SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Keanu Reeves, Jim Carrey, Mass Media
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The truman show: jim carrey as an insurance agent who discovers everyone is an actor. The matrix: keanu reeves finds that his identity and his life are illusions. Everyone is hardwired to a computer that uses humans as an energy sources: comp supplies ppl with nutrients to keep them alive & simulated realities to keep them happy. American psycho: how ppl become victims of mass media and consumerism. These movie suggests that fantasy worlds created by mass media are only realities we know. We spend close to 40% of our time interacting with mass media. Marshall mcluhan:coined the term global village": media are extensions of human body & mind. Mass media: refers to print, radio, tv, and other communication technologies. Mass media & mass communication used interchangeably to refer to the transmission of info from one person to another. Mass implies media reach many ppl; media signifies that communication doesn"t take place directly thru face to face interaction.
