scholarly journals A spectacle of reality in the context of mass media resonance (on the example of Chuck Palaniuk’s “Snuff”)

2018 ◽  
pp. 120-124
Author(s):  
Е. Д. Циховська
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Basic Emotions ◽  
The Real ◽  
Short Films ◽  
Real Size ◽  
The Media ◽  
Terrorist Acts

The article deals with a spectacle as an integral part of the modern mediatized world. The features of coverage of spectacles with mass media are analysed. It is noted that the most popular are spectacles, based on real events, because the effect of a reality enhances the emotion of the perception of the material. Real spectacles transmitted through the mass media acquire a remarkable resonance. Thus, the coverage of terrorist acts, mass and individual brutal killings in media news unintentionally advertises a spectacle of “terrible” in its real size. Such spectacles include news, extreme events, and snuff. In the modern interpretation “snuff-movie” — these are short films, videos, most often pornographic, depicting murders in real life. The author focuses on snuff films because they combine the main characteristics for attracting viewers: the spectacle, the real foundation and basic emotions — the combination of porn and horror. The novel “Snuff” by Palaniuk demonstrates the main features of snuffs. According to the laws of the genre, in “Snuff”, there is a woman — Cassie Wright as the main character of the event, and sex as the organizing element of the book’s plot, and rape as the reason for the selection of the Cassie Wright’s profession, as well as the death of the main character as foreseen result of pornoorgia. The spectacle of the real in the novel is intensified through the mediation of the publicity announcement and coverage of the resonance pornography in the media. The construction of a reality in the novel is based on numerous historical facts or facts from the lives of prominent people which are told about by Cassie Wright during conversations. In addition, all of them is accompanied by a phrase-refrain “true fact” to underline the reality of the course of events.

scholarly journals KONFLIK TOKOH UTAMA DALAM NOVEL RE: KARYA MAMAN SUHERMAN: KAJIAN PSIKOLOGI SASTRA

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Arie Lila Utomo ◽  
U’um Qomariyah ◽  
Sumartini Sumartini
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Resolution ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
The Real ◽  
Karen Horney ◽  
Psychology Literature ◽  
Life Phenomenon

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan fenomea konflik yang dialami tokoh utama dalam novel Re:karya Maman Suherman. Mengetahui bentuk konflik dan upaya penyelesaian konflik yang dialami tokoh utama dalam novel Re:karya Maman Suherman.Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah psikologi sastra Karen Horney yang menitikberatkan sastra sebagai cerminan masyarakat. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalahmengetahui fenomena konflik yang terdapat dalam novel yang kemudian dikorelasikan dengan kehidupan nyata. Korelasi konflik dalam novel dengan kehidupan nyata dapat dilihat dari adanya persamaan konflik yang terdapat dalam novel Re: karya Maman Suherman dengan kehidupan nyata.   The purpose of this research is describe life phenomenon of conflict which is experiencedthe main character in the novel titled Re: by Maman Suherman. Understandingform of conflict and conflict resolution efforts experienced by the main characterthe novel Re: by Maman Suherman. Approach used in this research is psychology literature of Karen Horney which is focusing literature as society reflection. The result of this research is was to knowthe phenomenon of conflict disclosures contained in the novel and then corelating with the real life of society. The corelation between conflict in the novel with real life can be seen from the equation of the conflict contained in the novel Re: by Maman Suherman and in the real life is able to be found from similarity of conflictwhich is existed in the novel and existed in the real life.The approach in this study is the psychology of literature Karen Horney, Results froms this study is the disclosure of conflict present in the novel then correlated with in real life. Correlation of conflict in the novel with of real life can be seen from equation of conflict in the novel Re: by Maman Suherman with real life.

New Perspectives Of Media-Text Under The Conditions Of Mass Media Conversion

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (02) ◽  
pp. 28-33
Author(s):  
Avaz Khamitovich Mirzajonov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Individual Recognition ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Media Convergence ◽  
The Real ◽  
Communication Processes ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Modern Mass

The article is devoted to the analysis of changes in the communication processes of the late XX - early XXI centuries, reflecting the powerful impact on the real life of modern mass media, the problems associated with understanding media text in the condition of Mass Media convergence, clarifying the role of the Mass Media in forming society and individual recognition and how far their influence extends on modern man.

