Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 31 pages long!)

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M e d i a , i n f o rm a t i o n a n d te c h n o c u l t u re 1 0 2 0 e. Applying this to a case study of zombie media, the walking dead. Dawn of the dead: zombies have specific traits i. e. they move in groups, die only when shot in the head etc, 2000"s - more film, video games, graphic novel, t. v. with digital distribution. Idea of a zombie apocalypse enters mainstream media: zombie media now involves the authorities, rationing food, finding shelter, people losing hope, zombies signal the end of the world. Using zombies to illustrate a crucial idea of this course. Cultural studies - texts, signs and race: representation, media as texts, signs, stories, stereotypes, discourse. Why is media important to blm: media - twitter, cell phone videos- were crucial to mobilizing the movement, bias in policing.