Discuss why some people are not convinced by the idea of postmodern media.
There are mnay reasons why some people may not be convinced by the idea of postmodern media as for mostpeoplepostmodern media is very confusing. If people do not understand the intertextual references then they will find it hard to understand post modern media and postmodernism is very hard to define. There are many different definations of postmodernism in that it isweird for the sake of being weird and so is unconventional. The main aim of postmodern media is that it aim is to allow the audience to understand that although they are watching a film, everything is completely fiction. However they do it in a way that is not easily noticed by the audience but allows them to understand.
There are many arguements for and against understanding some forms of postmodernism. The thoery from Fredrick Jameson gives off critizisms of postmoderism, but postmodernist do not completly disagree to his thoery. Jmeson explains how postmodernism is just selfreferential jokes that do not particularly have a deep meaning or purpouse. For example, this is used a lot in the horror film Scream. Scream plays jokes on its own genre and although it is a horror movie, things said within the film are selfreferential jokes. An example within the filmis when all the teens are at aparty and go through the rules of whats normally happens within a horror movie. Like the pretty girl is killed first, and the vigins are left to live because they are pure. This is the same in nearly all horror movies, however the film scream explains this and so relatesto the audience by letting them understand that horror movies are fiction. Therefore, Fredrick Jameson sees that the output from postmodernism is purposful and so will remain in a modernist society.
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