RHETOR 138 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: The Dead Files, Mediumship, Social Comparison Theory
Document Summary
The paradox of identification is constructed by the passage by juxtaposing the idea of. People just like us and unfamiliar story book characters . In the 8th episode of season 7 of the. Dead files, torn apart, we observe people we identify with in our own lives, as well aspects of their personality that are novel to us. One major element that contributes to this paradox is the construction of the idea of a normal family. The episode surrounds events affecting a family of four, with a mother, a father, a teenage daughter and a teenage son. Once again, viewers who are married or have grown up in such a family can identify with the conflicts, arguments, and at times gross disagreement between parents, or just family members in general. These facets allows the viewers to identify with the as people just like me through the process of social comparison.
