Young individuals are faced with contemporary pressures of various kinds daily. Because of demands placed on us by parents and figures of authority, we are facing a struggle to attain the standard required of us by agents of power. The dynamic space, which is the club, is the saviour many young people now […]
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The film, The Dark Knight depicts an incredible embodiment of Psychoanalytic and Semiotic theories. It also reflects fragments of the screen-spectator relationship and unconscious fears within society. This movie replicates the structure of the mind according to Freud, and represents the following components within it: the preconscious, the conscious and the unconscious (Cherry 2016). […]
In the book, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Laura Mulvey discusses the concept of ‘Three Different Looks’. In this piece, she highlights two pleasures that can be derived from cinema; Scopophilia (the pleasure of looking and being looked at) and the narcissistic pleasure; pleasure from recognising the self (the Lacanian Ideal Ego). The British feminist […]
Constant progress has been made by society as a collective entity in shaping its reality and making life more enjoyable for people; as opposed to sitting back and refusing to change things. This has fuelled the age of Digital Subjectivity – an era in which personal feelings, opinions and tastes are being constructed by […]
Sources: Wikia, Business Wire. Introduction Society expresses itself in collective groups, which allow for individuals to interact with each other, develop relationships, share experiences and thus create meaning. This is the realisation of communities. Nonetheless, an online community acts as a two-edged sword. It is an umbrella for healthy communication, and a platform which invades […]
The film, The Dark Knight depicts an incredible embodiment of Psychoanalytic and Semiotic theories. It also connotes fragments of the screen-spectator relationship and unconscious fears within society. This movie reflects the structure of the mind according to Freud, and represents the following components within it: the preconscious, the conscious and the unconscious (Cherry 2016). […]
The digital advancement of society has created an impact on the mental health and psychology of its populace. As a group, we have decided to take on the topic: Depression as a result of Postmodern Contemporary Pressures on Society. This idea has been formulated from our individual interests. The following components from the module have […]
The Medium is the message – the first chapter of the book, Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man looks to analyse conventional perceptions and constructions of meaning, within mediums of communication. I aim to critique the perspective provided by Marshall McLuhan and provide brief comparisons to the 21stcentury society, which he, unfortunately is not part […]
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