CMST 2C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hyperreality, Judith Butler, Denotation
6 Mar 2016
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Tutorial: monday"s 9:30 a. m. 10:20 a. m. (tsh b126) **free e-book on the library website do the readings for next tutorial** Go over the chapter, choose a few theories and connect them to real-life examples. Technological, cultural, social, psychological apparatus that communicates or that mediates communication. A system of concepts that helps one understand / view a social phenomenon. A systematic way of thinking about and understanding means of media and communication. Correspondence with parts of society in responding to the environment. Transmission of social heritage across generations: it assumes there"s a linear communication. No interaction or feedback (exaggeration and effects) Studied how the media was impacting children. Children watched a film of adult violence. The physical aggression was accompanied by a number of hostile remarks. Core finding: kids learn violence when they see it modeled (observation, imitation, modeling) Interest in guns, even though not exposed to guns. Juvenile delinquency results from knowledge of technique .
