Objectives for Part 6
In this module, we think critically about media.
When you finish this module, you should be able to do all the following:
- Describe and explain the pressures on commercial media to entertain
- Describe and explain the pressures on commercial news media to oversimplify issues
and reassure viewers
- Explain why political reporting on commercial television tends to underreport
domestic labor news
- Explain why political reporting on commercial television tends to underreport
all foreign news
- Give examples of ways in which commercial television tends to
reinforce and justify the aims of global capitalism
- Give examples of ways in which commercial television tends to marginalize
opposition to the aims of corporate sponsors
- Give examples of the use of fallacies in advertising
- Describe the symptoms of "affluenza"; and
explain why affluenza alarms Marxists,
Christians, mental-health workers,
environmentalists, and moral philosophers.
- Critically analyze arguments for and against "consumer culture."
Assignments for Part 6
REQUIRED VIDEO
- Part 6 requires that you view at least one video. Please view one
or more of the following:
- Affluenza
You can come to
campus to see the video when I show it to my on-campus classes (ask me for details);
or you can view it in the WVC Library AV room. There are individual viewing stations
there.
OR
- Episode of Frontline (view online): The Persuaders
REQUIRED READINGS
OPTIONAL READINGS/VIDEOS
For further reading: resources on advertising, media manipulation of news, global capitalism, affluenza
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