Comments for in media res http://mediajuice.wordpress.com in media res --'Part of the reason why I write about the media is because I am interested in the whole intellectual culture, and the part of it that is easiest to study is the media. It comes out every day. You can do a systematic investigation. You can compare yesterday’s version to today’s version. There is a lot of evidence about what’s played up and what isn’t and the way things are structured.' Noam Chomsky Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:20:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on the rightwing gutterpress: making media studies easy by aristea http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-rightwing-gutterpress-making-media-studies-easy/#comment-229 aristea Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:20:38 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-229 thanks for that, but I was hoping for a more substantial contextualization, which by looking at what I asked does not come through. The point of media analysis is exactly that juxtaposition of images is not straightforward. I meant to be asking something more like: why does a free paper available in public transport and having no journalistic integrity does not choose to use the image a right-wing paper does, even though it does support texts equally conservative and populistic. And more, but it certaintly takes time that we all do not have a t the moment. but look, the pathetic-photoshoper-doing-what-they-are-told- because-they-have-to-survive-in-the-media-world left the man's foot, a foot out of nowhere, perhaps this is the brave-photoshoper's-act-of- resictance: sabotazing the system from within. thanks for that, but I was hoping for a more substantial contextualization, which by looking at what I asked does not come through. The point of media analysis is exactly that juxtaposition of images is not straightforward. I meant to be asking something more like: why does a free paper available in public transport and having no journalistic integrity does not choose to use the image a right-wing paper does, even though it does support texts equally conservative and populistic. And more, but it certaintly takes time that we all do not have a t the moment.

but look, the pathetic-photoshoper-doing-what-they-are-told-
because-they-have-to-survive-in-the-media-world
left the man’s foot, a foot out of nowhere, perhaps this is the brave-photoshoper’s-act-of-
resictance: sabotazing the system from within.

]]> Comment on the rightwing gutterpress: making media studies easy by meandomedar http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-rightwing-gutterpress-making-media-studies-easy/#comment-228 meandomedar Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:06:09 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-228 how awkward is that? at the same time this is so much more than just media studies - quite bluntly, it borders racism. another potential, crudely pragmatic reason: the guy's head didn't fit under the headline... how awkward is that? at the same time this is so much more than just media studies – quite bluntly, it borders racism.
another potential, crudely pragmatic reason: the guy’s head didn’t fit under the headline…

]]> Comment on the rightwing gutterpress: making media studies easy by sam http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-rightwing-gutterpress-making-media-studies-easy/#comment-227 sam Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:54:55 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-227 The guy in the middle is Prince William, who is now a military man (at least in front of the cameras). The Sun is a Murdoch-owned tabloid daily. Rightwing, reactionary bullshit... with the highest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the world. The Metro is a free paper available on buses and trains and so on. It is designed to be read within 20 minutes, after which it litters the streets of British cities...and it is rarely the point of a positive comparison for journalistic integrity! The guy in the middle is Prince William, who is now a military man (at least in front of the cameras).

The Sun is a Murdoch-owned tabloid daily. Rightwing, reactionary bullshit… with the highest circulation of any English-language newspaper in the world.

The Metro is a free paper available on buses and trains and so on. It is designed to be read within 20 minutes, after which it litters the streets of British cities…and it is rarely the point of a positive comparison for journalistic integrity!

]]> Comment on the rightwing gutterpress: making media studies easy by aristea http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/the-rightwing-gutterpress-making-media-studies-easy/#comment-226 aristea Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:18:32 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-226 Actually, I would appreciate a little context here if it is available? Who are these people and what is the news story? Also about the papers, what is the difference between the Sun and Metro in terms of ownership and standpoint. Actually, I would appreciate a little context here if it is available? Who are these people and what is the news story? Also about the papers, what is the difference between the Sun and Metro in terms of ownership and standpoint.

]]> Comment on Hi! How are you today? by Return http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/hi-how-are-you-today/#comment-217 Return Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:56:41 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-217 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Return. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Return.

