VIEWERS AND IDENTITY CONSCIOUSNESS: THE ANALYSIS OF THE RESPONSES OF GREEN STREETS VIEWERS

Research analyzed the viewers responses after watching the film Green Street (2005). The responses were taken from a number of film websites, such as IMDB and Film Focus. Green Street is a film that shows a cultural phenomenon called football hooliganism. In general, the viewers responses could be categorized into two: the viewers who accepted the representation of hooligans and the viewers who refused it. From the analysis on their comments, it can be concluded that in giving responses to the film representation, the viewers put themselves in certain social positions. In other words, they show their identity consciousness when they see and respond to certain phenomena.