Regulation & Censorship
Censorship is suppression of speech or other communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
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Up and coming rapper STYLAH has made a controversial video that was banned from TV. The video for his debut single Killa features violent imagery that has so far meant it can only be shown on t’internet. Throughout the video viewers see victims shot to death by others using their hands as guns. In an early scene the gunman is a child with his friend on a
push-bike. With lyrics in the chorus talking about everybody becoming killers, it’s little wonder the violent promo has yet to be broadcast on the television. However, the twist of the song, recorded with fellow rapper SMILER, is that it is actually ANTI-gun crime.
push-bike. With lyrics in the chorus talking about everybody becoming killers, it’s little wonder the violent promo has yet to be broadcast on the television. However, the twist of the song, recorded with fellow rapper SMILER, is that it is actually ANTI-gun crime.
LINK: http://thegrimereport.blogspot.com/2010/10/sun-stylah-video-for-killa-banned-from.html
Censorship & Regulation relates to my investigation as my investigation is about the affects of rap/grime music on young people. So, censorship is basically looking after what is shown in the media and so, links to my investigation as the example above about a grime video reflecting violence got banned despite its motive being to prevent gun crime. So, despite this, the grime video still got banned from television, due the violence that was shown in it. So, this aspect is one of the main links to my investigation as, it was banned from television to prevent the affect on teenagers of violence and gun crime etc. So, using this example, it could assist me in the linked production process of my own grime video.
Representation & StereotypesCensorship & Regulation relates to my investigation as my investigation is about the affects of rap/grime music on young people. So, censorship is basically looking after what is shown in the media and so, links to my investigation as the example above about a grime video reflecting violence got banned despite its motive being to prevent gun crime. So, despite this, the grime video still got banned from television, due the violence that was shown in it. So, this aspect is one of the main links to my investigation as, it was banned from television to prevent the affect on teenagers of violence and gun crime etc. So, using this example, it could assist me in the linked production process of my own grime video.
A stereotype is a commonly held popular belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions.
Relevant Reading Material: http://ramone1990.blogspot.com/2009/01/criticism-of-way-rap-music-portrays.html
Stereotypical representation of young people in hoodies, involved in sex, violence and drugs, in this music video, which is also helping to promote the film 'Adulthood' so, as it has a dominant representation of young people, it encourages them to watch it. These are some of the features that are typically featured in rap/grime music videos and so links to my investigation as for my linked production I will be producing a music video and so this area of debate will allow me to investigate the ideologies of a grime/rap music video.
Moral Panics
A moral panic is the intensity of feeling expressed in a population about an issue that appears to threaten the social order. A moral panic occurs when a "condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interests.
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Moral Panics links to my Critical Investigation as this issue, is one of the reasons as to why the media has started to censor violence in the media let alone music videos. As, the public has previously been concerned about the violence that is shown in the media, especially after the murder of James Bulger that were influenced by a film. So, with music videos as grime is becoming a popular music genre amongst young teens, this could be the influence of the violence that takes place in reality as young teens are stereotypically shown to be rebellious. So, as they under the influence of this type of media, they may wish to be like that.
THEORIES
Audience Theories
Audience theory is an element of thinking that developed within academic literary theory and cultural studies. Different types of audience theories include:
Bloods & Crips
Bloods and Crips are two rival gangs worldwide, which started off in Los Angeles, USA. these two gangs have been spoken about and shown in music. artists such as Lil Wayne & The Game being part of the Bloodz gang talk about the Bloodz in association with the colour red in their collaboration song 'Red Magic'. This is where everything they mention is associated with the colour red which connotes the gang Bloodz. Due to this, it is relevant to my investigation, as these gangs are featured in rap videos and these stereotypical lyrics of violence could be used in the linked production of my investigation, which is a grime music videos as the ideologies of rap videos is similiar to grime.
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