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| Poster for The Hunger Games, a portion of which was watched in class today |
This week in Media Cultures, the lesson revolved around the
ruling class, and how they affect the media we consume. It was an interesting
conversation to have, because I feel like everyone thinks that the ruling class
controls the media, but no one really talks about that much. Personally, I
think it’s something that should be talked about, because it’s so easy
for humans to internalize ideas without thinking about what those ideas mean
(for example, the ruling class are superior, and we shouldn’t question them). I
also liked how Marxism was brought into the discussion, and felt it contributed
greatly, what with talking about the Proletariat and the Bourgeoise. On that
subject, I thought that the 2 classes concept still applies today; it’s just
that the Proletariat class is so vast now, we have split it into lower and
middle class. They’re both Proletariat, just different stages of Proletariat.
At least, that was what I thought on the subject.
After we watched part of The Hunger Games, which I haven’t
seen since it came out. It was very fitting timing wise, since I’d just
finished reading the first book, and I thought it tied into the class content
well. Movie wise, I thought the movie seemed pretty good, I’d like to re watch
the whole thing, but I’d forgotten just how bad the shaky cam can be! It worked
in some scenes, like when Prim’s name is called, but it was used everywhere, and
it was somewhat distracting.
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