Riyadi, Sugeng (2006) The Analysis of the cultural background in the motion picture the object of my affection" / by Sugeng Riyadi". Diploma thesis, Universitas Negeri Malang.
Full text not available from this repository.Abstract
Languageis an inseparablpea rto fa culture.P eoplec annotl eam a language deeplyw ithout also leaming the cultural backgroundo f which the languageis used. Indeedl e arninga languagew ithout leamingt he culturalb ackgroundis like leaming to swim without knowing the nature of water. That is why Cross Culture Understandin(gC CU) hasb ecomea compulsorys ubject hat mustb e takenb y the studentos f theE nglishD epartmenot f StateU niversityo f Malang. Howeverl e arninga culture( i.e. A mericanc ultureo neo f thec ultural settingsw hereE nglishi s used)b y merelyl ecturinga ndr eadingt extbooksis not quite sufficienfto r thes tudenttso learna boutt hec ulture.I n thisc aset.h es tudentnse edt o broadenth eir knowledgeth roughe xposingth emselvetso massm edia w hich usually conveyc ulturaml essagessu cha s b ooks t elevisionm oviese tc. Consideringth e fact that not all massm ediac onveysth e true portrayalo f the culturals etting t he researchetrh inkst hat an analysisa boutt he culturalb ackground in a massm ediumi s very importantt o conduct.T he researchetrh ent akesa motion picture entitled The Object of My Affictiorz as the object of his study as the researchefor undt hat this motionp icturec onveysc ulturalm essagetsh at arev ery different from the cultural values of his country. Usingt he researchd esigno f contenta nalysist h is studyi s aimeda t finding thea cceptancoef the culturalm essagecso nveyedin this film with the culturalv alues heldb y Americanp eople t hat is whethert he scenesin this film arer epresentative for American culture or not. In conductingth is researcht h e researcheorb servede verys ceneo f the film madea recorda boutt he scenesa nalyzedth e culturalm essageisn eachs cenea nd finaliy scaledt he degreeo facceptanceo fthe culturalm essagews ith the rangeo f scaleb etweenI to 4 (thatr epresentth e gradual acceptancfero m not acceptedto greatlya ccepted)S. incee achs cenec ouldc onveym oret hano nec ulturalm essageth e researchenre ededto taket he medianv aluef rom eachs ceneT. hesem ediumv alues weres ummeda ndp ercentagien ordert o gaint he generavl alueo f the frlm (i.e. t he mode and median values for the whole film). This researchfi nally comest o the conclusionth at in generalt h is film containsth e culturalm essagetsh at area cceptedo r greatlya cceptedb y the real setting of Arnericanc ulture.T o elaboratet h e writer havef oundt hat 16.4% of the scenesin thisf ilm do notc ontaina nyc ulturaml essage2s. 8 % ofthe sceneas ren ot accepted in thes ettingo f Americanc ulture8 .2% of thes ceneas res lightlya ccepted4 2 .4% ofthe scenesa rea cceptablea n dt he other3 0.2% oa re greatlya cceptedin the setting ofAmericanc ulture.T akinga look at the aspectsb eingo bservedt h e researchefrin ds thath alfo f thea spectbse ingo bserve(df umilyr elationshipfr i endshipa n dr omantic relationshipa)r eg reatlya cceptedin Americanc ulturalb ackgroundw hile the half others(c ohabitations inglep arent a ndh omosexualitya) rea ccepted. Regardingth e resultso f this researcht h e researcherre commendtsh is film be a mediumf or leamingA mericanc ulture.T he researchearl sos uggesttsh att he readersm akeo ther analyseso f cultural backgroundi n other massm edia s incet he numbeor f massm ediaa rea bundantb ut not all of themc onveyt he right information about cultural background. vl
| Item Type: | Thesis (Diploma) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | ?? ?? |
| Divisions: | Fakultas Sastra (FS) > Departemen Sastra Inggris (ING) > S1 Pendidikan Bahasa Inggris |
| Depositing User: | library UM |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2006 04:29 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2006 03:00 |
| URI: | http://repository.um.ac.id/id/eprint/10275 |
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |