Class Notes 2/5/07

Class Notes 2/5/07

Note Taker of the Day: Alexandra A

NOTES FOR Monday, February 5, 2007
• What are some means by which pop culture generates?
• What sort of mediums and genre’s do you find in pop culture?
Mediums
• Television
• Music
• Internet
• Print
• Film
• People
• Stage
• Advertisement
Genres
• Radio
1. Musical genre
2. Talk radio
• Sitcom
• Reality Television
3. Competitive (physical)
4. Observant (voyeurism)
• News
1. Real – Reliable, credible. (Examples: Wall Street, CNN, MSNBC, Time Magazine, ESPN, PBS).
2. Fake – Not reliable, not credible all the time. (Examples: Tabloids, Fox News 24hr, Onion, Pop Magazine, Entertainment T.V.).
FACTS
• Disproved versus Proved  but may not always be true when it comes to the news.
• Audience  wants to believe; likely to believe; capable of believing.