Baudrillard defines postmodernism as, “a world of simulations and hyperreality. Economies are now based on produciton of images and information rather than production of things. Simulacrum is an identical copy without an orignal as stated by Storey. Or simply an identical copy without and original. The real and the imaginary conitually collapse into each other [...]
10. November 2009.
BLOG #8
30. October 2009.
Blog 7#
Assimilationist equals invisibility. Assimilationist televsion eliminates or marginalizes social and cultural differences. These programs erase histories of slavery, isolation, power inequalities, and struggles for justice. These programs make these issues seem invisible. Family ties, Golden girls, and LA law are all examples of these. Pluralist means separate but equal. These progrmas place blacks in similar worlds [...]
22. October 2009.
Blog Thursday #Comm326
Select a popular romantic comedy of the past year or two and in a few paragraphs please discuss how these ideas play out in the film. Discuss the utopian, therapeutic nature of the characters and plot, the portrayal of ideological perfect love, and so on. You are welcome to select a film that
Geraghty argues that [...]
20. October 2009.
Blog Tuesday #comm326
The images and representations approach looks at, “what kind of images are present and what do those images reveal about women’s position in the culture, whose images are they and who do they serve, and what are the consequences of those images?” The feminine mystique is about the image of women as housewives and that [...]
6. October 2009.
#Comm326 Blog
Storey defines Langue as, “the rules and conventions that organize language.” Parole is used to refer to the individual utterence, states Storey. The game of chess could not be played or exist without rules, and the rules only come into being in the actual game. Langue is the rules, and parole is the individual game, states [...]
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