Week 9 - Cinema and television
Cinema and television is the
greatest tool of media transmission. It is argued that televisions brainwash us
and help us develop into who we are. This is done through the cultural
literacy, where we learn and conform to the norms of what we see in and absorb
from the media in televisions and cinemas. How? I will explain through one
example of a TV series that can influence of how we think of a certain culture.
The Fresh prince of Bel Air was aired in the 1990’s where it shows a hyper and
problematic Afro American teenager named Will. In pursuit to be mature and
responsible he moved from the ghetto life in Philadelphia to respectable
Californian suburban African American family. This could help us to learn more
on the Black community since it contrasted the difference of black community of
America in terms of their communication, language, class, status and etc.
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