Hallo liebe Gemeinschaft,
könntet ihr bitte mein englisches Referat "Manipulation durch Medien, insbesondere durch Musik" anschauen und ggf. korrigieren bezüglich Grammatik, Satzbau, insbesondere der letzte Abschnitt (=Conclusion).
Today I would like to tell you something about manipulation by media,
especially by music.
Let me use a picuture to explain some general facts. Media are important to inform about what is happening throughout the world. Media influence our everyday life more than we believe.
There are different methods, how media is able to manipulate persons. In the following I will illustrate manipulation by music and I will show you some examples.
At first „manipulation“ sounds very bad. But it does not have to be terrifying.
On the one hand media are information carrier like, television, radio,
Internet, CD´s pictures, books, newspapers.
but media are also information brokerage like music or language for example.
You will maybe know tv shows or films in which music plays an important role. An Example is the film „the experiment“. In that film 20 persons are doing an experiment. 12 men are acting prisoners and 8 men are acting prison guards. The prisoners are called numbers like one, two, three and so on. But the prison guards are not allowed to be violent and that‘s why they dehumanize the prisoners.
The music in the film is very crucial to create a prescience at the audience. In the opening credits you will hear techno music but it is still relaxing.
When pop music There is often played no music in the prison. It might make you frighten. The silence and the sounds in the background creates a tension and makes that the audience feel the same emotions as the actors.
I searched examples in which news are manipulated by music.
But in most cases news are reliable or respectable.
The second example deals with manipulation by radio.
The Bundestag engage German broadcasting stations that their music programmes consists of at least 35 per cent German pop songs and rock songs.
On the radio the newest songs are played to show the right way in that Music scene.
Playing songs from the past decade is cheap entertainment for the broadcasting stations.
Pril: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uws1evyZhVg
That advertising spot should apparently take 25 seconds.
But broadcasted were only 21 seconds.
That`s why the sound seems to be too fast and too high-pitched.
In this way costs should be reduced.
Nimm 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tsnUDmma_4
That advertising jngle is composed in the rhyme form.
In advertising spots it is often touted that parents do not have to be worried because the sweets contain vitamins. The healthy image of vitamin c is utilized to persuade parents that these sweets are healthy.
But “Nimm 2” contains much sugar as you can read on the ingredient list.
Instead of that you will tout with positive features of sweets.
Conclusion: By the use of specific music and sound effects the mood
of a scene can completely be changed. Thus the area "Music" offers one
incredibly big variety in possibilities. Music also speaks, for example
always a certain group from people and is able to do all feelings of grief to
Joy provide. Consequently music in the media can have positive and negative effects.
