MEST 4 homework:

Critical Investigation title: How does pop music culture create awareness of LGBT groups and has it been successful in doing so?

Linked Production: Parody music video or a documentary.

Working with Sital for my linked production.

Critical Investigation keywords: LGBT, gay, lesbian, transexual, bisexual, homophobic/ia.

Media Language: Focus on the props, make-up. The different shots, length of shots, and angles. Digetic and non-digetic will be heavily focussed on.

Institution: Looking at the different music record labels and their ideologies. Considering whether the other texts linked to the institution have the same values or not. How and why it varies across institutions.

Genre: Typing codes and conventions of pop music today. How its changed over time. How this has anything to do with LGBT representations. Looking at parody music videos and the similarities and differences between the original video and the parody.

Representations: Are the LGBT groups being represented accurately? positively? How has this effected audiences. Are the representations fair and if not then why?

Audiences: The LGBT groups. Who else consumes the messages conveyed through pop music? Do they accept it too. The different audiences? How they vary in values.

Ideologies: Are the values shown positive? Do they benefit people? Have they changed society's ideologies?

Narrative: What narrative do the music video show? Do they change over time? How are they different? Do they have the same message?

Social:Has is had an effect on society?
Historical: How has this changed over time?
Economical: Has it made money?
Political: Does politics have an effect on the issues posed?

Issues/debate & why: 
Tolerance of LGBT groups and how far the line is drawn. Regulation & censorship. Representations & stereotyping. Media effect.

Theories: Marxism & Hegemony. Audience theories. Gender & ethnicity. Liberal Pluralism.

This study fits into the contemporary media landscape because of the fact that there are always new stories based around the LGBT community and the fact that recently there has been more focus on sexuality in popular culture which in turn has a major influence on its wide ranging audiences.

10 links: 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/8899599/Archbishop-very-disappointed-with-gay-marriage-move.html Article about Cameron's plan to legalise same-sex marriage, and the arch-bishops disagrees with these plans.

http://newsone.com/entertainment/abanjoko/ti-anti-gay-gaffe-in-vibe/
Article about rapper T.I and his anti-gay comments being insensitive and ridiculing being gay.