post mod and the media

Question 1

how has the media influenced society

Answer 1

• baudillard = life became dominated by the media “ media saturated” distorts the way we see the world
• doesn’t represent reality “ simulacra”
  -gives hyper reality where media depiction of an event becomes more real than what acc happened

Question 2

modern examples of media saturation

Answer 2

-mods and rockers
- kardashians
- johnny depp case

Question 3

how does giddens say the media has caused a make believe universe

Answer 3

• we follow soap operas like they’re real life
• we follow celebs like they’re our friends

Question 4

how does the media impact crime

Answer 4

• districted view of how common certain crimes are and the victims of crime
  -do copy cat crimes - techniques of committing crimes

Question 5

how can we evaluate post mod as a whole
what are the strengths

Answer 5

• highlights important cultural changes not highlighted by other theories
• challenges traditional meta narratives and led some sociologist to question how they are influenced by these in modern society

Question 6

what are the weaknesses of post mod

Answer 6

• fails to have a vision to improving societies- simply looks at negative aspects of society that we live in
• over emphasis the influence of the media and sees people passive receptors of info
• assumes everyone has same freedom to pick and choose their identities and ignores financial and economic restrictions

Question 7

what is giddens and late modernity

Answer 7

• believe contemporary society is radicalised
• not a new era
  -argues social and technological changes since the 1960s are continuation of modern cultural development

Question 8

what is beck risk society

Answer 8

• new era characterised by technological hazards and systematic mange,end of insecurities and environmental hazards e.g pollution , global hazards
• we r all experiencing global crime and terrorism

Question 9

what does harvey discuss

Answer 9

• post mod changes are a result of capitalism
  -post modernity was a phase of capitalism where mass production was replaced by flexibility
• capitalism always chnaginf and evolving new tech to make profits
• globalism occurred due to capitalism