Sociology 2105A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Quantitative Easing, Root Mean Square, Utopia
1 Feb 2018
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Predatorial marketing vs. agentic consumption issue: extent to which young people are primary agents in the use of technologies, as opposed to being exploited by other interests. Manufacturers consent: origins - war mongering, come up with fake news" (propaganda) stories of what another country was doing so then it pumps up the war e orts, 1919 - 1921 - women got to vote. Government and corporations hired public relations rms - they would in uence public opinion by ad campaigns and ltering news. Behavioural (structure): ie. when watching tv you"re not doing something else like reading or something else you should be doing. Subjective (content): ie. watching tv lls your mind and is shaping your view of the world: elites and the government don"t eat people to be educated because it can cause political unrest. I. e. after a recession governments print more money.
