Aice media theories

Hey everyone! In today's blog post, I am going to be talking about identity theory and how I will attempt to integrate it into my film opening. 

Identity theory is a type of media theory that explores how media representations shape and reflect the understanding of personal and social identities. Identity theory is also how people make sense of their identity through affiliation with larger groups. The media doesn't create identity but reflects it. 

For my film opening, I would like to attempt integrating identity theory. 

In the scene where the main girl wakes up from the sound of spam texts and, though checking her phone, ignores the texts, the messages represent how her identity is made by media-driven forces, and the part where she ignores it shows her carelessness towards her online identity through media. 

In the scene where the best friend confronts her about a photo of her at a party, it challenges her perception of herself. When the main girl tells her friend that she was never at a party to begin with, this shows media's power to misrepresent and distort identity. 

The scene where the girl realizes that there is someone who looks exactly like her at a party shows her identity is fragmented, meaning she is undure of her identity. And who is controlling her public persona and making her out to be someone she is not?

Lastly, the reaction of the best friend, where she is spamming her with texts and calls and showing up loudly at her door, shows that the main girl's social identity is shaped by group perceptions and how others see her based off of her social media.