CPCF 1F25 Lecture 4: CPCF Jan 24

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication, Popular Culture and Film
• Course: CPCF 1F25
• Professor: Anthony Kinik

Document Summary

Structure vs agency: conflict between pre-existing structure and creative action and intention within that structure. For example: the relationship between what a certain medium allows (structure), and what we do with it (agency) e. g. printing press, the relationship between a commodity and how we consume it e. g. seymour"s record collection. Presumption/ prosumer: a hybrid activity, or forum of activity in which the traditional distinction between producer and consumer is blurred or erased, e. g. Affective labor: work carried out that is intended to produce or modify emotional experiences in people. Immaterial labor: unpaid work of producing affective and cognitive commodities. E. g. open source, beta testing, community product help forums. 1st wave: 19th early 20th centuries, political and legal (suffrage) 2nd wave: 1960-1990, economic and (hetero-) sexual freedom. A feminist movement centred in southern italy and new york city that contributed important analysis of the exploration of reproductive labour of women.