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TELE 3010 1nd Edition Lecture 17Outline of Last LectureI. IdeologyII. Ideological Analysis of MediaOutline of Current Lecture I. PlayII. PerformanceCurrent LecturePlay and Performance - Silverstone 7 & 8 PLAYPlay is counterpoised to enlightenment discourse of sober rationality — So much of society is governed by this conception that through rational thinking, society can be advanced. Play is frivolous and it’s imaginative: it’s not in the same realm. It can be rational (like chess). The enlightenment prioritized humanistic thinking. This is about human as governed by laws. Human beings are capable of arriving at these truths of the laws. This is rational. - Play as a core activity of daily life.- Play as central to media engagement.- When we engage in play, we cross a threshold - we leave one kind of order and rationality defined by its own rules and terms of trade and action.- We participate within a shared structured space distinct from ordinary life. - It is unproductive - whats the goal of play?- It’s governed by rules that suspend ordinary laws - Involves make believe.- Freedom.Childhood Play- this is where reality is tested. - There’s a symbolic world of meanings and securities that come from these meanings - within this play there are symbols “like saying arghhh if you’re a pirate and wearing a patch”.. etc.- It’s a place we can explore the boundary between self and other - when playing.- We have a license to explore and create.These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Play May Involve:- Competitiveness- Chance (a guy fumbling a ball, ex.)- Surrender (one gives in to the mystery… can’t control circumstances).- Mimicry (like pretending you’re a pirate)- Play can also surface as political — candidates competing with one another within media demonstrates a type of “play”.Media & Play Examples- Television — talk shows, game shows, soap opera, reality shows (they’re supposed to be realistic but not so much.- Internet- Video Games- Crossword Puzzles- ComicsPopular CulturePop culture is always about play. Assumptions of regulation by state, religion, and community within reality.Class example is Elvis Presley. - Elvis became a moment of public play and display.- Groups and individuals can suspend the regularities of daily life.- Engage in pleasure.- Play with categories.  The reality during the 50s is structured by race, fear from the Cold War, Christianity, and assumptions that people are all about family and church. Elvis was shaking his hips in sexual ways (people didn’t want to show that of him.. because of the sexual connotations)- This new form of rock and roll challenged society! - Pop culture has always done that — it has always challenged our society through play.Play as Re-enchantment- The grind of daily life is very redundant and media gives us the ability to be drawn in and be re-chanted with our lives.- Enlightenment rationality’s emphasis on reality, work, seriousness, education, progress. These are the moments when you hear a song or certain music, and you feel inspired and encouraged.PERFORMANCEReality is brought into being through performance. - Normality- Ordinary- Security- IdentityErving GoffmanTheres front stage and the back stage.The front stage is:- The face you put on for the world. It’s how you demonstrate to the public sphere who you are and what you believe in. It’s for show. - How you impress others. - Define and maintain our sense of selves.The back stage is everything else. It’s when the front stage is turned off. Modernity and PerformanceWe perform a range of identities for different audiences - in gender and race, for example.Gender is a performed role (not sex). Performance and NewsJournalism has always been about storytelling.In performativity theory there are 2 speech acts.- constative speech — journalists see reality as constituted by utterances that describe, report, find, and discover.- performative speech — words can be actions in themselves. They bring into being that which is


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