Increasing Glocalization in Mass Media
Increasing Glocalization in Mass Media
- Tighten your argument, so that your thesis is more focused and coherent
- Make sure that you provide the social contexts within which your study is located. E.g. Talk about increased media globalization and how that is important in understanding this or that.
- Lay out the theories that would help you with your analysis.
- Your revised proposal should not be too broad. E.g. comparing the US and British versions of The Office, is too broad. Comparing how this character is portrayed – their action, their speech, their relationships to other characters, etc., in the two versions of The Office. Comparing how gender is represented in these characters and/or situations in these shows give you better control of the project.
- You do not want to be “all over the place,” i.e. having scattered analysis that do not come together
- The more focused you are, the more depth you can provide for your analysis
- Identify the exact media contents you will use in your analysis, for example which episodes of the program
- Provide an annotated bibliography to at least three sources that you are going to use for this project, please see link below
- Link these readings to your thesis
- Expected conclusion
1) Compare a US TV shows that is an adaptation from a show from abroad with the original show abroad. (The Masked Singer)
You need to do research on the production histories of the shows – who funded the shows, production companies, how the show moves from its original country to the US.
At the same time, you need to go to CSI library(Uploaded log in information for access to database as a document on here)(Link to the database website: https://library.csi.cuny.edu/az.php) and search for articles, books, on the shows and learn more about the show. Try to find out what has been written about the show or shows. There are articles written comparing the original and the US version. A good project cannot be done without the availability of good sources.
You should watch the pilot of the shows and start to analyze how the two shows differ. Are there different cultural references? What about the settings? How are the characters constructed?….
Then you pick at least two and up to four episodes from each version and compare them. You want to pick a theme to compare. For example, how the primary character is portrayed, from the perspective of gender? How he or she related to other characters around him/her?
Then you want to look for some response from audiences from both countries. They can be from social media, websites like Rottentomatoes, etc. You want to read from 10 to 20 of reviews from each show. It will be even better if the reviews are from different parts of the world. Audience appeal