H. Kant’s Autobiographical Novel «The Stay» («Der Aufenthalt», 1976): Fiction and Reality

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-127
Author(s):  
Rimma Gurevich
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Process ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Prisoner Of War ◽  
Russian Woman ◽  
The Real ◽  
Woman Doctor ◽  
Narrative Distance ◽  
Mature Person

The theme of Kant’s autobiographical novel «The Stay» (Der Aufenthalt, 1976) is the spiritual rebirth of German prisoner of war, a soldier of the Hitlerite ar-my. The article reveals the interaction of two components found in the novel: the fic-tional and the real ones in depicting this complex psychological process. The analysis of the chapters (X, XV, VI) shows various forms of artistic –aesthetic processing of authentic autobiographical material. In Chapter X the author «collects» his own emotional impressions, experienced by him in different periods of his life (such as cold, loneliness, hunger) and «ties» them to the situation of the main character sitting in a lonely cell in a prison. In Chapter XV he «adds» to real autobiographical facts an important artistic detail –a school pencil case of a Jewish girl killed by Nazis. In Chapter VI Kant makes a masterful use of temporal and narrative distance: the hero estimates the decisive episode of his youth –a conversation with a Russian woman-doctor from the viewpoint of a mature person recalling his life.

scholarly journals Deconstructing the Text and (Re)Constructing the Past: History and Identity in Geraldine Brooks’ People of the Book

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Ksenija Kondali
Keyword(s):  
Identity Construction ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Spatial Representation ◽  
Past History ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Real ◽  
The Past ◽  
Prayer Book ◽  
Diverse Cultures

This paper examines Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel People of the Book (2008) in light of postmodern critiques of history and the desire to explore and signify the past through processes of deconstructing male-centered dominance and (re)constructing histories. The paper highlights ethno-spatial representation that involves intercultural dynamics behind the fate and importance of the manuscript. Drawing on discussions of postmodern views of history and identity construction, I engage the novel against the background of these and other postmodern and postcolonial concerns, also considering intertextual effects stemming from the mixing of genres and sub-genres. Lastly, I offer a reflection about the potential of this fictional account, based on the real-life fate of a prayer book that has testified to the spirit of interfaith tolerance and mutual enrichment of diverse cultures, to provide a context for understanding contemporary preoccupations with heritage, history, memory and identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

THE PORTRAYAL OF BLACK AMERICAN PEOPLE IN 1950?óÔé¼Ôäós THROUGH THE SETTING AND CHARACTER ANALYSIS IN WILSON?óÔé¼ÔäóS FENCES

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cicik Sophia
Keyword(s):  
Black People ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Black American ◽  
American People ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Baseball Player ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Historical Approach ◽  
The Real ◽  
Racial Tension

ABSTRACT The objective of this research is (1) to find out that the historical event that becomes the time set in ?óÔé¼?£Fences?óÔé¼Ôäó compared to the real life; (2) to find out Troy Maxson?óÔé¼Ôäós characteristics can be seen as the portrayal of Black American people who live in the same period as happened in ?óÔé¼?£Fences?óÔé¼Ôäó. The method used in this research is qualitative by using historical approach. The outcome of this research are (1) The setting used in this drama are ?é?á(a) historical setting; the drama takes place from the year 1950?óÔé¼Ôäós until 1960?óÔé¼Ôäós in America and (b) geographical setting; the drama takes place in Pittsburg, America; (2) Troy as the main character in ?óÔé¼?£Fences?óÔé¼Ôäó has characteristics as (a) realistic man and when its compared to the life of black people in that era, it is still hard for the black people to achieve their dream such as the baseball player because he knows the condition at that time is hard for black people who want to be athletes; (b) uneducated, illiterate man and it is appropriate to the education condition in that era for blacks are segregated and very poor; (c) high tempered is as the consequence of the racial tension and discrimination toward blacks at that time. ?é?á Keywords: setting, historical approach, characteristics, Black American people.

scholarly journals Junto Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao: A Narrative of Identity and Diaspora

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-212
Author(s):  
Samirah Almutairi
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Identity Formation ◽  
West Indies ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Real Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Childhood Memories ◽  
The West ◽  
The Caribbean

Junto Diaz’s novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao raises the question of the identity formation for the Caribbean in diaspora. Diasporic Caribbean people struggle with understanding their difference and recognizing the important of assimilating to other people’s lives and cultures when they leave their home country. The struggle of the main character, Oscar Wao, in the novel is established perfectly well through apparent identity crisis that is manifested in his cultural displacements, childhood memories, real-life situations, and unsuccessful relationship with the other sex. It is a problem that Oscar creates his passage towards constructing a national identity, which ends in a tragic death. Caribbean people should privilege a hybrid identify if they want to live outside the West Indies. The present article aims to analyze from a postcolonial perspective Oscar’s futile search for national identity in diaspora and its consequences. This is clarified through a discussion of migration, the results of living in diaspora on the identity formation for the main character, relationships with women, and the concept of a return to the homeland.

scholarly journals The influence of mass media on Italian web users during COVID-19: an infodemiological analysis.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alessandro Rovetta ◽  
Lucia Castaldo
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Scientific Basis ◽  
Online Information ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Web Searches ◽  
Information Giving ◽  
The Media ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Impact

Alongside the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has had to face a growing infodemic, which has caused severe damage to economic and health systems and has often compromised the effectiveness of infection containment regulations. Although this has spread mainly through social media, there are numerous occasions in which the mass media have shared dangerous information, giving resonance to statements without a scientific basis. For these reasons, infoveillance and infodemiology methods are increasingly exploited to monitor online information traffic. However, these tools have also been used to make epidemiological predictions. In particular, the “Google Trends” tool by GoogleTM has often been adopted by the scientific community to carry out this type of analysis. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of Italian mass media on users' web searches in order to understand the role of the media in the infodemic and in the interest of Italian web users towards COVID-19. In particular, our results suggest that the Italian mass media have played a decisive role both in the spread of the infodemic and in addressing netizens' web interest, favoring the adoption of terms unsuitable for identifying the novel coronavirus (COVID- 19 disease). Therefore, we suggest greater caution and attention by the directors of news channels and newspapers and greater control of the latter by government dissemination agencies.

