The Proper Distance Project

In this space of hospitality, students of Communication Theory from different schools share their understanding of how the media can be too close, too far, and, in ideal moments, both close and far. In so doing, it is hoped that they contribute to the negation of a mediapolis of complicity and collusion and the fostering of a mediapolis of understanding.

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

ADMU COM11-E

Fortun, Lim, Sarmiento, Tan, Sinjian, Gervasio and Leitheitner

Too Close

Although the red carpet is a venue for celebrities to be classy and to showcase a flawless image, it is also the place wherein numerous stars commit the major fashion faux of letting their private parts hang out for the public to see. This is a literal case of "too close" because although they are indeed human and are predisposed to committing mistakes, the media depicts an image that is too vivid and definitely too close for both the audience and subject.

TOO FAR

From sex offenders to terrorists to dictators; the media creates a negative façade that affirms their being evil to the point that we distance ourselves from them --- forgetting that they too are human. They become too far and we are forced to misunderstand because they are made unrecognizable by the media.

PROPER DISTANCE

The media covers the different issues in our world today with the proper amount of context and human emotion involved so that we do not misunderstand the true message by either distancing ourselves from the issue or having too much human emotion involved. From emergency news where media cannot yet create its own image of the issue such as fires, earthquakes and other natural calamities to properly covered news such as man-made accidents and epidemics, we are now capable of undestanding the true message sans media manipulation.

Web Sources for Photographs:
http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/britney-spears-nipple-slip-again.jpg

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/02/entertainment/main597582.shtml

http://www.people.com/people/gallery/0,,1007288_1007385_2,00.html

http://images.google.com.ph/imgres?imgurl=http://static.flickr.com/51/107771895_102e74c790.jpg&imgrefurl=http://hautegossip.blogspot.com/2006/03/another-nip-slip.html&h=500&w=332&sz=94&hl=tl&start=12&usg=__sURIIi4GVKgPbcYrbcKyXxT6an0=&tbnid=uFYzb2RxzpYg3M:&tbnh=130&tbnw=86&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dnip%2Bslip%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Dtl%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26sa%3DG

http://itp.nyu.edu/projects_documents/1176587884_database_rc.jpg
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