Y Tu Mama Tambien Analysis From the outset, director Alfonso Cuaron tests and questions collective sexual mores and taboos in Y Tu Mama Tamabien, forcing us to question, forcing us to think, forcing us to reevaluate. Full frontal nudity confronts us almost before the opening credits have finished. And given that graphic violence in U.S. media is an accepted norm… Read More
Cultural Conditioning Part One At the point I wrote this passage, I was convinced that the subject of propaganda was one which I might be unable to introduce to my academic general public. While I believe that academia is better suited to accept the word on its own terms, I still observe more than subtle indications that the word… Read More
Public Opinion, Propaganda, Communication, and Media Studies Reading Research Notes The following are books read and referenced in the recent past and present. All sources are paraphrased and page referenced for further reading and referral. Lippmann, W. (1997). Public opinion. New York: Free Press Paperbacks Press Inaccuracy: q.v. biographies of John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, and Sam Adams. (p.xi ) Assumptions: There are at least two… Read More
Media and News Propaganda and Cultural Conditioning: My Experiences in Local News Media For two and a half years, I worked for two television stations in Savannah, GA. I learned first hand how personal bias in television news functions from station owner, station manager, news director, assignment editor, producer, reporter, photographer (me), and even editor (usually one of the above). Notwithstanding the sincere protestations of objectivity that were… Read More
A Brief Introduction to the Subject of Propaganda At the point I wrote this passage, I was convinced that the subject of propaganda was one which I might be unable to introduce to my academic general public. While I believe that academia is better suited to accept the word on its own terms, I still observe more than subtle indications that the word… Read More