CMN 2180 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rational Response Squad, Carnivalesque, Neoliberalism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2180
• Professor: Stuart Chambers

Document Summary

Amusing ourselves to death is the public discourse; its all about entertainment and pleasure (according to postman, its the voieristic instinct) Contestants would do or say anything to win the money or prize; neoliberal structure. We are the product; we have become commercialized by watching it, its consumed us. The customers or the ones who watch are the interactive product and it creates the discourse and we are consumed into the tv show even though we aren"t technically on it. The way governments try to produce the citizen best suited to ful ll governments" policies. The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed. Looking at ethics as speci c moral dilemmas and how to decide what to do. All choices are considered equally valid, no rational grounds to diminish someone else choices. Perfectionists believe in the uniformity of values and which one system is imposed on everyone (ex.