Intertextual Authority Speech Production Media

Question: Discuss about the Intertextual Authority Speech for Production Media. Answer: Introduction: Intertextuality can be defined as an illustration of a text from another (Briggs et all, 1992). However a media intertextuality means must include media texts (Alvermann et all, 2000). Therefore from the text, when the man says that the two boys have no relatives that can take them in is an illustration that the boys have no family of their own. In addition to that he means that the boys have no parents to take care of them and no home. Also when the lady asks the man whether he is trying to make her feel rotten she may be meaning whether he is trying to make her feel guilty. This may be because she had refused to take the two boys in when the man expected her to. He expected her to show sympathy to the boys but she may have declined. When the man tells her to take the boys up to their rooms and him on the other he will show them around is a gesture of a warm welcome. Actually she picks up their bags and gladly relieves them of their luggage. Also he is trying to help them feel at home and comfortable in the house and even outside. He wants them to have a sense of belonging around them (Scolari,2009). The small boy however tell the lady to be very careful of his gold fish and calls it Abraham which means he is loved, cared for and very old. He wants her to take good care of the fish just like he had been doing because his intension is for him to live a long life. Also the man said that the older the gold fish gets the more it is worth and the boy wonders how they were sited on a fortune but they never it i.e. they were already rich but never knew. The boy means that they have been moving around with wealth and richness but without a home to live in(Matoesian, 2000). His reaction shows that the fish was surely worth much because it was old and in case the mans theory was true. Stereotypes in the Text Stereotypes are the things or characters that are believed in but are not real in nature (Duff, 2002). The man is represented as the sympathizing, caring and welcoming one. He generously wants to accept the two boys he may not know anything about and wants to give them a home and family (Jensen et all, 2013). He also tries to make the lady seem like she should be guilty for not helping the two boys. The man is also presented as the knowledgeable one and one who calls the shots in the family. This is when he comes up with ways in which they can warmly welcome the boys and make them feel like they belong. He tells the lady to take them to their bedrooms and he will show them around. Furthermore, he comes with the theory that the older the gold fish the more it is worth. The small boy is represented as the talkative and funny one. Before he gives the fish to the lady he gives her warnings and reasons. Also he tells her the name of the fish even before he is asked. He is very surprised about how he and his brother have been walking around with a fish that may be worth a lot of money and comments in a funny way to the statement given by the man. Encoded Message According to the text, the man and the lady seem to see the two boys as the poor ones. Also they say they have no relatives because they have no parents or home to live in. However the boys have each other and therefore they are related and that makes them family. In addition to that the boys have the gold fish that is worth much and therefore they are rich only that they never knew it. Observations The boys do not look like poor kids because they are very well dressed and have a good appearance. The gold fish that the small boy is talking about is not gold in color but he calls it a gold fish. In addition to that the gold fish is not even that large which should be the case for a very old and well cared for fish. When the man tells the boys that the older the fish the more it is worth he may only be trying to cheer them up which means the phrase may be false or just an idea. References Duff, P.A., 2002. Pop culture and ESL students: intertextuality, identity, and participation in classroom discussions.(Media Pop Culture).Journal of Adolescent Adult Literacy,45(6), pp.482-488. Matoesian, G., 2000. Intertextual authority in reported speech: Production media in the Kennedy Smith rape trial.Journal of Pragmatics,32(7), pp.879-914. Jensen, K.B. ed., 2013.A handbook of media and communication research: Qualitative and quantitative methodologies. Routledge. Scolari, C.A., 2009. Transmedia storytelling: Implicit consumers, narrative worlds, and branding in contemporary media production.International Journal of Communication,3, p.21. Alvermann, D.E. and Hagood, M.C., 2000. Critical media literacy: Research, theory, and practice in New Times.The Journal of educational research,93(3), pp.193-205. Briggs, C.L. and Bauman, R., 1992. Genre, intertextuality, and social power.Journal of linguistic anthropology,2(2), pp.131-172.