NDM: Marxism, Pluralism and Hegemony

Starter

I've got some reading to get you started. There is a reference to hegemony in a Guardian article about last year's Hunger Games film that could also be linked to feminism - read the article on the Hunger Games and at least 15 comments below the line. How does this link to what we've learned about hegemony?

Different views on Hunger games as to Jennifer Lawrence character is represented a alternative stereotype of a female character role who always needs saving. From the comments they discuss that they have been many female characters who are big role models for teenage girls like Buffy the vampire slayer or Uma Thurman Kill Bill character. This disccuses that Jennifer Lawrence character is a big ideal to all girls. As the movie being about the ruling the class trying take the working down.

Main task

Read the Media Magazine article ‘Web 2.0: Participation or Hegemony?'. Go to our archive of Media Magazine issues and click on MM39 - the article you need is on page 58. Answer the following questions:

1) Research the Ian Tomlinson case. What would the traditional, hegemonic view of the police be in a case like this? How did new and digital media create a different story? What does the police officer's subsequent aquittal suggest about the power of new and digital media?
The hegemonic view would be about police offers to get no questioning and due to new and digital media the story had come bigger. This would mean that audience actually give  an impact of knowing what happen. This gave views and it would grow and grow until they sorted this problem. In society the police have still not charged and it would represent that not always that digital media works. It gives the meaning that with law digital media is strong enough to make a change.


2) What does the author argue regarding whether hegemony is being challenged by Web 2.0?
 The author argues that the evolution in new and digital media has challenged hegemony with blogs as they allow audience to have there own views and put it on the web. Without News and digital media we would have to keep fighting for a voice and because we have it just makes it easier to be heard and that what we want want to be heard. It challenges hegemony because you can get people together and be this big power of protest and can make a change with matters by all different views made. Like comments is the big thing as to how people talk to each other and agree with what they say. 

3) In your opinion, does new and digital media reinforce dominant hegemonic views or give the audience a platform to challenge them?
My opinion is that new and digital media is going again hegemonic views as to the reason of how many people have blogs,vlogs and express there feelings towards the net abut society. However we would still need work on this as technology is evolving and so is people as to finding ways to get there words across. I believe that hegemony is being challenged but it will take time to do this and that it would take more of digital media and people to make views like this get rid of.