Lecture 6

Globalisation, sustainability and the media

Socialist-combination of economic technological,sociocultural and political forces.

globalization-increase in westernisation, technology expansion

George ritzer coined the term mcdonaldization, dominates the world

Marshall Mcluhan-understanding media

living in a global village

technology shrinks the world brings us together-technology means the world mus come and work together

-ideologies of religious nationalism and globalisation forced to clash through technology.

world the global village be better with a set of values.

time warner owns a huge amount of diferent medias meaning 100s of different media outlets have same opinion because owned by one company.

Main market importance is north america west europe japan and australia. then developing countries like china and india then rest of the world.

-uk media power can be thought of as a new form of imperialism

-world wants to be america

chamsky and herman-manufacturing consent

-propaganda a model

ownership

funding

sourcing

flak

anti-socialist ideology

-ownership-rupert murdoch money maker all about selling so limits what we know

sourcing-reporters are placed in western places where things might happen

Flak-uk based global climate coalition

Lecture 5

Reality, Virtuality, Hyperreality

Jean Baudrillard 1929-2007-philosopher

was associated with movements of structuralism and post-structuralism in ww2

-key theorist of post modernism

-baudrillard fond of Karl Marx

-Marx propounded the critique of political economy

-Baudrillard fond of Ferdinand Saussure

-Saussure pioneered the theory of linguistic value and the differential theory of the sign.

-Baudrillard also fond of guy debord

-fond of marshall Mcduhan

-Pioneer of media and communication theory

-fond of Geoge Bataille

-Looking at sacrifice and rituals in diverse cultures

-fond of marcel mauss

Jean Baudrillard wrote-the system of objects-Simulacra and simulation-the gulf war did not take place-the illusion of the end

context-vietnam war in 60's cultural movements in the US

-Situatonism and the student-work protests in 1968

-the rise of consumerism and mass media

-the end of colonialism

-the cold war

-the watergate scandal expose of the president through taping

-the collapse of modernist topianism shift to post modern society

Hyperreality-hotel bonaventure, los angeles, modern-futuristic

-plates allegory of the cave-question on reality the world is an image of something

-the loud family-first reality show of a family

Baudrillard wrote a book forget foucault.