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Chapter 34—Cultural Studies

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Title:
"If Disney Princesses Were Real", Buzzfeed News
Claim:
Consumers of media messages may engage in dominant-hegemonic practice, negotiational practice, or oppositional practice.
Application:
This humorous video features a grown woman who dreamed about being a Disney princess when she was younger. When she meets the Disney princesses as an adult, she begins to question that choice. Cultural studies might say that she begins the video by decoding the princesses using a dominant-hegemonic practice; then she moves to negotiational practice as her doubts begin to grow; by the end, she's engaging in oppositional practice. See also how the video unmasks ideologies present in Disney princess films, such as lack of assertiveness, lack of discernment, and total dependence on men.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOnfwEuA3GI
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"Representation & the Media: Featuring Stuart Hall", Media Education Foundation
Claim:
Media producers encode meanings in media messages, and these meanings may not be apparent to the person decoding the message.
Application:
If you want to hear Stuart Hall in his own voice, and move a bit beyond what's in the chapter, you will enjoy this video. The video quality is old and grainy, but if you look beyond that, you'll hear Stuart Hall speak about representation, or the gap between the meaning of an object and how the media presents it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTzMsPqssOY
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"Stuart Hall - Race, Gender, Class in the Media", Al Jazeera English
Claim:
Cultural studies scholars seek to reveal the ideologies (or the mental frameworks that different classes and social groups deply in order to make sense of the way society works) embedded in media.
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This brief video offers an engaging, visually creative summary of Hall's cultural studies.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWP_N_FoW-I
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"Stuart Hall on 'Policing the Crisis'", UK Data Service 'Pioneers of Social Research
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Hall's book Policing the Crisis shed light on ideology in press coverage of muggings and race in British journalism.
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In this radio interview, Hall discusses his book Policing the Crisis, which is covered in this chapter.
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"WNBA Champion Sue Bird: The Lack of Media Coverage for Women's Sports is 'Insane'", ForbesWomen
Claim:
Articulation is the process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugation with media representations.
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In this interview, WNBA champion Sue Bird discusses the lack of media coverage of female athletes in a way that resonates with Hall's ideas and vocabulary. What is the role of economic determinism in her argument? Can you spot her criticism of what Hall would call "culture industries"? How does she describe hegemony, and what is her concern regarding how the masculine emphasis of sports media is decoded? Finally, note that this video isn't on the Forbes main channel--instead, it's on the ForbesWomen channel. What might Hall have said about that? Or, if you want to expand to another theory, what would be the take of feminist standpoint theory or muted group theory?
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"'The Help' isn't a Helpful Resource on Racism: Here's Why Twitter is Mad the Film is Trending", USA Today
Claim:
Cultural studies unpacks ideologies embedded in media messages, particularly ideologies pertaining to hegemony along lines of race, class, and other distinguishing markers of identity.
Application:
Although The Help received acclaim, and at first glance may appear to be an authentic portrayal of Black voices, academic and cultural critics have questioned the ideologies embedded in the film. This coverage from USA Today, published in the wake of George Floyd's murder, begins to unpack this in an accessible manner. For example, the idea of the "white savior" exists in the film, which works against the claim that the movie empowers people of color.
Link:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2020/06/08/the-help-isnt-helpful-resource-racism-heres-why/5322569002/
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Title:
"Nothing New", Taylor Swift, Red (Taylor's Version)
Claim:
Articulation is the process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugation with media representations.
Application:
By highlighting how the music industry features young women for awhile and then rejects them as they age, Taylor articulates oppression that not all music listeners consider.
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https://open.spotify.com/track/01K4zKU104LyJ8gMb7227B?si=f5085877089e4e03
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