Section C- part of one of the three, teen vogue, the “i” then finally the war of the worlds
language, Representation, industries and audience
Radio language: consist of words, sound effects, music and silence. These are shared to some extent with television and film, but radio uses them in rather different ways. on collections of these word signs as symbolic codes to communicate meaning. Words on radio are spoken.
Radio is a Blind media: is a sightless or a view less medium. In radio, either the performer or listener cannot see each other. Therefore it is called blind medium. Since it is a blind or sightless medium, the performer as well as listener has to creatively imagine each other. “Andrew Crisell”
“Andrew Crisell”: He lectures in communication and media studies at the University of Sunderland. He has written widely on radio and co-founded Wear FM, winner of the 1992 Sony ‘Radio Station of the Year’ award.
War of the Worlds can be considered in a historical context as it provides an interesting study of the power and influence of radio as a form during its early days of broadcasting. It was first broadcast on the eve of World War II and reflected fears of invasion in the US and concerns about international relations.
Overview: Ray Ferrier, a dockworker, and his children are all set to spend a weekend together. However, an alien tripod descends on Earth, threatening to wipe out humanity.
Budget: 132 million USD
During the time it was based it was during The Great Depression
During the Anxiety Era
Fake News is not new
The relationship between radio and newspapers is significant
1938 October 31
by 1935 there was the double amount of radio at home compared to telephones
Moral Panic”: A moral panic is a feeling of fear spread among many people that some evil threatens the well-being of society. It is “the process of arousing social concern over an issue – usually the work of moral entrepreneurs and the mass media”.
Some other thoughts regarding this text center around contemporary ideas of Fake News. In other words, do we / can we trust the media? Where do you get knowledge and information? It also a text that shows the power of the media, to influence vulnerable audiences. Although I wonder if the stories around audiences reacting passively as if it were a true story were exaggerated almost as a marketing exercise, that in itself is a form of made up information? Indeed, isn’t all information made up? How do we know what is truth? What is clear is that the distinction between fact and fiction is often blurred and relies upon audience members recognising and understanding specific codes and conventions that relate to each Media Language. In this instance, the Language of Radio is used creatively to structure a text that could be taken as fact, but is clearly fiction. Recognising the particular social and historical moment that this media text was produced is significant, so was this a comment on the ability of the mass media to create propaganda and manipulate a compliant and vulnerable mass audience? Is that still relevant today? Think about twitter, Trump, Brexit etc. If so, then Chomsky‘s argument that the media is used by powerful groups – ‘Manufacturing Consent‘ – is the most appropriate theory to structure an understanding of media, technology, control, manipulation and power.