Thursday, 11 November 2010

five issues/debates/theories

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha80ZaecGkQ
Young Money - Bed Rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCLxJd1d84s
The Pussycat Dolls - Buttons ft. Snoop Dogg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-qN6TCY85c
Nelly - Hot In Here

The example's listed above are music video which shows how women are portrayed through the media and how they music videos have a certain narrative which involves women shown to be sexually objectified, as usually these women are dressed in short,light,skimpy clothing's as they are often referred to as 'bitches', 'Hoes' and much more. Theses women are represented that way as they are shown to perform in sexual manner as the behaviours of theses women often reflect the artists lyrics,style and status. Debates such as misogyny and sexism are constructed through this culture of women viewed as 'object' often their to satisfy the man needs.

Stills From the music video of 'Young Money' - Bed Rock and 'Nelly'-Hot In Here:


Issues:
Representation and stereotyping
Media effects
Ownership and control
Regulation and censorship
The effect of globalisation on the media

Theories
Postmodernism and its critiques
Gender and ethnicity
Marxism and hegemony
Audience theories
Genre theories

The list above shows the possible issues and debates surrounding female artists in music videos and the ideologies constructed around them, issues such as sexism, stereotyping and copycatting are some of the issues that creates debates and issues surrounding the representation of women and how they are seen through the eyes of the media.

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