A case of hidden ideologies.

by David Kwewum

24

•  Jack  Bauer,  Director  of  Field  Ops  for  the  Counter-­‐Terrorist  Unit  of  Los  Angeles,  races  against  the  clock  to  subvert  terrorist  plots  and  save  his  naAon  from  ulAmate  disaster.  

•  Creators : Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran

•  Main stars : Keifer Sutherland, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carlos Bernard. •  Genre : Action, Mystery, Drama

•  IMDb Rating : 8.5

•  Running Dates : 2001 – 2010, and 2014

About 24

Aims and Objectives

•  Finding how Arabs are often represented in MEDIA •  Ideologies backing such representation •  Producers view on 24 •  24 and our World

Ideologies

• M. Baker and J. Petty (2001:25) support the claim that certain things are broadly termed ideological but have created certain effects on the people involved in relation to its potential influence.

•  Orientalism  •  Feminism  • Masculinity  •  Economy  •  Government  

Orientalism •  E.W.Said (2003: 23) explains that the stereotyping of the Middle East as matters that draw attention to

the public because of the role played by its Western conception, cultural discourse, and treatment. •  According to D. Buckingham (1996:310), stereotyping has created an oversimplification of ethnicity

and race which has created a complex relationship between the majority and minority members of a society.

Representation / Stereotyping .

• Are Arabs only terrorists ?

Masculinity and Feminism

•  Feminism is constructed as an overwhelming presence to itself of the female body .(Doanne, 1991, p.22)

•  A similar focus on the pre-oedipal and on the mother as love object and potential source of visual pleasure.( Gaylyn Studlar 1988)

Government & Economy

•  . Murdock and Golding (1977: 17) support this claim by describing media organisations as puns who are subject to the forces that control the production of their economy

•  Elliot P. (1977) has been able to describe such media stereotyping as steps to maximizing audience rating by commercial media organisations whose revenues are being controlled by institutions which have been politically dominated or run by the State whose motives are driven by prevailing consensus of the heart-land.

Producers view / 24 and our world. •  According to Sahlin (1983:32) TV producers are true analysts of the culture in which they live and work, for

which they represent various societal changes to create an audience. •  Fiske (T.C 2011) opposes this by describing T.V as a culture that processes the production and circulation of

various meanings of television work merely to create a social identity for people involved. •  Nigerian Terror. : http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/boko-haram-catch-shekau-get-n1-1bn-us/

Bibliography •  Sahlins M (1976) Cultural and Practical reason. Chicago: University of Chicago Press •  Pam Cook(2007) The Cinema Book. British Film Institute. 21 Stephen St, London W1T 1LN •  Edward W. Said (2003) Orientalism . Penguin Group Ltd : London. •  John Fiske (2011) Television Culture. London; Methuen Penguin. •  Mc Robbie, A (1984) Dance and Social Fantasy in A. McRobbie and M.Naun (eds)(1984)

Gender and Generation, London: Macmillan •  Whatever it takes :

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/19/070219fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all •  Nigerian Guardian News Extract: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/06/boko-haram-catch-shekau-get-n1-1bn-us/

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