COMM1020 Lecture Notes - Culture Industry, Technological Determinism, Industrial Revolution
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Lecture 3: technological determinism today: violent video games are ruining/corrupting our minds, television is ruining childhood and causing add o. Produces a style that is less ornate function over style: postmodern = after wwii, 1970s, when modernization/modernism has saturated everything and become the norm. Postmodern = when modernity is so everyday, we can"t say it is modern it is normal now: playing with form again, art and architecture changes again. About playing with ideas and concepts, putting them all together: andy warhol paintings, pastiche = tongue in cheek imitation or tribute used in literature, art, music, movies, etc, pee-wee"s playhouse. Good thing: freed people to define for themselves their identity. Bad thing: terrifying, wanted stability: modern to postmodern was also like a narrative, victorian era glorified the future. The train = the spirit of progress . Chicago"s world"s fair = a country of progress : thought that human life will become easier, civilized world is about modernity and progress.
