J 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Imagined Communities, Invisibility
7 Mar 2018
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Key terms: four characteristics of identity, the nation as imagined community, mass identity, Hyper-visibility and invisibility in the culture industry, from mass to individual identity. What does it mean to be who you are? (example) i am a woman, i am jewish, i am kind, i am a good friend, i am supportive, Growing up, which people and social institutions played a role in helping you understand your place in the world? (example) my mom, some of my teachers, my community, the place i live (san. Carah and louw"s 4 characteristics of identity: it is embedded within representation and meanings, it is social and constructed, it is relational and differential, it is never fixed, final or accomplished. Modern media technologies enabled the leaders of mass societies to address the population directly, immediately, and over large distances (169) Film articulated a common desire -- an american dream" -- that individuals could believe in and use to construct their own life.
