RHETOR 138 Study Guide - Final Guide: Voyeurism, John Dewey, R138 Road (Ireland)
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Aesthetic public sphere idea of the world we live in vs. habermas" public sphere: from exclusive province of experts to democratization and mass media. Criticism: fundamental for understanding for culture & politics shape society"s self-interpretation. Objective correlative: some element associated with the character (watson"s cane, house"s cane, Openness and closure (fulfillment and suspense, recognition and unfamiliarity)/ pleasure. Narrative complexity: narrative structure vs. narrative spectacle: narrative spectacle: storylines across genres, mess with narrative structures and genre conventions, operational aesthetic (complexity in narrative structure e. g. psych"s musical episode) Character signs: stereotypes in tv, physical signs, use linguistic analysis (big bang) Flow: sequence of segments, commercial economic motive, creates polysemy. Paradox of authenticity in reality tv: (1) indexical relationship to an objective world vs. (2) simulation. Mediated representation of reality: rtv genre conventions: (1) ordinary people in imprisoned environment, moments of un- mediation that reveal true inner self (2) voyeurism private life (3) audience participation (4)
