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ds to children who i believe have been exploited particularly sexually the lecture seemed to assert that we often view provocative images of children in the context of being told by the media that they are erotic and thus inappropriate within the medium of the lecture and tutorials we as students were able to discuss the issue within a mediated public sphere an argument that appeared to be put forth was that the reason we feel uncomfortable with such images is due to the preconceived ideas we have when viewing them and that the media is responsible for a moral panic i respectfully disagree an argument that was put forth by one of my fellow peers was that bill henson s photographs are okay so long as he got the consent of the subject and their guardians there are two issues that i have which arise from this argument the first being whether it should be up to a child s parent to consent to something so controversial on their behalf which they may later come to resent and secondly do the children themselves have the capacity to consent certainly the law regards children as having doli incapax an inability to commit a crime as they do not have the capacity to form the necessary intent thus should they be able to consent to something like this i would say no it was stated in the lecture that an individual might be found to be in possession of child pornography if they have any naked images of people under the age of 18 even if taken with consent consider this if a young man aged 17 or 18 were found to have henson s photographs of his 15 year old girlfriend he could be liable should a middle aged man who produced them for the view of the general public not be held to the same account how do you rate bill henson s latest photographs beautiful 31 not to my taste but i recognise the artistic merit 26 not to my taste and unsure of artistic merit 14 i find the subject matter disturbing 7 disturbing and it shouldn t be classified as art 22 total votes 3759 i found it interesting that my post the women in the child appears to be so relevant to this week s material henson s pictures are very grainy and voyeuristic if we go back to the topic of semiotics and dissect what these images connote i would suggest that they do have a paedophilic feel about them it is not necessarily because they are naked it is the way those naked bodies are depicted through their adult and provocative poses julian burnside qc tried to imply that by taking issue with the photographs one was merely encouraging censorship huh wait what that makes absolutely no sense of course i understand that children and adolescents have a sexuality but personally i believe this needs to be monitored and cared for by the adults they trust i actually think the media has done a wonderful job of providing a space for issues such as this to be discussed and debated and even provide a platform for children to weigh in on such issues references clayman steven e 2004 arenas of interaction within the mediated public sphere department of sociology ucla online 32 29 49 available at http www sscnet ucla edu soc faculty clayman docs arenasofinteraction pdf origin publication_detail accessed 13 april 2014 hunt arnold 1997 moral panic and moral language in the media the british journal of sociology online vol 48 number 4 629 648 available at http www jstor org discover 10 2307 591600 uid 2 uid 4 sid 21103655260821 accessed 13 april 2014 mitchell tony 2011 unacceptable censorship or confusing adolescence with childhood another look at the henson case journal of media arts and culture online volume 8 number 1 na available at http scan net au scn journal vol8number1 tony mitchell html accessed 13 april 2014 the monthly video 2013 bill henson p1 the light and the dark and shades of grey online video 2 may 2013 available from https www youtube com watch v kf2rcsfg0 k accessed 13 april 2014 nocensorshipaus 2008 julian burnside qc from the bill henson art debate online video 22 july 2008 available from https www youtube com watch v lyodn3et1ik accessed 13 april 2014 sydney morning herald 2012 henson returns to the most provocative landscape of all read more http www smh com au entertainment art and design henson returns to the most provocative landscape of all 20120912 25rrv html ixzz2ykeuciho online available at http www smh com au entertainment art and design henson returns to the most provocative landscape of all 20120912 25rrv html accessed 13 april 14 gif courtsey of buzzfeed posted in reflection tagged bcm110 art bill henson children and the media context controversy images opinions photography leave a comment bringing death out of the closet posted on april 6 2014 by april ranson when i first began watching hbo s six feet under the timing could not have been more profound my grandmother had just died and upon returning interstate from her funeral i was informed via facebook that a classmate of mine had just passed away two funerals within two weeks that is a little bit too close for comfort even for those who are relatively comfortable with their own mortality although i was prepared for the passing of my beloved nan i was caught off guard by the unexpected death of a peer who was so young and as i thought still had his whole life ahead of him from the very first episode alan ball managed to captivate my intrigue by drawing back the curtain on the taboo subject of grief funerals and death the show managed to provide me with a source of comfort at a time when i was feeling a little overwhelmed by life itself i hear you ask but how is a show about a dysfunctional family who run a funeral home an example of a mediated public sphere my answer to that lies within the documentary life and loss the impact of six feet under mckee describes the public sphere as a metaphor used to explain how individuals come together to exchange opinions feelings and information about what is important to them in a liberal society i would like to propose that ball acts as the mediator in this example by producing storylines that explore controversial themes such as homosexuality religion incest and mortality life and loss explored the impact that six feet under had particularly amongst the embalming and funeral director community prior to the shows premier when daniel biggins would discuss his occupation as a funeral director he was often met with a disturbed expression however once six feet under premiered he was bombarded with hundreds of questions about his job including have you watched the show the show was praised by the funeral industry for accurately depicting the diversity of death rituals ranging from buddhist monks through to the funeral of a murderer as a direct result of the show there was an increase in organ donation and prearranged funerals a clear indication that the show encouraged people to think about death each episode would begin with a death sometimes they were peaceful and other times they were sensationalised one poignant example was the death of a baby to sids the scene was depicted through the child s perspective and was sensitively delivered ball fought hard to include this storyline as he felt that it was a reality of the industry and therefore needed to be covered not just glossed over as actress lauren ambrose explained i don t believe audiences need to be sheltered from dark subject matter the show was not made to be shocking but rather to simply illustrate one of the two certainties of life death