Megan Stokes AS Media

Zara Larsson Robbi Williams Coldplay On August 1st, 1981, Music Television (MTV) was launched and although segregation legally ended in 1964, some 17 years before, MTV would only offer airplay to white rock artists. Super Freak" was released about five months after MTV went on the air , and Rick James made a slick video for the song hoping it would get some spins on the network. At the time, however, MTV refused to play videos by black artists, and they rejected this clip, continuing to feed America a steady stream of rock and EuroPop . This refusal to play black music was a holdover from radio station programming, where conventional wisdom was that you would lose your white listeners if you played black music. Superfreak Video • Rick James video presented a hyper- sexualised black male who white women found attractive. • Rick James’ subliminal media language of “the “Black Buck” was not suited to white white producers. Black ...

Lady Gaga- A Million Reasons  Michael Jackson-  Thriller Lady Gaga  Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta American  More provocative songs and videos  She started of mainstream and then turned weird and has recently turned normal again Intertextual references- Kill Bill the car from Telephone  Counter stereotyping females- strong Lady Gaga is a symbol for feminism  She has very strong views  Her music videos and outfits are sexualised  Some elements of the music videos can be seen as disturbing  Woman are portrayed in media in ways that they think males want woman to look so Lady Gaga could be over exaggerating this  I will analyse all film using • CINEMATOGRAPHY – (angle, composition, etc ) • SOUND • EDITING (& SPECIAL EFFECTS) • MISE EN SCENE Million reasons Tribute to her aunt who died at 19 from lupus Relationship  with her ex  fiancé   Unstable relationship with...