CMAF 3020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Intimate Stories, Reality Television, Consumerism
2 Jan 2016
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Key themes: the idea of the american dream: the idea that one can be all they want to be, this myth. Think critically about the implications about surveillance and works ideologically. How does reality television how is self transformation related to shame consumerism. American television has told us intimate stories about people"s lives, reality television shows us people who transform their lives into happier healthier people. American dream the whole thing is a show, it is all about appearances (the idea that you can re create yourself) American dream has gone through its own transformation in the. Consumption guarantees looking good (buying new clothes, etc) Shaming is applied more to women, people of colour etc. On one hand audiences do see people as needing to behave better (functional shaming) on the other hand audiences were critical on the tv show who was shaming a lot (believed it had to do with increased ratings)
