HIST200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Motion Picture Association Of America Film Rating System, Miscegenation, Richard Dyer
Document Summary
Ch 2: the interaction of moving pictures and history. Moving images / lm (particularly the culture of motion picture) have greatly affected how we live our lives and the way we behave. Radio, lm, and television have been powerful ways to spread ideas and issues. Systems of government try to control the media (to censor information, enforce speci c ways of thinking, etc. : media is becoming increasingly more dif cult for one person or group to control. Affects the way we communicate with each other. Lmmakers have to nd a way to present events that make sense and entertain audiences: nancial stakes often determine how a lm is made and what gets made. Fin de siecle and the early twentieth century. Advances in technology are broadly accepted as evidence of progress (18) Inventions from many different people have led to what the lm industry is today.
