SA 9A MID-TERM QUIZ STUDY GUIDE SLIDES FROM LECTURES 9/22-10/25 DEMOGRAPHICS AND NAMES EVERYDAY CULTURE Asking: Questioning

culture and consumption Media, art, technology Paradigms in philosophy & culture HISTORY Enlightenment era (1500+) Printing press Modern/industrial era (1900s) Photography/film/video Postmodern/digital era (1980-2000s) Computers/networks DEBATES Orthodox/progressive Tradition vs change Normal/abnormal Mainstream vs different Received/improvised Learned vs made-up CNN/Michael Moore video Beyond Naming Multiple identities Partial identities Alternate identities BEING DIFFERENT Difference as problem Margin/Mainstream Assimilation Difference as asset Separatism Homogenization Multiculturalism Melting pot or salad bar Performing identity Video: Falling Down, Born Rich BUT IS IT ART? Popular conceptions of art Art & literature seen as important But not enjoyed by many people WHAT IS ART? Academic discipline

Many definitions Cultural construction HISTORICAL PERCEPTIONS OF WORD AND IMAGE Early picture makers (30,000 BC) Birth of writing (3000 BC) Art & writing in Middle Ages (500-1500) Renaissance (1500-1800) Expansion (1800-1900) Industrial Era (1900s) Post War (1950-2000) Millennial (2000s) ART AS CULTURAL CONSTRUCTION Definitions of Art, Stephen Davies FUNCTIONALISM (what it does) PROCEDURALISM (social/eco context) HISTORICISM (changes over time) Videos: Da Vinci Code Sister Wendy Beckett Six Feet Under WHAT EVERYBODY WANTS Dualisms and their problems Good/evil, high/low culture, young/old The culture of daily life Consuming as creativity Self-expression? Video: Reverend Billy WANTS GET CONFUSED AS NEEDS Social character of consumption Advertising Credit Online buying Video: Advertising & the End of the World ATTITUDES TOWARD CONSUMER CULTURE Celebration Freedom of choice Reflects real social needs Non-discriminatory Non-political Condemnation No freedom of choice Promotes false needs Discriminatory Politically biased

Critical examination Accept/reject/change Critically deciding own needs Confronts discrimination Politically informed LITERACY Reading and writing necessary English literacy Media, computers, networks: multiple literacies Video: Still Killing Us Softly HISTORY OF MEDIA LITERACY 1960s television on the rise 1970s Portapaks and film/media studies 1980s blaming media 1990s media literacy gains popularity 2000s computer literacy QUESTIONS ASKED BY MEDIA LITERACY Who is making this stuff? How? For whom? Why? VIOLENCE AND MASCULINITY School shooting deaths 2005-06: 15 2006-07: 13 2007-08: 8 2008-09: 8 2009-10: 7 2010-11: 11 VIEWING MEDIA VIOLENCE CRITICALLY Media naturalizes violence Critical viewing denaturalizes violence Separating media violence from reality Recognizing distorted world views Video: Tough Guise THE MYTH OF MEDIA VIOLENCE The media violence tower of babble We like to watch Watching doesnt make us violent We are afraid We cant stop the violence But we can understand it Video: Wrestling with Manhood

GENDER IDENTITY 19th century - defined biology only 20th century - psychology and culture also play a role 21st century identity construction Inner self biology, psychology, culture Outer self what we do with inner TECHNOLOGIES AND THE EVERYDAY Historically ignored Recent attention = industrial + digital Industrial Era (1900s) Helpful Products Physical Digital Era (2000s) Necessary Services Virtual Video: Artificial Intelligence VIRTUAL WORLDS The future of culture & entertainment Stories Pictures Immersion Worlds Video : Click TECHNOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTALISM Neutral Natural tool Agent of progress Technocracies positive Egalitarian Video: WALL-E TECHNOLOGICAL SUBSTANTIVISM Not neutral Not natural Not progress Technocracies negative Not equal Video: 1984 NAMING Self-naming Naming by others

Name-calling Video: The N Word LANGUAGE MATTERS naming is part of language literacy is necessary media is a form of language some voices dominate other voices resist & change occurs BEYOND NAMING Multiple identities Partial identities Alternative identities Video: Better Luck Tomorrow