JL MC 101- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 118 pages long!)
16 Feb 2018
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Culture - the symbols of expression that individuals, groups, societies use to make sense of daily life and articulate their values. Mass media are the cultural industries that produce: No need for writing - less effort. To solve practical problems - recording finances. May be most significant technology ever developed. Easier unified larger groups of people - collaboration. Con: no gatekeeper" or no filter, now not only elite or gov controlled. Can be super biased, incorrect, or offensive. Plato - art should aim to instruct uplift. Aristotle - art and stories should provide insight into the human condition. Low" media undermining traditional values (high - ballet, opera. Culture is an ongoing and complicated process. Culture is judged on personal taste and aesthetic judgement - classical traditional views. Divine order - did what we did because god said to. Arpanet - created by defense department in the 1960"s. Designed without a central authority bc attacks.
