Media Analysis Project - Final Paper

Topic Selection

Weltee Wolo

Rasmussen College

Author Note

This paper is being submitted on July 22, 2017 Stephanie Davis’s

Visual Communication in the Media G332/MMC3407course

Media Analysis Project (MAP)

If loving you is wrong is a series that contains twenty-two episodes, the series talks about the five groups of husbands and wives living in Castillo Lane which is a fictional community in Maxine. The series was first premiered on Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) in 2014. I chose this topic because the series was warmly received on the television by most people and the actors indeed delivered based on the demands of the series according to my analysis. But to give it a clear picture of why I found this topic much interesting I analyzed this work based on the six perspectives of media analysis which are personal, historical, technical, ethical, cultural and critical perspectives (Jewitt, 2012). The work captures my view in the sense that certain occurrences trigger my emotions for example how Brad reacted after realizing that his wife is cheating on him. Also, historical point of view is evident in the series as much as it is a fictional community but historical elements related to Maxine community can be identified as well as the Maxine culture (Jewitt & Leeuwan, 2001). The series is ethical since it explicitly indicates the aftermath of cheating in marriage as well as other relationships that existed in this community and the series according to me have succeeded in its technical perspective because it has used the media to inform the viewers on critical issues in the relationships.

I find this topic interesting to me because of its ability to incorporate the six perspectives appropriately in their work and coming out successful since it is not a guarantee that any incorporation will yield the expected outcome at the end.

References

Jewitt, C., & van Leeuwen, T. (2001). A Handbook of Visual Analysis.

Jewitt, T. V. L. (2012). The Handbook of Visual Analysis.