CULS20014 Television, Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 代写

CULS20014 Television, Lifestyle and Consumer Culture - Essay 1
 
 
Submission Details
·         Due on 5pm Friday September 5, 2017
·         Word Limit is 1000 words minimum (max. 1100, min 900 words)
·         You are required to submit your essay to the online submission portal on the LMS site (Assessment > Essay #1). NO hard copy required
·         Essays submitted after the due date without an extension will be penalised 10% per day.
·         MLA referencing is required
·         There are five questions for Essay 1, please pick only one.
·         A minimum of five references is required for this essay.
·         As this task is only 1,000 words, it is important to have a small frame of focus. You do not have space to discuss topics in great detail, and therefore it is best to choose 1-2 examples and discuss in depth.
 CULS20014 Television, Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 代写
Question 1:
Marx’s account of capitalism was developed in the nineteenth century, well before the advent of television. How useful are classical Marxist concepts in making sense of television and its consumption? Critically apply one of Marx’s concepts (such as ideology, commodity fetishism, class and class conflict, use value, exchange value, etc) to a television text, evaluating its usefulness and limitations.
 
Question 2:
To what extent does taste express social identities, and when might taste be used to challenge social demarcations? Critically discuss with reference to 1-2 examples from television and consumer culture.
 
Question 3:
In “Lifestyle and Consumer Culture,” Mike Featherstone argues, “The modern individual within consumer culture is made conscious that he speaks not only with his clothes, but with his home, furnishings, decorations, car and other activities which are to be read and classified in terms of the presence and absence of taste.” What does Featherstone mean by “the presence and absence of taste” here? Discuss with reference to Bourdieu and 1 example from consumer culture.
 
Question 4:
How might issues of taste and class be evident in television consumption practices? Choose 1-2 examples of specific genres or programmes to discuss in your essay.
 
Question 5:
How has online consumption and distribution changed the meaning of ‘traditional’ television? How has the advent of YouTube and streaming services such as Netflix (etc) changed / reinforced assumptions of taste within television?
 
 
Assessment criteria:
• Demonstrated understanding of key concepts covered in this subject
• Structure and organisation of your argument
• Quality of research and referencing
• Fluency of expression
 CULS20014 Television, Lifestyle and Consumer Culture 代写