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Discuss the role of media studies in making sense of the political, economic and cultural meaning of everyday life.
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Discuss the role of media studies in making sense of the political, economic and cultural meaning of everyday life. "The media no longer ask those who know something... to share that knowledge with the public. Instead they ask those who know nothing to represent the ignorance of the public and, in so doing, to legitimate it." - Serge Daney, French film critic (1944 - 1992) The Australian media, in all its forms - predominantly through print, television, radio, internet and billboards - but also through the newly emerging and perhaps more subtle forms such as pavement stencil art and SMS text messaging, has an overwhelmingly powerful impact on our mentality, personality, and general awareness of the world around us. Hence, because of the elevated level of control it has over the individual on so many levels - specifically culturally, politically, and economically, Media Studies is intrinsically deterministic in allowing us, through disassembling...
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