Obscenity, pornography and indecency: What are the differences between these terms?_ThE DeFiNiTiOn

The first reaction seeing this given topic was... WOW!!! I wondered why lecturer gave us such a topic for the blog assignment? Maybe she might thinks that this will be the issue that need to be concerned. Let's start wikipedia-ing...

Obscenity

-describes expressions (words, images, actions) that offend the prevalent sexual morality of the time.

-many cultures have produced laws to define what is considered to be obscene, and censorship is often used to try to suppress or control materials (pornographic material).

Pornography

-the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer.

-Over the past few decades, an immense industry for the production and consumption of pornography has grown, due to emergence of the VCR, the DVD, and the Internet, as well as the emergence of social attitudes more tolerant of sexual portrayals.

-may use any of a variety of media- printed literature, photos, sculpture, drawing, painting,animation,sound recording, film, video or video game.

-In most countries pornography is treated as a separate entity, both culturally and legally, from depictions of naked persons in art or photography.

Indecency

-Indecent conduct could be constituted as being in some circumstances, e.g. indecent exposure, sexual intercourse in public view.

-For example, certain sex theatre shows are not illegal as they are advertised as such and should therefore not be offensive to the public if in enclosed viewing. So long as the public as aware of the content of the show, it would not be regarded as public indecency.

All the informations above are taken from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Personal reflection on the lecture this week.

We've been waited for 30mins for the lecturer in the class. Holiday has ended and school gate has been reopened. Everyone seems to be so exciting about sharing how they spent their whole solid short breaks. For me, I was just hanging around with my buddy gang. Here he comes with a bad news and a good news. 

Good news is- there will be no class on that day.

Bad news is- we are required to continue our new assignment, a 800-words abtract on the topic of "Role of Media in Socializing; Discuss the human needs that the Media help satisfy in term of the News and Entertainment." 

I could hear the thunder storming right above my head. 800 words???!!! Oh my God!! How to write? I think I need to do some researches on it. Langsung no idea. Good luck!

Why is media literacy important for me as FCM student to have it?

Media literacy is all about learning. First of all, as an FCM student that considers media literacy is important, I could feel the importance through my assessment of most assignment. It makes me understand which media to be used for which assignment to convey such messages or ideas of mine. Other than that, it makes people thinks and ask question in order to understand. For instance, when you were looking at one of the famous artwork by one of the famous artist, at the first sight, you might not know what it was all about. Thus, you start thinking, and then you start asking question based on the artwork. As a n artist, you might not choose to use the direct way to present your ideas or messages through art. There are various ways. In my words, I think that if an artist’s artwork makes people think or even ask question, I think the artwork shall be a succeed. It is about creativity too as a creative person would think out of the box which do things that are unusual. To be creative is to be different from other people. 

About media literacy...

-the process of accessing, analyzing, evaluating and creating messages in a wide variety of media modes, genres and forms.

-uses an inquiry-based instructional model that encourages people to ask questions about what they watch, see, and read. 

-provides tools to help people critically analyze messages to detect propaganda, censorship, and bias in news and public affairs programming 

-to understand how structural features (such as media ownership, or its funding model) affect the information presented. 

-enable people to be skillful creators and producers of media messages, both to facilitate an understanding as to the strengths and limitations of each medium, as well as to create independent media. 

-an expanded conceptualization of literacy. 

-By transforming the process of media consumption into an active and critical process, people gain greater awareness of the potential for misrepresentation and manipulation (especially through commercials and public relations techniques), and understand the role of mass media and participatory media in constructing views of reality.

source from: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, and had been edited.

In my own words, it is about learning and gaining knowledge. It is important definitely. It is not only about listening or seeing, it's also about thinking and analysing.

Personal Reflection on this week lecture

For the lecture this week, I would it was quite interesting that the lecturer kept asking “yes or no” question and the reply from student is either no or silence. It was quite clear about the topic of “representation and stereotype”. Though it was still the same as usual with those boring looking slides, the lecturer really did quite a good job which she tried so hard to get into the group of “teenagers”. By the way, she kept asking whether she is “in” enough to be the lecturer or not. Ok… she isn’t that “out” I would say. She’s always willing to upgrade herself with the techs and fashion I think. Though I wasn’t concentrating for the most of the time, I still get what the lecturer was trying to bring out. And the video (as a desert after the boring main meal…) was interesting and damn cool. Hope to get more cool stuff week by week.

Personal Reflection on Media Culture Class

After the past few weeks of media culture class, I've found that there's nothing interesting (and I'm not saying that it's boring...) about the class overall. Compare with the classes in semester 1, the class is a little bit dull with just presentation slides for lecture session. I expect for some movie. Perhaps the syllabus for this semester isn't much about watching movies, but it will be much more interesting to have some in class.  

Example of media stereotype

Other than what have been said in the article given, on TV we can find some commercial that playing the role as stereotype in people life. For instance, when you ask a child of what to eat for lunch, I’m sure that the answer will be “KFC”, “Mc-Donald” or “Pizza Hut”. A lot of commercials are to sell their products. Hence, the products are advertised in an interesting and attractive way. So that people have the willing to buy. Commercials nowadays play role as parts of life as what is being shown on TV probably the first choice for those beginner users. The commercials are influencing people’s mind and keep telling the audience the same thing. The brand might just pop up when we are fed up in choosing which brand to consume. Or in another way, when people mention “Tupperware”, it directly relate us to the plastic container though it is just a name of container brand. “Pendrive” reminds us of the USB storage device though it is also one of the famous brands which came out with the initial design of USB storage device. It is not about how well you know the brand, it is about how well the brand sell their product and even name every similar product same as theirs.