Media, Information and Technoculture 3222A/B Lecture 12: Politics & Citizenship: Narratives of Power
16 Apr 2018
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Week 12 politics & citizenship: narratives of power. First historical moment: interchange between joseph welch vs. joe mccarthy (army-mccarthy hearings: (cid:862)that (cid:449)as ju(cid:374)e (cid:1013), (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1009)(cid:1008), a(cid:374)d it (cid:449)as a(cid:374) i(cid:373)po(cid:396)ta(cid:374)t da(cid:455) i(cid:374) a(cid:373)e(cid:396)i(cid:272)a. The sale of television sets had increased: 26 million households had a television by then for the first time, (cid:373)o(cid:396)e tha(cid:374) half the (cid:374)atio(cid:374). It (cid:449)as te(cid:373)pti(cid:374)g to thi(cid:374)k that (cid:858)de(cid:272)e(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455)(cid:859) had (cid:449)o(cid:374) the da(cid:455), a(cid:374)d (cid:272)e(cid:396)tai(cid:374)l(cid:455) m(cid:272)ca(cid:396)th(cid:455)(cid:859)s po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (cid:449)as e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g. though he (cid:449)as a(cid:272)(cid:395)uitted in the hearings, his popularity fell off fast. He had played badly on the air, and came to be canceled. (cid:863) . Powerful talking heads: cultural elevation and instruction as entertainment: (cid:862)that possi(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) of toughe(cid:396) talki(cid:374)g e(cid:454)isted, (cid:271)ut fe(cid:449) see(cid:373)ed (cid:396)ead(cid:455) to g(cid:396)asp it(cid:863) . Bob hope in vietnam making conflict legible to viewers at home: (cid:862)withi(cid:374) the (cid:272)ha(cid:396)ade of bo(cid:271) (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g hope the(cid:396)e (cid:449)as this ge(cid:396)(cid:373) that al(cid:396)ead(cid:455), i(cid:374) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1010)(cid:1008), the.
