Midterm Flashcards
Stereotype Definition (literal/dictionary)
originally used in terms of printing, stereotypes were a type of printing plate that was used to create the same text over and over again
Stereotype Definition (for our class)
A stereotype is part of cognition based upon secondhand knowledge. While it can be a useful knowledge tool in a reductive (simplified) manner, it is also seductive in its ability to deemphasize critical thinking and individuality by oversimplifying, dehumanizing, and misrepresenting. Stereotypes enforce an echo chamber of tradition that can be monetized as an emotional currency or as a manipulation tool.
Luis Marerra and Andrei Sakharov
Urugarian Mathematician and Russian Physicist. They demonstrate “a filter” (propaganda model) because the natural choice by the media to represent only Sakharov is the same as if a commissioner had instructed the media to concentrate on the victims of enemies, not friends
CONSENT VS. CONTENT — DESIGN FEATURE OF THE COVER; CONTENT, PLACID, SATISFIED — NOT ASKING QUESTIONS, NOT OBJECTING — BEING GOVERNED; STEREOTYPING AS POWER THAT CAN BE HARNESSED AND MANUFACTURED TO POLITICAL GAIN — A SOCIALIST PERSPECTIVE;
“Manufacturing Consent by Herman (Economist), and Chomsky (Linguist)
Totalitarianism
Not only the lack of freedom, but the lack of ability to do something without simply being told to do it. Being able to live a life that is secular from your country.
- Media is untrustworthy and favors spectacle
- Media is in it for profit, not accuracy
- Hedonic Cynicism (self-pleasure, self-interest)
-Commercial Culture inspires nihilism - “Sales arent a measure of success”
- Inherent notion of what is right/good
- Idea of elitism
- Media in the US is unique in its ability to manipulate social standards in favor of commercialized profit
- Violence is intrinsically American
- The media cares about entertainment, meaning that films increasingly show porn, nudity, violence, profanity
“Commercial Culture” by Leo Bogart
Propaganda Model
Introduced by Herman and Chomsky in “Manufacturing Consent”:
1) Dominence of mass media
2) Advertising as a primary income for media
3) Reliance on provided info
4) Criticism
5) Anti Communism
Arkady Shevchenko
a high-ranking Soviet official who was discredited for no reason by ABC, and then ignored by Herman and Chomsky who are mere idealistic socialists (they do not want to listen to a real defector)
Bogart sees malicious intent in the media, who doesn’t?
Herman and Chomsky
When critiquing the effect of stereotypes on society,
Herman and Chomsky take the socialist perspective, Bogart takes the academic one
Red Sparrow
Written by Jason Matthews (former CIA), Jenifer Lawrence stars in it. British visit to Russia
Maria Butina, Anna Chapman
Examples of American women turned soviet defectors
Year that Russia converted to Eastern Christianity
998 (Kievan Rus)
Ivan the Terrible, Ivan the threatening
First Tsar, Autocratic Ruler
Modern History of Russia begins with
The Grand Duchy of Muscovy in 1530
Queen Elizabeth the First
Called the “Virgin queen”, courted Ivan and many other powerful figures. Began Ambassadorship for Russia, Russias first contact with Europe
First Charted Joint Stock Company
The Muscovy Company
Fletcher contrasts himself with his experience in Muscovy
Of the Russe Common wealth
Example of non- Ukraine Supporter
GOP candidate Vivek Ramasvami
Introduces us to the violence of tyranny
“Of the Russe Common Wealth”
-Ivan’s Killing of his Son
-Justification for Pillage and Rape
