Princess’ A-level media course blog

  Media Magazine Theory Drop - Postmodernism Create a new blog post called 'Postmodernism in music video: blog tasks'. Read ‘The Theory Drop: Postmodernism’ in MM66  (p26). You'll  find our Media Magazine archive here  - remember you'll need your Greenford Google login to access. Answer the following questions: 1) How does the article define postmodernism in the first page of the article? The article defines postmodernism as an era with no beliefs and doesn't believe in meta narratives. 2) What did media theorist and Semiotician Roland Barthes suggest in his essay ' The Death of the Author '? Barthes suggested that a writer's opinions, interpretation or intentions of their own work are not any more valid than anyone else which means that he challenges tradition. 3) What is metatextuality? Metatextuality is where a text reinforces the idea that its a text. 4) What is the repeated phrase on the cartoon on postmodernism on page 28? 'Postmodernism is a c...

  Background and historical contexts 1)  Why does the writer link the song to cinematic soundtracks and music hall tradition? Because it doesn't reinforce any political views. 2) What subcultures did 2 Tone emerge from in the late 1970s? American pop, Jamaican rocksteady, punk,mod 3) What social contexts are discussed regarding the UK in 1981? The social contexts that are discussed regarding the UK in 1981 were the riots that occurred in urban areas. 4) Cultural critic Mark Fisher describes the video as ‘eerie’. What do you think is 'eerie' about the Ghost Town video? The setting is abandoned and secluded. The atmosphere feels empty. 5) Look at the final section (‘Not a dance track’). What does the writer suggest might be the meanings created in the video? Do you agree? The writer suggests that this song brought young people together as it became a protest song. This is because more people felt connected to the song as they felt like it represented them and they could easil...