Category: Media

Black Girl (1966) Written and directed by Ousmane Sembene; produced by André Zwo

Black Girl (1966)
Written and directed by Ousmane Sembene; produced by André Zwoboda; cinematography by Christian Lacoste; edited by André Gaudier.
Diouana (M’Bissine Thérèse Diop); Madame (Anne-Marie Jelinek); Monsieur (Robert Fontaine); Young Man (Momar Nar Sene); Young Male Guest (Bernard Delbard); Young Female Guest (Nicole Donati); Old Male Guest (Raymond Lemery); Old Female Guest (Suzanne Lemery); Boy with Mask (Le masque) (Ibrahima Boy); Children (Philippe, Sophie, Damien); Public Scribe (Ousmane Sembene).

How does the use of sound (and silence)—including voice and music—express the power dynamics depicted in the film? (Write no more than 500 words.)

Types of music in the film (so that if you describe the music you have the vocabulary to do so. You may use the boldface terms as shorthand in your essay.)
French piano bastringue (a piano that has been detuned) accompanied by a bass and drum brush
A West African stringed instrument called a kora (which sounds something like a harp or lute) sometimes accompanied by vocals
West African vocals and drums that form a rhythmic choral chant

Digital Political Essay 3,500-word case study Requirement: In this case study,

Digital Political Essay
3,500-word case study
Requirement: In this case study, your topic is about cyber-fascism.
Please combine the theory taken from week 1 to week 5(which include critical thinking of technological determinism; power and discourse; societies of control; cybernetics and biocybernetics) with an in-depth analysis of one case selected based on your research interest.
Suggested structure:
Introduction (200 words)
Literature review (1000 words – can contain the overlaps with the prior literature review)
Case study (1500 words)
Conclusion and discussion (800 words)

Hello, I am requesting your help for writing 2 separate blogs based on my profes

Hello, I am requesting your help for writing 2 separate blogs based on my professor’s instructions. I will attach my blog proposal, in addition to her feedback and instructions on the structure of the blog post for reference. For the first blog post, it has to be related to my current field of study. I am currently in the Early Childhood Education program (ECE) in Ontario Canada. My proposal was related to $10 a day daycare so please continue with that topic.
Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you so much!

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian an

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian an

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian and dystopian representations of media and technology.
The following, from read, write, think (link below), defines and describes dystopias and their characteristics. It also includes types of dystopian controls and dystopian protagonists that can be found in film, television, and literature.
After watching this week’s viewing, 15 Million Merits, can you identify how the episode’s narrative matches the descriiption below?
Dystopias: Definition and Characteristics
Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.
Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.
Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society:
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations.
• Individuality and dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
Types of Dystopian Controls:
Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls:
• Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report and Running Man.
• Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials. Examples in film include Brazil.
• Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.
• Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.
The Dystopian Protagonist:
• often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social and political systems.
• believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
• helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.pdf

15 Million Merits takes us fast forward from Postman’s chapter 4 into a world where information glut and technology have “. . .called into being a new world,” “a peek-a-boo world” (p. 70). In the last paragraph of chapter 4 we are reminded by Bacon that we have “replaced the idea of human progress with the idea of technological progress” (p. 70). We are accommodating ourselves to new technologies.
Here is a list of main characters to assist you in your assignment:
Bing Madsen (protagonist)
Swift
Abi
Dustin
Selma
Judge Hope
Judge Charity
Judge Wraith
In this episode we see Bing enslaved by technology in a world that appears to be even beyond Technopoly, where everyone must serve technology. There is an absence of anything real or authentic and it seems that the world revolves around advertising and consuming, whether that be consuming merits or consuming goods. Refer to this week’s assignment for next steps and enjoy the episode!
Assignment:
View 15 Million Merits:

Write: Total of approximately 750 words – INCLUDE your full word count at the end of your assignment for full credit. THANKS!

Briefly give your explanation of Bing’s dystopian world in 15 Million Merits. What exactly is going on? Approximately 200 words.

Identify and explain two major dystopian themes in the episode. Do not just refer to a scene or a particular happening, rather identify over-arching themes that run throughout the episode that are reflected in a variety of scenes. Offer scenes or happenings as examples of themes, not themes themselves. Use the definitions and characteristics of dystopias in the Introduction to this unit to help you.
Approximately 250 words.

Connect each of the two themes to Postman’s concept of Technopoly. Consider the beginnings of Technopoly as he explains it (the Scopes’ Monkey Trial, Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management), the idea of human beings as objects or the idea that “. . .society is best served when human beings are placed at the disposal of their techniques and technology, that human beings are, in a sense, worth less than their machinery. He and his followers described exactly what this means, and hailed their discovery as the beginnings of a brave new world” (chapter 3, p. 52). Approximately 250 words.

