COMM 289 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Magical Creatures In Harry Potter, Scientific Management, Remote Control
27 Sep 2018
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In this perspective we are not defined by what the media put into us (messages) but by what they take out of us (watching) Cannot look into messages first, need to look into the logic of messages first; need to look into the system first, not the content. They take your time, they suck something from us. You can"t get to this by starting off with the messages. You have to start with the logic of the system: comparison, similarities between the development of labor in the factory and watching in the living room, struggles over the length of the working day. The weekend was developed by unions, people who needed time off from working in factories. Won by the labor movement, along with the 8-hour day as a standard. Nothing is ever given, it comes from conflict and struggle. Absolute surplus value (watching: reorganization of the working day and development of scientific management and the assembly line.
