Brass Eye paedophiles
Case study: 'Brass Eye' paedophiles, representations and audience response.1) Having watched the program outline all the possible ways in which it could have offended viewers.The makers of Brass Eye say they set out to portray the way the media sensationalises issues surrounding paedophilia. Having attempted to examine the program in an objective way I can understand why some people were offended by the content. Audience members who had been directly affected by paedophilia may have had more reason than most to be offended. There was perhaps gratuitous use of graphic images, which were unnecessary as the point of the sketch was already apparent. The scenes that I think may have caused the most controversy are those involving real children in graphic or unpleasant situations. For example when a "paedophile" is imprisoned in stocks while a young boy is paraded in front of him. He says he does not fancy the boy. Later on in the program two girls say they are not worried that a pop star they like, JLB8, is a paedophile. "Like we care," one says. The program also made light of real life paedophile by having a sketch whereby a rocket is fired into space supposedly with paedophile Sidney Cooke on board. It is then announced a
The graphics used in these 'news' programmes, sometimes appear more important than the content and the programme itself. I think these exaggerated these representations of characters and groups are what really make the programme humorous and the satire very effective. It is much more subtle than the media who are quick to condemn it. mistake has been made, and a young boy has been sent up with him by accident. As a media studies student it is interesting to observe the attention that 'Brass Eye' has received over this particular episode. Researchers in the uses and gratifications model see the audience as active. The program also used stereotypical images associated with children such as toys and dolls and children skipping down the street. In that simple form it is really more of a folk belief than a model, which crops up repeatedly in the popular media whenever there is an outcry over a programme or another medium. These simple and blatantly ridiculous methods of keeping children safe may have offended parents who are seriously concerned about this issue. It manipulated public figures, who presumably thought that they were doing something to counteract the tide of child abuse. The program didn't 'make fun' of child abuse, rather the hysterics that we're currently being witness to and the idiocy of celebrities. But, of course it has been defended by bigwigs from Channel 4. 2) Describe the ways in which the programme sought to satirise the media coverage of this subject.
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