scholarly journals Representation Analysis of “Great Expectation” Novel by Charles Dickens

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Luthfiansyah Luthfiansyah ◽  
Mildan Arsdan Fidinillah
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Charles Dickens ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Individual Growth ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Great Expectation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Queen Victoria

<p>This research examines the novel ‘The Great Expectation’. Researchers are interested in analyzing this novel because it is a picture of real life, especially life in the United Kingdom in the days of Queen Victoria. As a realistic writer, Charles Dickens is through people’s descriptions reflect reality in his life time. This research uses the theory of semiotics which is collaborated with Karl Marx’s theory which reveals class strata. In the science of semiotics, everything, even humans can be made a sign, which can be developed into a myth of life. Seeing from the main actor’s novel, Pip, Everyone still has a lot to learn, such as his kindness, strength, and optimism. Individual growth is the process of growing into a perfect self. Although Pip’s great hopes are disappointing, he finally returns to good moral character, and starts a new life. In addition, this study analyzes the style of the main character Pip which has its own points in interpreting the style of dress. In this novel, researchers want to prove that the style of dress can be a tool to prove the formation of a person’s identity or the identity of a particular group that uses it.</p>

scholarly journals ECONOMIC REALITIES AS DEPICTED IN `KUUSAA GADOO`

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-342
Author(s):  
Alemitu Oli ◽  
Eriste Akawak
Keyword(s):  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
The Real ◽  
Real Life Situation ◽  
Research Questions

The purpose of this study is to show how Gadisa Biru who wrote the novel `Kuusaa Gadoo` represents the Oromo`s economic issues realistically in the life of characters and the major themes of the novel. The study is qualitative research, it involves textual analysis method together with relevant conceptual tools and frameworks and therefore it is analytical. Furthermore, the data used for the research is taken from a primary source which is `Kuusaa Gadoo`. From the novel, different extracts are taken based on the research questions. Extracts used as data were classified under each topic and analyzed using textual analysis methods and realism theory. Then, the analysis and discussion were undertaken by using the concept of scholars to make the research more visible and logical. As a philosophy of realism theory, realism portrays the world as it appears. Therefore, to evaluate the realistic representations of different agendas of the research, it is crucial to bring the idea in the text to the actual world. From the analysis and discussion made it is found that, in `Kuusaa Gadoo`, all events and episodes were realized in the novel without any fantasy and extraordinary overstatement. Oromos were not economically beneficial during the Derg; the economies of Oromo peoples were used by others i.e. by leaders and investors from other ethnic groups. The Oromo`s resources especially land is highly corrupted by leaders of the time. Oromo peasants had no legal protection for their economy. Hence, the novel `Kuusaa Gadoo` reflects the real-life situation of Oromo peoples during the Derg regime. The author critically observes the real economic picture of society and portrayed it logically.

scholarly journals The Problem of Deheroization of the Image of a Terrorist in Mass Media Publications

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 450-468
Author(s):  
Vladimir Oleshko ◽  
Evgeny Oleshko ◽  
Ivan Shestak
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Criminal Group ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Counter Terrorism ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Other Information ◽  
Study Programs ◽  
The Media ◽  
Modern Mass ◽  
Terrorist Acts

In the era of globalization, the problem of terrorism in all of its forms and aspects is one of the most important issues for the global society. This article reviewed the problem of deheroization of the image of a terrorist in modern mass media. Since the media today operate in a constantly updated digital space, the authors have tried to develop an algorithm of deheroization. In this regard, the sequence of creative operations is analyzed and presented, for a journalist or another subject of information activity is able to deprive a terrorist or a criminal group of a hero halo and any other aspects of solidarity with them. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research was scientific works devoted to the problems of counter-terrorism activities and the role of the mass media in its implementation. The empirical basis of the study was the thematic monitoring of 112 texts that covered the resonant terrorist acts of 2016–2021. Comparative analysis and secondary data analysis were used as well. Using concrete examples, it is proved that the algorithm of deheroization of the image of a terrorist, developed on the basis of legislative and ethical aspects of journalistic activity, should be characterized by discreteness, certainty, effectiveness, and should also contain some properties of the heuristic process. It is noted that the structural-thematic, socio-psychological, lexical and semantic characteristics of the broadcast texts both increase and remove their uncertainty, which ultimately determines the effectiveness of the media activity. The proposed recommendations, an analysis of techniques and methods of deheroization, can contribute not only to counter-terrorism activities, but also could be applicable in other information situations. The developed algorithm is useful for a wide range of journalists, media managers and students of creative study programs.

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