Theatre (also theater in American English) is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience.[2] The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”) and θεάομαι (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).
-Wikipedia
In my own short definition, theater is a place where a group of people express their feelings through acts, dance, and music based on their concept on delivering the message to a large group of audience. Nowadays its hard to find a good theater performance because in theater you have to act or dance live, and not recorded. You have express your feelings and emotion to the fullest. Therefore, its hard to find a good actors or dancers that can do that. Almost rare.
Honestly saying that I love theater more than watching movies at the cinema. As a media form, Theater communicates messages to its audience live and if it is powerful enough, it could give more impact to the audience better than the movies do without the effects. The audience could feel the emotions. Back to the old time, they used to do a plain theater performance, where they did usual acting skills and background set. But nowadays, I have watched they do it in different dimensions like 4 dimensional and 5 dimensional followed by great music effects, acting skills and stage background settings.
The youngsters should participate and explore themselves into this industry so this theater things will not fade out but could be a great place for people to go to instead.
Social Group
In my opinion, 'social group' can be define as two or more humans interact with each other, sharing the same opinion and ideas, and having the same status and lifestyle. A group is defined in terms of those who identify themselves as the members of the group.
From my research and readings, there are too many social group to list down. These are some examples I found from the internet.
Peer group
A peer group is a group with members of approximately the same age, social status, and interests. Generally, people are relatively equal in terms of power when they interact with peers.
Clique
A group of people that have many of the same interests & commonly found in a High School/College setting; most of the time they have a name & rules for themselves.
Club
A club is a group, which usually requires one to apply to become a member. Such clubs may be dedicated to particular activities: sporting clubs, for example.
Household
All individuals who live in the same home. anglophone culture may include various models of household, including the family, blended families, share housing, and group homes.
Community
A community is a group of people with a commonality or sometimes a complex net of overlapping commonalities, often–but not always–in proximity with one another with some degree of continuity over time.
Franchise
An organization which runs several instances of a business in many locations.
Gang
A gang is usually an urban group that gathers in a particular area. It is a group of people that often hang around each other. They can be like some clubs, but much less formal. They are usually known in many countries to cause social unrest and also have negative influence on the members and may be a target for the law enforcers in case of any social vices
Mob
A mob is usually a group of people that has taken the law into their own hands. Mobs are usually groups which gather temporarily for a particular reason.
Posse
A posse was originally found in English common law. It is generally obsolete, and survives only in America, where it is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes. However, it can also refer to a street group.
Squad
This is usually a small group, of around 3 to 15 people, who work as a team to accomplish their goals.
Dyad
This is a social group with two members. Social interaction in a dyad is typically more intense than in larger groups because neither member shares the other's attention with anyone else.
Triad
This is a social group with three members, which contains three relationships, each uniting two of the three people. A triad is more stable than a dyad because one member can act as a mediator should the relationship between the other two become strained.
Team
similar to a squad, though a team may contain many more members. A team works in a similar way to a squad.
In-group
It is a social group toward which a member feels respect and loyalty. It is a group that an individual identifies in positive direction. If a person is part of the in-group then they are collectively part of an inner circle of friends. An inner circle may contain sub-groups within the inner circle including the apex (best friends), core (very close friends), outer rim, etc. This group provides a support structure and being exclusive offers protection from anyone in an Out-group (see below.)
Out-group
It is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.It is a group that an individual identifies in negative direction.
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_group
From my research and readings, there are too many social group to list down. These are some examples I found from the internet.
Peer group
A peer group is a group with members of approximately the same age, social status, and interests. Generally, people are relatively equal in terms of power when they interact with peers.
Clique
A group of people that have many of the same interests & commonly found in a High School/College setting; most of the time they have a name & rules for themselves.
Club
A club is a group, which usually requires one to apply to become a member. Such clubs may be dedicated to particular activities: sporting clubs, for example.
Household
All individuals who live in the same home. anglophone culture may include various models of household, including the family, blended families, share housing, and group homes.
Community
A community is a group of people with a commonality or sometimes a complex net of overlapping commonalities, often–but not always–in proximity with one another with some degree of continuity over time.
Franchise
An organization which runs several instances of a business in many locations.
Gang
A gang is usually an urban group that gathers in a particular area. It is a group of people that often hang around each other. They can be like some clubs, but much less formal. They are usually known in many countries to cause social unrest and also have negative influence on the members and may be a target for the law enforcers in case of any social vices
Mob
A mob is usually a group of people that has taken the law into their own hands. Mobs are usually groups which gather temporarily for a particular reason.
Posse
A posse was originally found in English common law. It is generally obsolete, and survives only in America, where it is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes. However, it can also refer to a street group.
Squad
This is usually a small group, of around 3 to 15 people, who work as a team to accomplish their goals.
Dyad
This is a social group with two members. Social interaction in a dyad is typically more intense than in larger groups because neither member shares the other's attention with anyone else.
