CMNS 221 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Phan Thi Kim Phuc, Road Rage, Dystopia
26 Oct 2016
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Vietnam war: photo is a visual atrocity of the vietnam war. Facebook decided to delete a post by tom egland (norwegian writer) featured picture in the theme of terror of war. Post discussed seven photos that changed the history of the world and warfare. Took down the post because there is a naked child in it. But the reaso(cid:374) it"s so i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t is (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)hat it stood for a(cid:374)d illustrated: horror, violence, terror. Facebook & zuckerberg: world"s (cid:373)ost po(cid:449)erful editor of (cid:374)e(cid:449)s, controversy: censorship, orwellian concept (cid:862)if li(cid:271)ert(cid:455) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s anything, it means the right to tell people what they do not (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to hear(cid:863) Idiotic, sexist, frat boy: waste of pop culture. E. g. like cars, not really about transportation but rather sensuality: trying to stimulate male fantasies and power. Power and speed very masculine fantasies. Life in the fast lane digital culture and the accelerated pace of change.
