test 1 Flashcards
Men’s men: (page 189)
- rich
- successful
- only hang out with man
- objectified women
- carefree (no ties)
- feminization
Men’s women: (page 189)
- silent
- beautiful
- material
- no threat
- desire
- lifts man
Women’s woman: (page 189)
- successful
- kids are amazing
- husband
- clean
- beautiful/attractive
- hair is perfect
Women’s man: (page 189)
- committed
- sensitive/vulnerable
- pursues her
- interested in what she has to say
- romantic
- available for her
- 2nd in command
reasons we watch reality television
allows us to escape reality
semiotics
method for analyzing pop culture (discover meaning); study of signs
sign
something that carries meaning
treadmill of consumption
process of moving ahead materially without any real satisfaction (getting richer, but not gaining a lot of happiness)
denotative meaning
direct definition; LITERAL meaning
connotative meaning
figurative meaning; indirect meaning
Michael Jackson’s first video
Thriller (first real music video)
other videos he does he includes various pop culture references to ET and Star Wards
abduction
arriving at an interpretation by seeking the most plausible explanation for something
consumerism
promotion of consumer’s interests
pop culture
narrative that has received wide acceptance
Is the internet terrible?
the internet can influence your opinion or make you feel bad if you liked a movie because there will be hundreds of nit-picky analysis’s of why you it wasn’t perfect (all opinions though)
we consumer for
status or to prove how wealthy we are
music
can define us depending on the genre and the era (decade it was popular)
music introduces
and reinforces cultural nuances we might be unaware of
Beatles were more than music
(semiotics) challenged gender, class, race in postwar Brittan and US; sanitized soul; lack o military commitment (hair was longer) translated black music to white audience; anti-authoritive behavior
Michael Jackson
his music was both auditory and visual (story telling music videos)
feminism
women’s rights
Valentines Day
an excuse for girls to be spoiled and lots of pressure and expectations placed on guys to buy things and be extra romantic to show appreciation
Desperate Housewives
30-55 year old women dominating younger guys
why do we like the Simpsons?
simpsons are the crisis of authority;
reality tv
is to avoid reality
5 steps of semiotic method
1 - what is denotative meaning
2 - situate subject in system of related signs (where did the experience come from?
3 - what associate signs belong to that system (making connections between dif experiences)
4 - what differences do you see in signs (differences between experiences-maybe you handled situation differently with age)
5 - perform connotative analysis (analyzing situation; recap)
