Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Robert Kirkman, Skybound Entertainment, Rick Grimes
22 Oct 2016
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4:39 pm: medium theory: media as technology. How does the speed, scope, interactivity of media affect us: cultural studies: media as texts. How do media as systems of signs (language, image, sound) represent the world: political economy: media as commodities. Hero rick grimes wakes up in atlanta hospital to find world overrun by swarming undead. They are blood, guts, and all about the visual appeal. They are the antithesis of print culture --> well developed, three dimensional characters. Zombies belong to a sensory stimulant culture (porn for ex. : cultural studies zombies. The tree hugging anti-gun view would be gone in a heartbeat if the world came to sort of an end. Dog eats dog and you stay with those you trust. Commodity: any good that is basically for sale. Media has not always been a commodity - it used to be for any kind of purpose such as religion, tradition etc. But today it is majority for profit.
