(15:27:03) Sam W: sam extends his greetings to karl again the the attempt of sparking a conversation
(15:27:14) Karl: jolly good
(15:27:18) Karl: umm, how about that weather?
(15:27:24) Karl: mighty.. crappy
(15:27:38) Sam W: well its affecting that local sporting team for sure
(15:27:48) Karl: for shizzle ma nizzle
(15:27:51) Sam W: and how bout the thing in the news?!
(15:27:57) Karl: oh the thing?
(15:28:02) Karl: I've heard about the thing
(15:28:04) Sam W: ye
(15:28:06) Sam W: its huge
(15:28:09) Karl: Not looking too good
(15:28:20) Sam W: its looking good from where i am
(15:28:51) Karl: Well if you look at it from an alternative perspective with representations of the analogies and stuff then you see that it's pretty bad
(15:30:01) Sam W: and its juxtaposed against the oage 2 article to emphasise the contextuality of the viewers pre-existing ideologies.
(15:30:23) Karl: yes it definitely does re-inforce said ideologies and stereotypes
(15:33:37) Sam W: but is it perpetuating a negative stereotype?
(15:34:32) Karl: Well due to my cultural context I would be inclined to say that it is re-inforcing a negative stereotype, but I could see how people from other social contexts wouldn't think of it that way
(15:35:00) Sam W: can you back that up with a quote from the text?
(15:35:33) Karl: I believe that if you use the recent events on the news as the text then no, no I can't
(15:36:53) Sam W: fair point, but then where does it gain its credibility? i mean are we supposed to believe everything the media feds to us, i blame newscorp, damn their global monopoly!
(15:37:14) Karl: that's where selective representation comes in
(15:37:25) Karl: who cares what they're showing us, what aren't they showing us?
(15:37:41) Sam W: *pomder*