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Social context of The Killing |
Gender roles reflect modern danish culture, lots of equality and considered to be happier Pernille and Theis hold traditional roles domestically but in business are more equal Racial Tension in scandinavia shown, polarised on immigration, Vagn embodies ethnocentric attitudes |
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Cultural Context in The Killing |
Jante Law, however Theis still shows greed through his wanting of a bigger house Lund’s Faroese jumper represents Hygge, example of how fans interacted with show Culturally specific but benefitted from globalisation, showed in 159 countries Social realism is seen through locations |
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Political context of The Killing |
Broemer is the stereotypical corrupt politician, Troels is the young idealist, spin driven politics with back room deals contrasts from Birk-larsens Govt. review of BBC meant 25% less funding, BBC 4 given remit to show foreign film Ofcom (english media regulator) wanted more high quality TV which changed attitude to foreign film |
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Economic Context of The Killing |
Publicly funded, produced by DR1, estimated 1.1 million dollar budget BBC 4 provided a niche ABC1 audience (older, more educated and possibly more open to foreign film) 9PM slot offered to the programme to give alternative to reality talent shows |
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Social Context of Stranger Things |
Reflects 1980’s family life, Joyce attempts to keep everything together with a low pay job, highlights class issues and no state support Men in power, patriarchy Contrast between working class families (joyce) to middle class families (wheelers) Will’s dad oppositional view |
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Cultural Context of Stranger Things |
American Dream, Belief upward mobility is possible in spite of socio-economic standing, contested by Joyces struggle to be a single mother LFTVD has become more popular due to digitally convergent platforms like Netflix, these allow Binge watching encouraging better TV in turn Genre Hybridity and intertextuality are expected from a LFTVD, Speilburg and Stephen King, Eleven dressed like ET when attempting to be Brough into society |
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Political Context of Stranger Things |
Republican Party with harsh right wing conservative views Anxiety about Russia and Spies in the country, reflected by secret agent narrative Little political interference with programming in the USA and adopt a free market approach |
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Economic Context of Stranger Things |
High production value of 6 million dollars per episode, includes star power needed to complete globally Netflix produces original so it spends less money on licensing deals for shows, allows them to have exclusivity over distribution also, revenue comes from subscribers and Netflix values innovation and ST shows this |
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What was Hesmondhalgh's theory |
He believed that in order to minimise risk and maximise audiences media texts are often generic in their content and less creative, also highlighted horizontal and vertical integration where a conglomerate is across a large range of platforms |
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What are the advantages of Hesmondhalghs theory, in relation to LFTVD's |
Draws attention to the forms and effectives of ownership and control on the media, from the more commercialised American view to the public service ethos of European broadcasters |
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What are the disadvantages of Hesmondhalghs theory, in relation to LFTVD's |
By prioritising the effects of industries on the media does not give us an insight into how audience choice and media language choice can determine media content |
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Opposition to Hesmondhalgh's theory |
Shirky: Believed that large scale media producers will be overtaken by products created by everyday users |
