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Saturday, April 17, 2010

Media culture

An old TV show that used to play on HBO called Wired is being used to study American subculture at many different universities.
Ben Meader at Middleburry college said the following about the show in an article and how it can be used to study our own culture:
"Film and media and television, they have to be regarded as important as literature in how we understand our own culture," says Meader. "I could watch the show on my own and be like, 'Oh, OK, this is an interesting show.' But in order to kind of understand why it was made, when it was made, and how it was made, is something that is really complex and something worth studying."

Film, media and television are very important aspects of our culture. This article was talking about the importance

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1 comment:

  1. I think media is an even bigger part of our culture than we realize; it influences us, it entertains us and it set standards with in our culture. I think its a valuable concept to study

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