CMNS 220 Lecture 2: TV and everyday life

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 220
• Professor: Jody Baker

Document Summary

The culture-media model; circular process, requires feedback loops, complex and situational. From the inside: as discourse and ideological practice. From the outside: as a machine that"s brought into and structures the social space of the home and everyday life. Texts and technology of tv must fit into a specific social formation. Tv represents idealized reflection of the family (solves problems within the family, never looks to social/political contexts) Tv into home was a process of negotiation. Negotiation of the ways to use tv in relation to pre-existing family structures. Its place in home and the representation of domestic life in general. Tv has been a catalyst for renewed domestic values in post-war society, producing utopian and dystopian expectations. Tv is shaped by both public debate and private negotiation. History of family recreation, can negotiate between public and private world. Tv enters pre-existing hierarchical relations and gender and generational relations relations. Also enters pre-existing spatial environment (hearth & piano)