Post colonialism

Paul Gilroy

Post colonialism is the way that history affected media and it's representation on a spesific group of people. This is due to colonization ending by the time World War II ended which affected the influence  of the European countries, this would then lead to them portraying themselves as the good guys while simultaneously praying on the "others" and portraying them as evil savages to increase their influence over the media.

Case study practice:

'The media condition the way we think' To what extent do you agree with this statement?

Due to technological convergence we tend to spend more time in the media consuming it's contents, and because of technological convergence we can do this much easier due to the existence of the internet and streaming platforms for a much cheaper price. This leads into the next part of the essay which will talk about the human belief and how easy they are changed or reinforced by the media. An example of this can be seen in "Get out" (2017), "Us" (2019), and "Nope" (2022) which was all directed by Jordan Peele, and all of these movies have one thing in common and that is that it subverts the white savior trope by having the main characters of all these movies being black, which helps the black community by showing them in a much more positive light and less stereotyped which helps them to feel more normalized and accepted by society and for the people of the black community it gives them a role model to look up to.