Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Critical Investigation: Task 4


Other Books
Egorova, Y.; Parfitt, T. (2003). Jews, Muslims, and Mass Media: Mediating the 'Other'. London: Routledge Curzon. ISBN 0-415-31839-4“This editorial for the suppression of the rebellion dovetailed with sharp criticism of the European media for using every opportunity to attack the Ottoman Empire and its authorities.”

Stanley Cohen. Folk Devils and Moral Panics
“A condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as a threat to societal values and interest; its nature is presented in a stylized and stereotypical fashion by the mass media...”

Media Literacy
Interview with Edward Said Professor
"My interest in Orientalism began for two reasons, one it was an
immediate thing, that is to say, the Arab-Israeli War of 1973, which had been preceded by a lot of images and discussions in the media in the popular press about how the Arabs are cowardly and they don't know how to fight and they are always going to be beaten because they are not modern."

Screen Online
Mind Your Language (1977-79, 1986)
"The new multi-racial comedy series"

Independent
 Arifa Akbar, Citizen Khan is not just outdated, but lazy and offensive 
Is Citizen Khan Offensive? Yes, and not because of its treatment of religion but because it patronises its audience by flogging dead jokes and dumb stereotypes"
Guardian
Citizen Khan: how did Twitter react?
'Was Citizen Khan written in 1972? The Pakistani stereotypes are just painful.'
'We’re only one episode into Citizen Khan, the BBC's first Asian sitcom, and already the knives are out. Is it racist – or simply unfunny? Or will it defy the critics and be a hit? Let’s see what the online world made of it all'

Ofcom solves mystery of airwave bandit
"The airwave bandit, who told the court he did it because he was "feeling lonely", broadcast messages about topics such as whether Muslim inmates should be made to eat bacon and made references to escaping."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/mediamonkeyblog/2012/dec/14/ofcom-catches-airwave-bandit?INTCMP=SRCH

Citizen Khan may face Ofcom investigation

"The TV regulator has received about 20 complaints about the sitcom, which debuted on BBC1 in Monday night, and is now assessing them."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/aug/30/ofcom-investigate-bbc-citizen-khan 

Citizen Khan - view from abroad


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19511191



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