Triad
This is a social group with three members, which contains three relationships, each uniting two of the three people. A triad is more stable than a dyad because one member can act as a mediator should the relationship between the other two become strained.
Team
similar to a squad, though a team may contain many more members. A team works in a similar way to a squad.
In-group
It is a social group toward which a member feels respect and loyalty. It is a group that an individual identifies in positive direction. If a person is part of the in-group then they are collectively part of an inner circle of friends. An inner circle may contain sub-groups within the inner circle including the apex (best friends), core (very close friends), outer rim, etc. This group provides a support structure and being exclusive offers protection from anyone in an Out-group (see below.)
Out-group
It is a social group toward which a person feels a sense of competition or opposition.It is a group that an individual identifies in negative direction.
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_group
The Media
(1)
Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome (black-and-white) or colored, with or without accompanying sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming, or television transmission.
(2)
Radio is the wireless transmission of signals through free space by electromagnetic radiation of a frequency significantly below that of visible light, in the radio frequency range, from about 30 kHz to 300 GHz. These waves are called radio waves. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space.
(3)
A poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic
elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly
text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative.
Posters may be used for many purposes. They are a frequent tool of advertisers (particularly of events, musicians and films), propagandists, protestors and other groups trying to communicate a message. Posters are also used for reproductions of artwork, particularly famous works, and are generally low-cost compared to original artwork.
(4)
A computer is a general purpose device that can be programmed
to carry out a finite set of arithmetic or logical operations. Since a
sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve
more than one kind of problem.
(5)
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news
of current events, informative articles, diverse features, editorials,
and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive,
low-grade paper such as newsprint.
By 2007, there were 6,580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395
million copies a day. The worldwide recession of 2008, combined with
the rapid growth of web-based alternatives, caused a serious decline in
advertising and circulation, as many papers closed or sharply
retrenched operations.
(6)
A camera is a device that records images that can be stored directly, transmitted to another location, or both. These images may be still photographs or moving images such as videos or movies. The term camera comes from the word camera obscura (Latin for "dark chamber"), an early mechanism for projecting images. The modern camera evolved from the camera obscura.
(7)
The telephone, or phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point
communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people
separated by large distances to talk to each other. Developed in the
mid-1870s by Alexander Graham Bell
and others, the telephone has long been considered indispensable to
businesses, households and governments, is now one of the most common appliances in the developed world. The word "telephone" has been adapted to many languages and is now recognized around the world.
(8)
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface (support base). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and airbrushes, can be used. In art,
the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action.
However, painting is also used outside of art as a common trade among
craftsmen and builders. Paintings may have for their support such
surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, clay, leaf, copper or concrete, and may incorporate multiple other materials including sand, clay, paper, gold leaf as well as objects.
(9)
A photograph or photo is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic image such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens
to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction
of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating
photographs is called photography.
(10)
A brochure (also referred to as a pamphlet) is a type of leaflet.
Brochures are advertising pieces mainly used to introduce a company or
organization, and inform about products and/or services to a target
audience. Brochures are distributed by mail, handed personally or
placed in brochure racks.
Ref : http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.google.com
Definitions
Task 1 : Find the meanings.
1. Cross-disciplinary
-knowledge that explains aspects of one discipline in terms of another. Common examples of cross-disciplinary approaches are studies of the physics of music or the politics or literature.
2. Inter-disciplinary
-new knowledge extensions that exist between or beyond existing academic disciplines or professions. The new knowledge may be claimed by members of none, one, both, or an emerging new academic discipline or profession.
3. Trans-disciplinary
-the union of all inter-disciplinary efforts. while interdisciplinary teams may be creating new knowledge that lies between several existing disciplines, a trans-disciplinary team is more holistic and seeks to relate all disciplines into a coherent whole.
4. Qualitative Research
-research dealing with phenomena that are difficult or impossible to quantify mathematically, such as beliefs, meanings, attributes, and symbols - it may involve content analysis.
5. Ethnographic Research
-the investigation of a culture through an in-depth study of the members of the culture - it involves the systematic collection, description, and analysis of data for development of theories of cultural behavior.
Link : http://en.wikipedia.org
Our Thoughts On Media Use
In general, "media" refers to various means of communication. For example, television, radio, and the newspaper are different types of media. The term can also be used as a collective noun for the press or news reporting agencies. In the computer world, "media" is also used as a collective noun, but refers to different types of data storage options.
The uses of Media.
The use of all media depends on documentation. At every stage the action group will benefit from documenting what it's doing, and who's doing it: statements, photos, correspondence, home audio and video recordings, newspaper clippings (with source and date). You never know how these will be useful. But for sure, you can't use what you don't have, and most times you can't go back and get it. These are your raw materials for constructing a narrative about the future.
