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Analyzing Jian Defense Of Social Media

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Facebook is one of the most currently relevant and widespread platforms for social networking. Facebook is a social media device which allows its users to connect with friends, family, coworkers, and the entire public. It is a media platform that allows people to easily share news, images and posts to all their “friends”. There is an option for people who become your fans to be frequently reminded of your presence by status updates, news, and other interactions. Jian Ghomeshi the former CBC host for the radio show called the Q used Facebook as a media platform to express his feelings to his friends, family and his fans! The Former CBC host was stripped from his position on the show because the company does not condone in his sexual practices. …show more content…

But On October 26th 2014 CBC released a statement saying that their relationship with Jian Ghomeshi has come to an end. In his Facebook post Jian states that he was fired from CBC because “of my private sex life being made public as a result of a campaign of false allegations pursed by a jilted ex girlfriend and a freelance writer” ”(Ghomeshi ,2014). Jian used social media to portray his side of the story almost like a defense statement. In this writing I will critically analyze Jian defense like statement and relate it to the core concepts studied in our class. Stuart hall states that “the meaning of what you make of an event is determined by how it’s represented”(Hall,1997). The concept of media literacy is present in Jian statement. Jian used Facebook to express his feeling because it is a media outlet that is used by many; he used this as a form of communication to share his side of the story. Jian posted …show more content…

Moral indignation serves to effect the ritual destruction of the person denounced in a media event of degradation. To make a successful denunciation the offensive event and the offender must be symbolically removed from the realm of the ordinary, the everyday, and the norm says Garfinkel. Ghomeshi sexual preference has been removed from the everyday ordinary norm. He who performs the act of denunciation must identify himself as acting in the capacity of a public figure not acting from his own personal view points. The denouncer in this case is the media. Garfinkel states that the denouncer must manifest and represent values of the group and deliver the denunciation in their name. Society could also be the denouncer in this situation in the sense that society has a certain values and beliefs that could be carried out in the denunciation process. The denouncer could look at this as a notion of feminism how men are seen as the dominate sex. Lady Justice is an image looked at in law that expresses the notion of equality. With that being said society can come together and reinforce group solidarity because these groups of people share the same thoughts and beliefs about a certain

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