Had a less stereotypical portrayal of the character been used for the role, the central premise of the episode would have remained largely unaffected, except perhaps highlighting the silliness of any nefarious assumptions jumped to by Michael and his inept "backups" Dwight and Andrew. If anything, the fact that the Grotti character does seem to closely mirror so many of the mannerisms, behaviors, and speech patterns typically portrayed by the contemporary genre of mob images draws in the viewer. It reminds all of us who are viewers that we may be guilty of some of the same types of prejudices or assumptions parodied through their exaggeration by Michael.
The scene between Kevin and Oscar actually portrays a very common cultural assumption that heterosexual males makes about homosexuals: namely, that they are much more interested in sex than heterosexuals. In truth, sexual assault and rape are no more likely to be enjoyable to a homosexual male than to any heterosexual male (or female, for that matter). While Kevin's persona is highly exaggerated, his assumption is not necessarily.
Finally, the subplot involving Kevin's ineptitude and his accidentally causing Jim's credit card to be cancelled raises another interesting issue of human behavior. Once Kevin realizes the effect of his mistake, he immediately telephones Jim and Pam again in Mexico. However, instead of doing so for the understandable purpose of telling Jim what happened to enable Jim to rectify the situation as easily as possible, it becomes clear that Kevin's only concern is whether or not Jim has figured out who was responsible for cancelling his credit card. After Pam's response indicates that she is irritated at being bothered again during her honeymoon but that the couple are totally unaware of Kevin's role in the credit card problem, Kevin reclines back in Jim's office chair completely relaxed by the knowledge that his mistake is still unknown. He shows absolutely no concern or interest in helping Jim fix the problem that he created. Certainly,...
" With regards to student multiple-skill development, Kellner proposes that computers should be at the center stage of learning. Students should be able to not only operate the computer but also use it to gather data from the Internet, communicate across classrooms and cultural boundaries. He argues that computers should be used dramatically to transform the circulation of knowledge, images, and other modalities of different cultures. Not only presence but also
As an alternative to the protectionist approach, Kellner advocates a media literacy that demonstrates the potential of new media and technology to empower students. Media can be used as strong avenues of self-expression and social activism (7). We should use media as a tool, and cease viewing the media as the enemy to educated civilization, as a pedestrian form of social expression. Protectionists fail to recognize the positive power of
Another way that media literacy messages are suppressed is by having them changed. When this happens, the message is not received as intended. The recipient of the message does not learn as much about media literacy as he or she should. This disrupts the ability of the recipient to understand and be critical of the media to which he or she is exposed. Beyond the cognitive dispositions, there is emotional disruption
Media as the Linguistic Discourse Analysis Object Research in Discourse Analysis - Linguistics Discourse analysis' focus is noteworthy semiotic events. Discourse analysis aims to understand not only the nature of the semiotic event, but also the socio-psychological traits of the participants of the event. The proposed subject of research is media discourse analysis or media as the linguistic discourse analysis object. Media is highly relevant and almost fundamental to life in the
G., using prior knowledge, self-monitoring for breaks in comprehension, and analyzing new vocabulary);growth in conceptual knowledge (e.g., reading tradebooks to supplement textbook information) (Alvermann, D, 2001). However a very important thing I should mention is the existence of big gaps in adolescent literacy achievement in high school, as I noted above, but, the gap was also defined as the disparity in White and Black students' achievement and in richer and poorer
Arguably, the raw data at WikiLeaks is far more powerful than anything that can be found in traditional media or satire news. The audience here must also acquire the tools necessary to properly digest the information, as an audience accustomed to uncritical digestion of mainstream media will be challenged by the raw information presented devoid of spin and context. Works Cited: Feldman, L. (2007). The news about comedy. Journalism. Vol 8
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