CS101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Film Censorship, Super Size Me, Telefilm Canada
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Movies have a more intense hold on people than any other medium. It is behind the message as to why they are so strong. The viewer sits in a darkened auditorium in front of a giant screen, with nothing to interrupt the experience. Sociolost norman denzin says that the treatment of drinking in u. s. movies has contributed to a misleading bittersweet romanticism about alcoholism in the public consciousness. Scholars using content analysis have found that exponential increases in movie violence far outpace violence in real life and contribute to perceptions that violence is a growing social problem in modern life. Political leaders express concern from time to time that movies corrupt the morals of young people and glamorize deviant behaviour. Because of the perceived influences of movies, it is important to know about the industry that creates them. The technical heritage of motion pictures is photography.