Please see attached instructions from the professor. Please follow the template

Please see attached instructions from the professor. Please follow the template

Please see attached instructions from the professor. Please follow the template in the attachment to complete the assignment. For part B, you can select any topic of your choice, within US or Canada, however, please do not choose Donald Trump’s assassination attempt story as I have already wrote a paper on that for a recent assignment.
For part A, please note that my main field of study is in the Early Childhood Education program (ECE) which is working with children. You can select any topic of your choosing but please try to select a related current event within Ontario Canada, if possible.
Please do not use and AI tools as the professor will check! Feel free to reach out with any questions or need further clarification on anything.
Thank you!

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian an

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian an

ur viewing and assignment this week will begin to focus explicitly on utopian and dystopian representations of media and technology.
The following, from read, write, think (link below), defines and describes dystopias and their characteristics. It also includes types of dystopian controls and dystopian protagonists that can be found in film, television, and literature.
After watching this week’s viewing, 15 Million Merits, can you identify how the episode’s narrative matches the descriiption below?
Dystopias: Definition and Characteristics
Utopia: A place, state, or condition that is ideally perfect in respect of politics, laws, customs, and conditions.
Dystopia: A futuristic, imagined universe in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or totalitarian control.
Dystopias, through an exaggerated worst-case scenario, make a criticism about a current trend, societal norm, or political system.
Characteristics of a Dystopian Society:
• Propaganda is used to control the citizens of society.
• Information, independent thought, and freedom are restricted.
• A figurehead or concept is worshipped by the citizens of the society.
• Citizens are perceived to be under constant surveillance.
• Citizens have a fear of the outside world.
• Citizens live in a dehumanized state.
• The natural world is banished and distrusted.
• Citizens conform to uniform expectations.
• Individuality and dissent are bad.
• The society is an illusion of a perfect utopian world.
Types of Dystopian Controls:
Most dystopian works present a world in which oppressive societal control and the illusion of a perfect society are maintained through one or more of the following types of controls:
• Corporate control: One or more large corporations control society through products, advertising, and/or the media. Examples include Minority Report and Running Man.
• Bureaucratic control: Society is controlled by a mindless bureaucracy through a tangle of red tape, relentless regulations, and incompetent government officials. Examples in film include Brazil.
• Technological control: Society is controlled by technology—through computers, robots, and/or scientific means. Examples include The Matrix, The Terminator, and I, Robot.
• Philosophical/religious control: Society is controlled by philosophical or religious ideology often enforced through a dictatorship or theocratic government.
The Dystopian Protagonist:
• often feels trapped and is struggling to escape.
• questions the existing social and political systems.
• believes or feels that something is terribly wrong with the society in which he or she lives.
• helps the audience recognizes the negative aspects of the dystopian world through his or her perspective.
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson926/DefinitionCharacteristics.pdf

15 Million Merits takes us fast forward from Postman’s chapter 4 into a world where information glut and technology have “. . .called into being a new world,” “a peek-a-boo world” (p. 70). In the last paragraph of chapter 4 we are reminded by Bacon that we have “replaced the idea of human progress with the idea of technological progress” (p. 70). We are accommodating ourselves to new technologies.
Here is a list of main characters to assist you in your assignment:
Bing Madsen (protagonist)
Swift
Abi
Dustin
Selma
Judge Hope
Judge Charity
Judge Wraith
In this episode we see Bing enslaved by technology in a world that appears to be even beyond Technopoly, where everyone must serve technology. There is an absence of anything real or authentic and it seems that the world revolves around advertising and consuming, whether that be consuming merits or consuming goods. Refer to this week’s assignment for next steps and enjoy the episode!
Assignment:
View 15 Million Merits:

Write: Total of approximately 750 words – INCLUDE your full word count at the end of your assignment for full credit. THANKS!

Briefly give your explanation of Bing’s dystopian world in 15 Million Merits. What exactly is going on? Approximately 200 words.

Identify and explain two major dystopian themes in the episode. Do not just refer to a scene or a particular happening, rather identify over-arching themes that run throughout the episode that are reflected in a variety of scenes. Offer scenes or happenings as examples of themes, not themes themselves. Use the definitions and characteristics of dystopias in the Introduction to this unit to help you.
Approximately 250 words.

Connect each of the two themes to Postman’s concept of Technopoly. Consider the beginnings of Technopoly as he explains it (the Scopes’ Monkey Trial, Taylor’s Principles of Scientific Management), the idea of human beings as objects or the idea that “. . .society is best served when human beings are placed at the disposal of their techniques and technology, that human beings are, in a sense, worth less than their machinery. He and his followers described exactly what this means, and hailed their discovery as the beginnings of a brave new world” (chapter 3, p. 52). Approximately 250 words.