Media, Information and Technoculture 3000A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Simulacrum, Theodor W. Adorno, Media Studies

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Science: most reliable/best method according to sparks. Melding of the 2 resulting in critical realism. Comes with 2 meanings (1) self-awareness, we are aware of our biases, subjectivities, cultural limitations, and we try to take this into account in order to be both neutral and objective. Set aside these things to see the world as objectively as we can which is a struggle and a tension but nonetheless a strategy that a researcher can adopt. A method of trying to pursue critical realism and not limit everything to simply interpretation (2) two-way interaction, homeostasis, systems, and feedback, causation and effect, a never ending interaction. The cause is reflected back to the cause again. How social, cultural, political, economic formations and structures guide and help explain everyday actions and events. Saying yes, there exist interpretations, but the factors behind those interpretations lead to them in the first place, thus the interpretation itself becomes an item of research.

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