ENG 888 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: World View, Hypodermic Needle, Cultivation Theory
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Major in uence on culture? (i think it"s all of the above) duplicity. Keep looking for what"s being shown and what"s being represented. Says that this is not the golden age of tv. Tv is bad, still the idiot box . Televisual texts - it"s a metaphor we read visual text. We focus on scripted tv. what cultural meanings are supported or subverted this is a what does tv mean now course. World view ; look at life in a worldly perspective. Cultivation theory: (might be arguing material for midterm/final) a little like hypodermic needle. Inject idea into people, they believe it. Like making people"s perspectives of killers change (dexter) Changes our world view (symbolic) rather than our behaviour. World-view is cultivated when people watch certain things. Thesis: tv instills fear in your all the time. Kinda safe one you"re watching the tv. But once you turn it off, the fear stays with you.