and taxes references antymon51 2010 life and loss the impact of six feet under online video 24 august 2010 available from https www youtube com watch v fzoipasravi accessed 06 april 2014 hbo 2001 six feet under online available at http www hbo com six feet under accessed 06 april 14 imdb 2014 alan ball online available at http www imdb com name nm0050332 accessed 06 april 14 imdb 2014 lauren ambrose online available at http www imdb com name nm0024404 accessed 06 april 14 mckee a 2005 introduction the public sphere an introduction in public sphere an introduction cambridge university press cambridge pp1 31 schiappa edward 2004 an a television series change attitudes about death a study of college students and six feet under death studies 28 459 474 image courtesy of hbo and gif of gify posted in big brother is watching you tagged bcm110 alan ball death grief hbo media mythbusting mediated public sphere mortality pop culture public sphere six feet under tv show 4 comments rinehart murdoch and packer oh my posted on april 2 2014 by april ranson scott ludlam from the guardian oh the bias has said that a diverse media ecosystem is the backbone to any democracy including australia he argues that regardless of your own political beliefs we should all be fighting for the diversification of media ownership and to an extent i certainly agree the usual argument put forth is that when there is a dominance of media ownership by a few big guns murdoch packer and fairfax the under saturation of australia s media market will lead to abuses of power as well as conflicting interests a lack of diversity in content analysis and opinion this all seems common sense on first consideration however when i begin to really think about the question why does it matter who controls the media i feel a little underwhelmed by my own personal conclusions it is certainly true that currently if you turn on your tv you are guaranteed to be watching a channel produced by one of six companies the fate of newspapers is even grimmer with only four major players so why does this matter media not only informs but also holds the power to shape the publics perceptions we are all familiar with hitler s nazi germany and stalin s ussr as extreme examples of what abuse occurs when the public are manipulated by one dominant media source let s not all run away crying in despair just yet i would like to think that most australians are intelligent enough to navigate the contemporary media landscape by ascertaining if a story has a particular agenda never is a story going to be 100 objective or free from bias to think that way is both naïve and idealistic journalists have their own ideologies that inevitably contribute to how they interact with a particular issue or story i suppose why people are panicking is that they are afraid that if there is only a few opinions being thrown around by the media they will be left in the dark about alternative ideas however i really don t believe that to be the case perhaps i have too much faith in the general population of australia currently we are in a time of dramatic change in how we communicate with one another with social media taking centre stage although much of how we receive our news online is via the mega media companies we are provided a platform via blogs twitter and facebook to discuss our own opinions about current affairs amongst our peers i feel it needs to be said that virtually all the research that went into this blog post has come from publications that were produced by the monopoly including the criticisms made by ludlam oh the irony take our poll references the growing threat to australia s media plurality scott ludlam comment is free theguardian com 2014 the growing threat to australia s media plurality scott ludlam comment is free theguardian com online available at http www theguardian com commentisfree 2014 mar 24 malcolm turnbull media plurality scott ludlam accessed 30 march 2014 motivatormelbourne 2007 media ownership in australia online video 11 july 2011 available from https www youtube com watch v gshov5gvv0o accessed 30 march 2014 pusey m 2011 from the media moguls to the money men media concentration in australia media international australia online 140 22 31 available at http search ebscohost com login aspx direct true db ufh an 66210904 si accessed 28 march 2014 images courtesy of the conversation newthinktank and multimedia learning posted in information just wants to be free tagged bcm110 australia democracy fairfax ideology journalism media control media mythbusting media ownership murdoch packer propaganda the guardian 2 comments the women in the child a controversial image posted on march 23 2014 by april ranson this is brooke shields aged just ten years old the photograph was taken by fashion photographer gary gross a more then appropriate name in my opinion who specialised in dog portraiture it was taken in 1975 and was to be part of his project called the women in the child these photographs were taken with the permission of brookes mother teri and first appeared in the publication little women and eventually in the playboy press publication sugar and spice now let me preface by saying that i have made the conscious decision to only use a cropped image of her face as i believe the images that make up the collection are nothing short of child pornography therefore i am only going to analyse this controversial text in regards to the cropped image i have selected gross explained the idea behind this image as being an exploration of the femininity in prepubescent girls compared to adult women the image clearly denotes an attractive and made up prepubescent girl who is leaning against a white wall staring intently down the lens of the camera however when we then move to what the image connotes the image becomes far more complicated brooke has had her hair and make up styled to not only make her look like a woman but a women who has a strong hold on her sexuality she has been covered in body oil and is completely naked except for a choker necklace which i believe connotes that she is just like the dogs gross usually photographs although she is leaning up against the wall for support she has been positioned in a way to signify her sex appeal we then move on towards what her gaze connotes although she is only a child she looks towards the camera with an explicitly vulnerable come hither stare with her lips pressed into a seductive pout it is true that people will interpret media messages in different ways based on their own ideologies however i must admit that in regards to this complex image i have a hard time believing that most people would read this message as anything other than grossly inappropriate i don t believe the artist gross has managed to achieve his objective of exploring the femininity in prepubescent girls in fact i believe he has done the exact opposite what makes young girls beautiful is their youth yet in this image he has tarnished that by making them up to look like mature women in a way it is rather ironic further reading brooke shields nude photo causes controversy marie claire brooke shields on coming to terms with her controversial past dailymail court case summary references abroad controversies in paris when a picture is worth a thousand debates nytimes com 2014 abroad controversies in paris when a picture is worth a thousand debates nytimes com online available at http www nytimes com 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