CMN 2101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Mass Media, Perspectivism, Magical Thinking
5 Mar 2016
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Most of us do research all the time even though we may not think of what we are doing as research. o! E. g. when people decide to buy a new computer, they research in magazines, etc for the best suitable computer for them. o! We do this research because we have choices to make about matters such as what we want to buy, what we want to take at college, etc. Scholarly research is more objective, more careful and more concerned about correctness and truthfulness than everyday research. Cultural studies a rather amorphous multidisciplinary field of study that investigates everything from elite fiction to comics, television, films, music and everyday life. The philosopher friedrich nietzsche believed that everything boils down to interpretation. o! Against positivism which halts at phenomena there are only facts. I would say: no, facts is precisely what there is not, only interpretations.
