Media
"WE LIVE IN A MEDIATED WORLD"
Media
The Three Media Truths
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1. We live in a mediated world
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2. Reality is constructed
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3. Media presents information, BUT at the same time they form values, they shape consciousness, and they forge identity.
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The Stanford Prison Experiment
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lord of the flies
A Comparison
We found the Stanford Prison Experiment similar to Lord of the Flies, written by William Goldberg. In both events, people of roughly the same age are divided into two distinct groups. Prisoners/Guards and the Savages/Civilized. A leader emerged among each abusive group, Dave Eshelman for the guards, Jack for the Savages. A mob mentality occurs when none of members try to stop their leader. The other guards join in on Dave's abuse. The other kids help Jack torture the disobedient kids (Sam & Eric).
Each event is stopped by a higher power of authority:
Christina Maslach (Zimbardo's girlfriend) for the prison experiment and the naval officer for the island free-for-all.
If a story is not somehow completely original, it must have taken inspiration from somewhere else. Intertextuality implies that each text has the reflection of other texts. We are being told the same or similar stories through different characters, setting, time etc.
Marshall McLuhan
Who Was He?
Herbert Marshall McLuhan, communication theorist (Born 21 July 1911; Died 31 December 1980). An English Professor at U Oft (University of Toronto), McLuhan became internationally famous during the 1960's for his studies of the effects of mass media on thought and behavior.
McLuhan's Three Premises
1. We become what we behold.​​
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2. We shape our tools and, thereafter, our tools shape us.
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3. The medium is the message.
Medium Is the message
A medium is any extension of our biological selves (bodies, mind, beings)
A message is much more than information.
A message has the power to change the course and function of human relations and activities.
Any change in scale, pace, or pattern that a medium causes
in society or culture proves that: The medium is the message.
How Media Portrays
Gender
Media is our ultimate influencer and teacher, so it goes without saying that the gender roles that we know today are tweaked quite a bit thanks to media. Have you ever wondered why boys aren’t allowed to like the color pink? Or why girls can’t act a certain way? Media essentially sets a bar that all of us have to follow, each of us walks around with an invisible script that explains what is acceptable for a man and what is acceptable for a woman. To live off-script labels you as weird, and you become a target for many. Such is the influence of media over gender roles.
Media Influences Reality
Mass media is known as being one of the most significant forces in modern culture. The influence of mass media has an effect on many aspects of human life, which can include voting a certain way, individual views and beliefs, or skewing a person's knowledge of a specific topic due to being provided false information.
Media Seminar
