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Re: some more misconceptions to clear up
good point T. i really appreciate when people ask me things about
morocco and islam. and infact if u or anyone else ever had a question,
feel free to ask no matter how small or anything.
T,
T, I'm not talking about people who want to learn, and ask curious
questions. I'm talking about the people who had this novela raise
their ignorance even more. And I've run into a lot of people like
that. Quite a few. And that upsets me, it really does. It doesn't
bother me if someone asks me a sincere question, I don't like attacking
islam questions because they now think they are islamic experts
because they've seen el clon. Once I was at my Brazilian's friend's
house being attacked. It was horrific. I was so angry.
-I
Re: some more misconceptions to clear up
ur really speaking my mind I. thank u for that. yes the novela is
really good and they portray muslims positively overall, but u know
u cant blame us for feeling like we need to defend everything we
can about islam and our culture because it is true that now a days
people think "o muslim women are opressed" and this and
that. when i watch on el clon how the women are forced to cover
and how women cant keep their children and theyre just married off
and all the men go around having many wives like its something normal,
i get mad. i feel like i need to inform people how islam really
is and how life really is in morocco. i feel like islam is so misunderstood
and i jump on edge everytime i see something thats not true on tv
or the news and stuff. cant blame me :-/.
Re: some more misconceptions to clear up
Wow you guys I wasn't going to participate in this discussion just
read all your comments but after finishing I have to say that I
see all of you have really good points. I really appreciate our
Muslim foristas clearing up misconceptions or giving us your opinion
on how your religion is being portrayed on this novela. I'm glad
we have you guys here to answer our questions. I also have to say
that I'm impressed with how we argue about disagreements with class
and no insults like on other forums.
Re: some more misconceptions to clear up
i agree, i really love this forum because i feel i can state my
mind and no ones going to attack me. we can discuss our views and
everyone respects each other. i really like that. i love answering
peoples questions too, about my faith and religion or anything.
Why can’t the world be like our forum?
What a lovely, intelligent group we are! I still love how Tio Ali
and Abu fight and then hug up. And Tio Ali and Albieri. Tio Ali
is super.
Liebs & Katz (1986) suggest that a research on audience involvement
should include all of the following discussed components. The study
of the posts allows for this unique opportunity to observe the reactions
and comments of the telenovela viewers as it happens in the forum,
without an outside interference and in their own words. It gives
a glimpse on how they understand the subject, how they help each
other to do so, how they translate what they see into their lives,
and how they critically interpret the content.
One of the reasons this researcher tries to include the messages
in their dialogical format iss to present the interactions that
occur at the message board close to their context. Throughout the
research the importance of the context in understanding the audience,
their reactions and decoding of the television message is emphasized
(Hall, 1980; Morley 1980, Blumler & Katz, 1974, Yoder, Horner,
& Chirva, 1996). The analysis of posted messages in and of itself
has its value but the provision of the context in which the communication
occurred provides for a more comprehensive examination. The message
writers however, are not a representation of the telenovela’s
viewers. As mentioned before, the posters are fans of the telenovela,
even when they criticize it; they make sure that they clarify their
love for the novela.
In this dialogue the discussion is generated by the representation
of the Muslim culture and Morocco in the novela, but it also extrapolats
to representations of Muslim in the news and television and then
reports of personal encounters with people that has their own interpretation
of the religion and culture, maybe also influenced by the telenovela
or by television. “Are you saying the misconceptions are in
real life or in this novela?” This poster understands that
the novela represents people as people, some are good, and some
are bad but thinks that the content of the novela is fair to the
representation of the Muslim culture. The following message denotes
cognitive but also critical involvement with the representation
of the telenovela’s theme. For this poster, the telenovela
needs to do more than just portray Muslims in a better light. Throughout
the dialogue, referential involvement is also demonstrated, with
numerous references to the writers’ own experience or disclosure
of their background. The complaint about showing Morocco in a different
light than it really is echoes the criticism of the Moroccan ambassador
to Brazil. “for a lot of people who have never been to Morocco
or ever been exposed to Moroccan culture, this is Moroccan culture
to them.” The forum participants have the additional resource
of the discussion for clarifications and debate about the cultural
theme portrayed by the novela. According to Singhal & Rogers
(1988) an “entertainment-education strategy is much more effective
in creating knowledge of an issue than changing the behavior regarding
this issue” (p.141). The telenovela in this case is the catalyst
for the discussion, even though after 9/11 the subject of Muslim
culture has been more widely incorporated in the media, the novela
provides the viewers with the opportunity to engage in the discussion,
at least for the forum viewers.
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