SOC 525 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Snowboarding, Human Zoo, Eating Disorder

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 525
• Professor: Purnima George

Document Summary

We need to be media literate, if it is teaching us something we need to know what we are leaning; what are we we learning about social classes. Media is controlled by someone: google is controlled by someone like posting pictures of people etc. Images are mediated people who mediate it have post traumatic stress disorder because what they view. Cultural studies reveal how media culture depicts dominate values and political ideologies and social development of the times. How superstars erupt in certain times: why is beyonc blowing up now vs someone else, need to look at social forces surrounding. Hegemony- dominate, also involves our consent so we have agreed to some of this stuff, also means there is resistance. Modern day legacies- animal zoos what are the legacies, behind cages particular images have rationalize bodies in the media (lebron james vogue cover) how michelle obama is depicted in the media and serena williams are compared to animals.