media history 4
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- 1. Media History
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- 4 thsession: Television
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- 2. Television Culture
- Space is broken down
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- Everyone sees the same, at the same time
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- Distance no longer relevant
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- Imagined community
- 3. Television Culture
- Time is organized by TV
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- We plan our lives around TV, when shows come on, etc
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- Shows are allocated according to prime time
- 4. Television social activity
- Raising kids
- Family time in front of TV
- Breaks for housewives
- 5. Television Culture
- Television needs to be disciplined
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- Shooting the TV
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- TV set placed in the corner, facing the wall
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- TV intrudes upon our home
- 6. Television culture
- TV reflects our preoccupations
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- We watch what we are interested in
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- Stay away from what we dont care about
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- Disputed
- TV is the dominant medium today
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- For younger generations, the Internet is taking over
- 7. Institutions
- Public service (BBC)
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- Educational
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- Democratic
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- Giving the people what they dont know they want
- Commercial (ABC, HBO, etc)
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- Advertising
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- Consumer society
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- Giving the people what they want
- 8. TV Programming
- News
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- A sense of liveness
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- Lee Harvey Oswald
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- 9/11
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- 9. TV Programming
- Fiction
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- Sit-coms
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- Dramas
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- Soaps
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- Etc
- Targeted at different audiences
- Reveal different cultural interests
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- Audiences are fragmented
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- Social activity lessened
- 10. TV Programming
- Talk shows
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- Oprah
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- The Daily Show
- Debates
- Documentaries
- Game shows
- Consumer programs
- Reality TV
- 11. Celebrity Culture
- Tabloid press on TV
- Production for destruction
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- Britney Spears
- 12. Christian Bale
- 13. Christian Bale
- 14. Christian Bale
- 15. Media Events
- Transparency
- Enthralling
- Shared experiences
- Events move into the air
- Aesthetics of television production
- Political / ideological spectacle
- 16. Media events
- Dianas death and funeral
- The Olympics
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- Other sports events
- History as process or events
- 17. Media Events
- Contest
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- Wars
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- Politics
- Conquest
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- The Moon Landing
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- Elections
- Coronation
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- Diana
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- JFK vs Nixon debates
- 18. The Oscars
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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- Industry award
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- Members are invited to join, not open membership
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- Invitations based on contribution
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- Membership not public
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- 6000 members may vote
- 19. The Oscars
- 1 stAcademy Awards, 1929, Hotel Roosevelt
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- Awarding films for 1927 and 1928
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- Not open to the public, nor transmitted
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- Private dinner, audience about 250
- Since the, it has been publicly broadcast
- First by radio, then by TV
- 1950: Illegal to sell an award
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- Who owns an Oscar?
- 2004 Awards moved to late February, early March to shorten lobbying
- 20. The Oscars
- First televised live in 1953 by NBC
- 1960 1969 ABC
- 1970 1975 NBC
- 1976 2014 ABC (contract)
- 21. Award audience (US)
- 1998: Titanic 57.25 million
- 2003: Chicago 33.04 million
- 2004: Return of the King 43.56 million
- 2007: No Country for Old Men 31.76million
- 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 34.26 million
- 22. Award categories
- Production
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- Best Picture: 1927
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- Best Director: 1927
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- Best Original Screenplay: 1940
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- Best Adapted Screenplay: 1927
- 23. Award categories
- Acting
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- Best Actor/Actress in Leading Role: 1927
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- Best Actor/Actress in Supporting Role: 1936
- 24. Award categories
- Retired categories
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- Best Assistant Director: 1933 1937
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- Best Dance Direction: 1935 1937
- 25. Biggest winners 11 / 12 11 / 14 11 / 11
- 26. Hattie MacDaniel,Gone With the Wind(1940)
- 27. Audrey Hepburn,Roman Holiday(1954)
- 28. Marlon Brando,The Godfather(1973)
- 29. Jack Nicholson,One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest(1976)
- 30. Halle Berry,Monsters Ball(2002)
- 31. Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight