COM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cultural Studies, Critical Theory, Leo Strauss
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Gatekeeper - person who filters information, makes the decision. Gatekeeper (executive producer) made a decision on how to portray the incident. Producer in france made it seem crazy, using dynamic clips of riots. In u. s. , people shown in peaceful protests. No other exciting news that night, wanted more views/ratings. Ex: man interviewed who was affected by pearl harbor bombing. Capital: results in profit, lesser of the two evils. De facto: gatekeeper who thinks himself to have the power to cut the clip out is arguably elitist. Social science - not a science, better than just guessing. How to factor out noise to move closer to a goal. Noise - a distraction, something in between sending and receiving. The thing between you and total concentration the message. The degree to which it succeeds is the degree to which it is compromising. A loop - information goes out, comes back to the same person through someone else.