]]> Comment on Thoughts forever flowing in virtual space by aristea F http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/06/01/thoughts-forever-flowing-in-virtual-space/#comment-205 aristea F Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:22:34 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=85#comment-205 hmmm...what will become of it. I guess if you are seriously worried about that and also about these traces of you scattered around in cyberspace, saving the posts in the personal space of the pc would be a solution. I started doing that at first but then it felt like keeping a diary about my blogging and I felt it was too much. But it is the generic characteristic of blogging I guess that automatically archives old posts, as if they really belong in the past and as if all that matters is the posts you did in the last few days. It would be interesting to think about time and how its perception is shaped by blogs. So I'm not sure what will happen, you indirectly ask a question about the future of looking into the past, a modern question about a postmodern practise? hmmm…what will become of it. I guess if you are seriously worried about that and also about these traces of you scattered around in cyberspace, saving the posts in the personal space of the pc would be a solution. I started doing that at first but then it felt like keeping a diary about my blogging and I felt it was too much. But it is the generic characteristic of blogging I guess that automatically archives old posts, as if they really belong in the past and as if all that matters is the posts you did in the last few days. It would be interesting to think about time and how its perception is shaped by blogs. So I’m not sure what will happen, you indirectly ask a question about the future of looking into the past, a modern question about a postmodern practise?

]]> Comment on The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum(1975) and the media by aristea F http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/the-lost-honour-of-katharina-blum1975-and-the-media/#comment-204 aristea F Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:04:04 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-204 hey anne, they have it in the library. It was released in 1975. Have you watched M. von Trotta's 'Rosa Luxemburg'? I'm going to watch it next. hey anne, they have it in the library. It was released in 1975. Have you watched M. von Trotta’s ‘Rosa Luxemburg’? I’m going to watch it next.

]]> Comment on The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum(1975) and the media by meandomedar http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/the-lost-honour-of-katharina-blum1975-and-the-media/#comment-202 meandomedar Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:40:43 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=81#comment-202 I haven't come across that film yet - although I have heard a lot of the two filmmakers. What year does it play in? I haven’t come across that film yet – although I have heard a lot of the two filmmakers. What year does it play in?

]]> Comment on Hi! How are you today? by giantinsect http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/hi-how-are-you-today/#comment-187 giantinsect Wed, 21 May 2008 18:40:46 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=79#comment-187 Hi Anne I think this measurement thing is crazy. I am a very keen cyclist but I am a very slow cyclist. I know there are other cyclists who go out with heart rate monitors strapped to them and cadence savvy computers (for measuring revolutions of pedals per minute). I think they turn the very enjoyable activity of cycling into a misery of worrying about whether it is benefiting them in some measurable way or not. I can't be too smug about these people. I do have a very simple cycle computer as well and I use it to measure distance. I do like cycling a good distance and then looking at the figure at the end. I find a sense of satisfaction for some reason in that. Some years ago I went through a period of measuring my cycling performance. I had a sophisticated computer on the bicycle and a heart rate monitor. Thank goodness I gave all that up. My performance figures were always so awful compared with even the average cyclist that if I'd kept measuring them then I would have stopped cycling eventually. Hi Anne

I think this measurement thing is crazy. I am a very keen cyclist but I am a very slow cyclist. I know there are other cyclists who go out with heart rate monitors strapped to them and cadence savvy computers (for measuring revolutions of pedals per minute). I think they turn the very enjoyable activity of cycling into a misery of worrying about whether it is benefiting them in some measurable way or not.

I can’t be too smug about these people. I do have a very simple cycle computer as well and I use it to measure distance. I do like cycling a good distance and then looking at the figure at the end. I find a sense of satisfaction for some reason in that.

Some years ago I went through a period of measuring my cycling performance. I had a sophisticated computer on the bicycle and a heart rate monitor. Thank goodness I gave all that up. My performance figures were always so awful compared with even the average cyclist that if I’d kept measuring them then I would have stopped cycling eventually.

]]> Comment on Control by giantinsect http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/2008/05/11/control/#comment-175 giantinsect Sat, 17 May 2008 11:58:54 +0000 http://mediajuice.wordpress.com/?p=76#comment-175 Hi Calx Yes you are absolutely right, the acting of Sam Riley was really first class. I also loved Samantha Morton as Deborah Curtis. Craig Parkinson was quite superb as Tony Wilson. LOL about the props :) Hi Calx

Yes you are absolutely right, the acting of Sam Riley was really first class. I also loved Samantha Morton as Deborah Curtis.

Craig Parkinson was quite superb as Tony Wilson.

LOL about the props :)

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