Media Analysis Project - Final Paper

Television is considered the most viewed media apparatus in existence. There is, therefore, a need to come up with an analysis that outlines a transparent understanding of concepts displayed on TV. The primary role of television is to deliver news in addition to creating content for discussion. Opinions are unbiased thoughts of everybody and are subject to consensual discussions. The analysis should ideally consider the stand of the viewers and the favorite entertainment pattern of the viewers. It is considered an important asset in boosting the educational mind in a manner that cannot be achieved by other media sources. TV avails the viewers with an option of understanding the whole scenario as it was the choice of the viewer to settle for the right entertainment from the variety. It is recommended for viewers to think before switching on their preferred Television channel. The thinking comprises of what the viewer hears, sees and what he believes in the mind. Long gone is the era in which TV programs were aired without prior consideration for the fairness of the viewer. The new trend is to make a relative comparison on what is seen on television to what is happening in real life. The television airs information of all kinds and it is upon the viewer to decide what is good for his knowledge from what is misleading. Therefore, television should be considered as a visual medium in which viewers freely look for their preferred programs in view of exposure to media and news. The human thinking should be open-minded to television behaviors to benefit fully from them. The image in television is analyzed using the six perspectives of media analysis namely: personal, historical, technical, ethical, cultural and critical perspective. My focus is on a TV series called Arrow. Oliver Queen is the main actor who returns home after getting stuck in an island for five years to fight crime and corruption rampant in his hometown of Sterling City. Dressed in a hood and face painted, he forms a team of three to help him with tracking and making the suspects own up to the police over their criminal activities. The personal perspective deals with an emotional, subjective opinion. It invokes the thoughts of the viewer concerning the picture.

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