Mimi White Theory
Taylor Rafferty
Professor Kaufman
Mass Comm
8 November 2015
Television for many years has been looked at as a source for entertainment for many. Hard workers, mothers, children and teenagers can all find enjoyment in watching TV and its become widely used form of media in large parts of the world. When thinking of TV its usually happy thoughts that would come to mind, but if TV were to be looked at through the the eye of someone analyzing it, there would be a lot more to basic TV viewing than meets the eye. Mimi White is a scholar who does research into media theory and history, and particularly focuses on the relationship between TV and social structures. Mimi white lays out a theory that looks at television through ideological criticism. …show more content…
Elena is the human sweetheart with a tragic past and Stephan is the good vampire brother of a bad vampire brother Damon. In the show, there are a lot of high School like situations such as sex, drugs, and breaking rules. These high school situations are realistic and can be relatable to some, but the issue is that in the show character see more like adults rather than young teenagers and that is because they rarely if ever have consequences to their actions. Many whites ideology and narrative states that, quotation character see more like adults rather than young teenagers and that is because they rarely if ever have consequences to their actions. Many whites ideology and narrative states that, "The ideological analysis perspective assumes that television offers a particular construction of the world rather than a universal, abstract truth." This statement couldn't be more true. The vampire diaries has constructed itself to make it the norm for teens to be partaking in sex, drugs, and parties with no consequences because that holds the viewers attention rather than watching the characters be grounded for half of the season. This "norm "on the show will most definitely have a negative impact on young viewers who act out and expect no
Professor Kaufman
Mass Comm
8 November 2015
Television for many years has been looked at as a source for entertainment for many. Hard workers, mothers, children and teenagers can all find enjoyment in watching TV and its become widely used form of media in large parts of the world. When thinking of TV its usually happy thoughts that would come to mind, but if TV were to be looked at through the the eye of someone analyzing it, there would be a lot more to basic TV viewing than meets the eye. Mimi White is a scholar who does research into media theory and history, and particularly focuses on the relationship between TV and social structures. Mimi white lays out a theory that looks at television through ideological criticism. …show more content…
Elena is the human sweetheart with a tragic past and Stephan is the good vampire brother of a bad vampire brother Damon. In the show, there are a lot of high School like situations such as sex, drugs, and breaking rules. These high school situations are realistic and can be relatable to some, but the issue is that in the show character see more like adults rather than young teenagers and that is because they rarely if ever have consequences to their actions. Many whites ideology and narrative states that, quotation character see more like adults rather than young teenagers and that is because they rarely if ever have consequences to their actions. Many whites ideology and narrative states that, "The ideological analysis perspective assumes that television offers a particular construction of the world rather than a universal, abstract truth." This statement couldn't be more true. The vampire diaries has constructed itself to make it the norm for teens to be partaking in sex, drugs, and parties with no consequences because that holds the viewers attention rather than watching the characters be grounded for half of the season. This "norm "on the show will most definitely have a negative impact on young viewers who act out and expect no