic. Besides, this research also examined or reviewed the literary references that were related and relevant to the research topic. The study was to reveal how the background of CMI's involvement in Aceh peace in 2005, and how the strategic roles of CMI in resolving conflicts until the realization of Aceh peace in 2005 for Aceh remained a part of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).The role of CMI as a reputable international institution and getting the trust of both parties, was capable of providing intervention to the conflicting parties so that its role became very strategic in mediating the conflict. The success of CMI was seen from the negotiation held in Helsinki Finland, resulting in the execution of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on August 15, 2005, as a peace agreement. After the signing of the Helsinki MoU, armed conflict stopped, and the social lives were back to normal, and the development process could resume usually.

scholarly journals A Case Study into the Environmental Context of Walking School Buses and Other Modes of Travel Used for the Journey to School

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
John Forne
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Environmental Context ◽  
School Buses ◽  
Social Fragmentation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Work Commitments

<p><b>The journey to school involves a number of different modes of travel. Approximatelyhalf of all journeys to school in New Zealand rely on the use of an automobile. Thisheavy dependence on automobiles involves a number of environmental detractions.</b></p> <p>Walking School Buses provide an alternative to cars as a mode of travel for thejourney to school. This mode of travel compares favourably in a number of respectswhen compared to other modes of travel and is generating considerable interest.</p> <p>Based on a case study involving in-depth interviews with ten caregivers this papercompares whether and how Walking School Buses emerged from a different socialand cultural background when compared to other modes of travel. Four keyinfluences, in particular parenting culture, the work commitments that caregivershave, the risks posed by strangers and traffic, and the social fragmentation ofneighbourhoods were found to be significant in shaping the journey to school. Basedon finding a number of similarities between different modes of travel to school it isconcluded that the journey to school is embedded in a wider system of social andcultural ideas that shape Walking School Buses and other modes of travel alike.</p>

scholarly journals Media and Processes of Identity Formation in the Context of Migration

2005 ◽  
Vol 2005 (Occasional Papers) ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharina Ernst ◽  
Heinz Moser
Keyword(s):  
Identity Formation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Background ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Specific Function ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Research ◽  
The Impact

In a highly industrialized and media-saturated country like Switzerland children of all origins are strong multimedia users. Switzerland has one of the highest proportions of migrants in Europe: About 20,5 percent of the population are of migrant origin. So far, media research in Switzerland focussing on children and young people has paid no special attention to the extent the cultural background may influence the media use, i.e. whether the media play a specific function in processes of identity-formation for these children. More detailed and qualified information on this topic is of interest when faced with the fact that the social background is still one of the key determinants of a successful career in our society. This paper will discuss first findings of a project focussing on the impact of the cultural background on the media use of children with a migrant background in Switzerland.

Murder with Impunity: The Construction of Arab Masculinities and Honor Crimes

1970 ◽  
pp. 38-45
Author(s):  
May Abu Jaber
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Social Boundaries ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Media ◽  
The One ◽  
Male Authority ◽  
Cultural Networks ◽  
Gender Specific

Violence against women (VAW) continues to exist as a pervasive, structural,systematic, and institutionalized violation of women’s basic human rights (UNDivision of Advancement for Women, 2006). It cuts across the boundaries of age, race, class, education, and religion which affect women of all ages and all backgrounds in every corner of the world. Such violence is used to control and subjugate women by instilling a sense of insecurity that keeps them “bound to the home, economically exploited and socially suppressed” (Mathu, 2008, p. 65). It is estimated that one out of every five women worldwide will be abused during her lifetime with rates reaching up to 70 percent in some countries (WHO, 2005). Whether this abuse is perpetrated by the state and its agents, by family members, or even by strangers, VAW is closely related to the regulation of sexuality in a gender specific (patriarchal) manner. This regulation is, on the one hand, maintained through the implementation of strict cultural, communal, and religious norms, and on the other hand, through particular legal measures that sustain these norms. Therefore, religious institutions, the media, the family/tribe, cultural networks, and the legal system continually disciplinewomen’s sexuality and punish those women (and in some instances men) who have transgressed or allegedly contravened the social boundaries of ‘appropriateness’ as delineated by each society. Such women/men may include lesbians/gays, women who appear ‘too masculine’ or men who appear ‘too feminine,’ women who try to exercise their rights freely or men who do not assert their rights as ‘real men’ should, women/men who have been sexually assaulted or raped, and women/men who challenge male/older male authority.

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