post modernism

1) Read the section on Strinati's five ways to define postmodernity. What examples are provided of the breakdown of the distinction between culture and society (media-isation)?

The examples are advertsiing which can make a poor quality product seem good and additionally another example will be  The characters Bruno and Borat have more ‘reality’ for film.

2) What is Fredric Jameson's idea of 'historical deafness'? How can the idea of 'historical deafness' be applied to Deutschland 83?

Jameson, is the idea of historical deafness. He argues that as mediaization increases so the culturefinds itself losing a sense of historical context.in addition this can be applied to deutchland 83 as the story which is showed is not true but the settig,s and characters make it look real.

3) What examples and theories are provided for the idea of 'style over substance'?

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branding influences people to buy think for example nike trainers

4) What examples from music are provided for the breakdown of the distinction between art and popular culture? Can this be applied to Deutschland 83?

5) What is bricolage? What examples of bricolage can be found in Deutschland 83?

Bricolage refers to the process of adapting and juxtaposing old and new texts, images, ideas or narratives to produce whole new meanings.in addition this can be shown by the genre which was chosen for deutchland 83 which is mystery and spy like james bond which is interesting for people who watch media.

6) How can the audience pleasures of Deutschland 83 be linked to postmodernism? Read 'The decline of meta-narratives' and 'Media texts and the postmodern' to help answer this.

They can be linked to postmodernism as the show is showing how the world was in the [past at 1983 and how Germany was divided into two parts.

8) Now look at page 4 of the factsheet. How does Deutschland 83 demonstrate aspects of the postmodern in its construction and ideological positioning?

Deutschland 83 demonstrates aspects of postmodernism as they show the differences between the two parts of Germany which shows how one side is very different to the other.

9) Which key scenes from Deutschland 83 best provide examples of postmodernism? Why?

The character martin training to be a spy could link to the genre  as james bond which can  engage the audience.

10) Why might audiences enjoy the postmodern aspects of Deutschland 83? What audience pleasures might elements of bricolage or pastiche provide viewers?

They might enjoy the postmodernism aspects as these aspects are the one which will engage the uadience to watch the show as the genre they have chosen which is spy genre is to interest people who watch this type of genre which can be anyone around the world.

There is a lot of challenging work here - you will have over a week to complete it so take your time, read around the subject and re-watch the scenes from the first episode on All4 to help develop impressive academic answers to these questions.