CCT210H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: The Finger, Napkin, Social Code
23 Oct 2018
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Dress codes: tells society where you are going, how to judge you, etc, e. g. punk rock outfit vs. suit. ), exposition, argument: mass media codes photographic, televisual, filmic, radio, newspaper, magazine all technical and conventional. Gaze: duratio(cid:374) of gaze that(cid:859)s so(cid:272)iall(cid:455) a(cid:272)(cid:272)epta(cid:271)le is (cid:272)ulturall(cid:455) (cid:448)aria(cid:271)le, e. g. in contact cultures, looking longer is normal; in non contact cultures, looking longer can be offensive or threatening. Space as social code: culture and situation affects appropriate level of space between two people, e. g. people meeting people for the first time stand over 24 inches away from each other. Issue that realism is more complex: e. g. documentaries seem believable because our knowledge of the world makes the video footage seem more real to us (video = real representation of world if you ignore how footage is selectively chosen) Italian known for sophisticated, artistic, high end, luxury design.
