MEDIAST 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Noble Savage, Eg White, Ridley Scott
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People and society (letting people to see the diversity of the world) Eg - white monopolizes the media market: New 2017-18 tv showers are mostly white and male. Diversity in children"s books in 2015: white 7x% Feds of cially probing hollywood"s lack of women director. Ridley scott accused of whitewashing asian roles in the martian. In hollywood, asian american actors see few lead role in the movie. 1. to stand in for (the image of any individual stand in for a larger group) Eg: drama banned again in texas: raina telgemeier"s drama due to the storyline involving a crush between two male friends of main character. Character types = constructions with commonly understood traits and behaviors. They use character type to gure put the personality of the character. Friends: joey is the playboy; ross is the academic nerd. A shorthand to help media-makers create meaning and audience to understand it.
