WGST 2812 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pamela Paul, Netflix, Gateway Drug Theory
6 Dec 2016
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Mckee censoring harm, abuse, violence, misogyny and protection of (cid:498)seriality, adaptation, a preference for happy endings, a focus on fun, and more importantly a concern with what audiences want(cid:499) George gerbner how exposure cultivated beliefs about social reality that. Elizabeth preston pornography represents a microcosm of the corporate translate into political attitudes. There is a belief in north america (and likewise in porn(cid:524) that gender and sex are the same thing. There doesn"t appear to be the same thing. These authors are picking apart the things we believe about pornography and look at the data that we have. The prof argues that porn is just like any other media industry and is driven by a market force (what the people want is what is made). There is one main market that caters to the majority of wants and then smaller categories that caters to smaller niches (just like in normal media)
