Week 7

Representation Remix Notes

1. Introduction/thesis statement

   • Introduce your text

     • What is it?

   • Context

     • Format

     • Year of release

     • Narrative summary (themes)

     • Genre

     • Target audience

2. Main body

   • Conflict (problematic elements)

   • Semiotic context/analysis

     • Analysing the problematic elements

     • Find scholarly sources for this if you want to go gold

   • Consequence (impact on society)

     • Research and referencing - don't have an opinion in media studies

   • Choice (to remix the above conflict)

     • Solution

   • Semiotic context/analysis of your choice/remix

     • Reference

   • Consequence of your choice/remix

     • Research/reference

3. Conclusion

   • Summary

   • Closing statement

4. Reference list

   • APA7

Readings

• Your submission document should be between 750-1500 words.

• Still need to do a mid-project and project completion reflection (this was obvious).

• No annotated bibliography required for this project, but in-text citations with full references found in the reference list is required.

• Make sure to include page numbers in your references for the excerpt your information is from.

Readings

• General:

  • Rude, M. (2022, February 18). Is Glee Too Problematic To Be Made Nowadays? This Star Says Yes. Out. https://www.out.com/television/2022/2/18/glee-too-problematic-be-made-nowadays-star-says-yes 

• Chosen creative media text's problematic elements:

  • Amber, A. (2022, July 22). 9 Things From 'How I Met Your Mother' That Wouldn't Fly Today. Collider. https://collider.com/things-from-how-i-met-your-mother-that-wouldnt-fly-today 

  • Woodward, E. (2018, March 29). 24 Times "How I Met Your Mother" Was Really Fucking Problematic. BuzzFeed. https://www.buzzfeed.com/elliewoodward/times-how-i-met-your-mother-was-actually-really 

  • Sandoval, A. (2022, December 18). 10 Ways How I Met Your Mother Aged Poorly. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/how-i-met-your-mother-aged-poorly/ 

  • Harbet, X. (2021, June 14). The Most Problematic Moments In How I Met Your Mother. Looper. https://www.looper.com/436553/the-most-problematic-moments-in-how-i-met-your-mother/ 

  • McGinley, R. (2020, August 12). How I Met Your Mother: 5 Ways The Sitcom Is Problematic (& 5 Ways It's Positive). Screen Rant. https://screenrant.com/himym-how-met-your-mother-ways-sitcom-problematic-positive 

• Research points for chosen creative media text's problematic elements:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic_history_of_New_York_City#:~:text=The%201990s%20brought%20further%20diversification,%2C%20and%20Hispanic%2FLatino%20populations

  • https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/nyc-population/census2000/demonyc.pdf 

• Brainstorming template research:

  • https://www.gamespot.com/articles/reality-check-duke-nukem-forever-isnt-sexist/1100-6308543/