Text 1 – Miley Cyrus’ ‘Wrecking Ball’ Music Video

• Personal Identity – The song/video portrays Miley Cyrus, a teenage singer-songwriter, which reflects what I also am (obviously not the worldwide known part).

•  Information – To see Miley Cyrus’ latest track and what message was behind the song etc.

•  Entertainment/Escapism – The video, if sometimes unnecessarily overtly sexual, is actually a brilliant piece of photography. The effects and simple but bold ideas are visually interesting and strong.

• Social Interaction – The video was well talked about and garnered mixed reviews. Many saw it as shocking and inappropriate

Text 2 – ‘Defined Lines’ – (‘Blurred Lines’ Feminist Parody) Viral Music Video

·        Personal Identity – I identify with the messages in this parody, as I myself would class myself as a feminist.

·         Information – The video served as a way of informing me of what woman themselves thought of the original video and song, as I was disgusted by it, so the women presenting the parody informed me of their take on it.

·        Entertainment/Escapism – The video uses humour and wit to show the immorality and objectifying nature of the original ‘Blurred Lines’ video and song. It belittles something which is implicitly attempting to belittle women in various ways and this creates a form of ironic humour. Intellectual humour is also used by stating things like ‘Because that’s a sex crime’ aswell as various laws, in which the words in the original song and video push against and this use of facts and figures again belittles and mocks the intelligence of the songwriters etc.

·         Social Interaction – The video was widely talked about, especially among most of my friends who thought it was a brilliant creation parody. I watched the video and discussed it’s excellent delivery with them, it also spurred up many discussions about gender-rights etc.