1. uses of media in the core action group
To achieve the communication objectives of the first stage an action group will probably use meetings, telephone, letters and perhaps email in an informal way.The opportunity at this stage is to "hit the ground running". If you establish systems at the beginning, it will save a great deal of time (and energy) down the line. The simplest example is the contact list. If the core group establishes a standard format for this list, and one person to maintain it, and ensures that the full contact information for any new person is entered, you have given yourself a basic communication tool that will be used (and useful) at every stage.As long as these requirements are met, as long as all the members of the group have ready access to up-to-date information, it doesn't matter what form the information comes in. For a small group, with an immediate objective, a hand-written, photocopied list will do the job. When the participant and contact list gets larger than about 20, it's worth transferring your current information to a contact management database.The same is true of your documentation of values, goal and objectives.
2. uses of media to connect with the group's immediate community
The first audiences the group needs to address are those who may be involved or affected, and some natural partners. At this stage, the story is kept as simple as possible; it's personal, and tells about the group, and its goal. The immediate objective is to hear response; if appropriate, to ask for support, or quotable comment.
3. uses of media in project development
In this stage, your project is the story. Your immediate community and natural partners are still your first audiences, but now you are telling about what you propose to do, and inviting their participation in fulfilling your project. The objective is to hear reactions to your plan, so you have opportunity to modify it. And to learn how to tell the story of your project in preparation for taking it to a wider public audience in the following stage.In this stage, home audio and video can be very powerful.
4. uses of media in gaining wider participation
The overall objective of this stage is to gain wider participation in your project, so this version of your story must relate your project to the interests of the wider community, and may use local newspapers, periodicals, radio, and cable or regional broadcast television, graphic displays in public places, art shows, performances, meetings and other events.
5. uses of media to report
At this stage you will use all the media available to you to report out to the participants, with an evaluation of the effectiveness of your project, an acknowledgment of the contributions of participants, and a request for their comments on the project and suggestions for follow-up. A newsletter is a relatively inexpensive medium for this purpose.
6. uses of mass media
Depending on how wide an audience the group ultimately needs to reach, one of the most useful outcomes of its first communication cycle is that the group will be much better prepared to relate to "mass" media: national radio and television, documentary film and video, the World Wide Web. And you will have developed connections in the cultural community that can help you take your story to the level of performance.
Link : http://bluedoor.chebucto.net/media.html
1. uses of media in the core action group
To achieve the communication objectives of the first stage an action group will probably use meetings, telephone, letters and perhaps email in an informal way.The opportunity at this stage is to "hit the ground running". If you establish systems at the beginning, it will save a great deal of time (and energy) down the line. The simplest example is the contact list. If the core group establishes a standard format for this list, and one person to maintain it, and ensures that the full contact information for any new person is entered, you have given yourself a basic communication tool that will be used (and useful) at every stage.As long as these requirements are met, as long as all the members of the group have ready access to up-to-date information, it doesn't matter what form the information comes in. For a small group, with an immediate objective, a hand-written, photocopied list will do the job. When the participant and contact list gets larger than about 20, it's worth transferring your current information to a contact management database.The same is true of your documentation of values, goal and objectives.
2. uses of media to connect with the group's immediate community
The first audiences the group needs to address are those who may be involved or affected, and some natural partners. At this stage, the story is kept as simple as possible; it's personal, and tells about the group, and its goal. The immediate objective is to hear response; if appropriate, to ask for support, or quotable comment.
3. uses of media in project development
In this stage, your project is the story. Your immediate community and natural partners are still your first audiences, but now you are telling about what you propose to do, and inviting their participation in fulfilling your project. The objective is to hear reactions to your plan, so you have opportunity to modify it. And to learn how to tell the story of your project in preparation for taking it to a wider public audience in the following stage.In this stage, home audio and video can be very powerful.
4. uses of media in gaining wider participation
The overall objective of this stage is to gain wider participation in your project, so this version of your story must relate your project to the interests of the wider community, and may use local newspapers, periodicals, radio, and cable or regional broadcast television, graphic displays in public places, art shows, performances, meetings and other events.
5. uses of media to report
At this stage you will use all the media available to you to report out to the participants, with an evaluation of the effectiveness of your project, an acknowledgment of the contributions of participants, and a request for their comments on the project and suggestions for follow-up. A newsletter is a relatively inexpensive medium for this purpose.
6. uses of mass media
Depending on how wide an audience the group ultimately needs to reach, one of the most useful outcomes of its first communication cycle is that the group will be much better prepared to relate to "mass" media: national radio and television, documentary film and video, the World Wide Web. And you will have developed connections in the cultural community that can help you take your story to the level of performance.
Link : http://bluedoor.chebucto.net/media.html
Introduction
Hello and Assalamualaikum,
This is my Media Anthropology journal blog. All the work progresses will be put in this blog including what i have learned and done throughout this semester.
Tq,
Muhammad Afiq Taqwa
1102702229
This is my Media Anthropology journal blog. All the work progresses will be put in this blog including what i have learned and done throughout this semester.
Tq,
Muhammad Afiq Taqwa
1102702229
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