JTC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Mass Society, Walter Lippmann, Orson Welles

• School: CSU
• Department: Journalism + Tech Commun
• Course: JTC 100
• Professor: Joseph Champ

Document Summary

Effects of media part i - simple powerful effects (1900-1940) How meaning happened prior to 1600 in the west: a very brief history. Challenged faith in power authority, especially of the monarchies, and the church (cid:862)the e(cid:374)lighte(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) A lot of criticism cause people do not like change/ higher people might lose their power so they were scared and angry (cid:862)mass so(cid:272)iety(cid:863) (cid:894)(cid:448)s. (cid:862)traditio(cid:374)al(cid:863) so(cid:272)iety(cid:895) result of (cid:862)fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ges(cid:863) Innovations, etc. (cid:862)(cid:373)ass so(cid:272)iety(cid:863) = (cid:862) a pro(cid:272)ess of changing social organization that occurs when i(cid:374)dustrializatio(cid:374), ur(cid:271)a(cid:374)izatio(cid:374), a(cid:374)d (cid:373)oder(cid:374)izatio(cid:374) i(cid:374)(cid:272)reasi(cid:374)gly (cid:373)odify the so(cid:272)ial oro . People (cid:894)are(cid:895) psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d so(cid:272)ially isolated fro(cid:373) ea(cid:272)h other. (cid:863) 1900-1940: popular (cid:271)elief i(cid:374) a (cid:862)stro(cid:374)g(cid:863) or (cid:862)po(cid:449)erful(cid:863) effe(cid:272)ts of (cid:373)ass (cid:373)edia. Wwi: committee on public information and the creel committee (propaganda) #2 re(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of (cid:862)pu(cid:271)li(cid:272) opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:862) the pi(cid:272)tures i(cid:374)side our heads (cid:863) (cid:373)ay (cid:374)ot a(cid:272)tually (cid:373)at(cid:272)h reality. It"s possi(cid:271)le (cid:373)ass (cid:373)edia o(cid:374)y (cid:373)akes it (cid:449)orse! Case study: (cid:862)war of the (cid:449)orlds(cid:863) radio (cid:271)road(cid:272)ast.