Media, Information and Technoculture 3223F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Larry Beinhart, George H. W. Bush, Barry Levinson

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 3223F/G
• Professor: Selma Purac

Document Summary

American hero (1993) by larry beinhart: satirical conspiracy theory novel, makes claims more specific than those in the film, claims are about george bush sr. and desert storm. In the book, the president is an actual president and the war is an actual war. Vietnam war: after top gun, the military was cautious in controlling the images that the public consumes. Images of warfare became clean and sanitized, focused on the technological warfare. Journalists present on location were selected by the military. Interviews were often conducted in the presence of officers. Baudrillard: the gulf war did not take place (1991) Is(cid:374)(cid:859)t de(cid:374)(cid:455)i(cid:374)g that it did(cid:374)(cid:859)t happe(cid:374: argues that: The blair witch project: these instances are about fakery being presented to us as real, the (cid:858)(cid:396)ealit(cid:455) effe(cid:272)t(cid:859) should a(cid:272)tuall(cid:455) (cid:271)e (cid:272)alled the (cid:858)(cid:396)ealisti(cid:272) effe(cid:272)t(cid:859, reality is an artificial effect produced by film.