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Theorizing Mass Media and the Homo Digitalis: How do Bo Burnham: Inside and “In Persuasion Nation” engage<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with themes addressed by the theoretical readings? For instance, consider both Guy Debord and Byung-Chul <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Han’s critique of what Han terms the “flight into the image” (Han 27-30) in contemporary mass media, the effects <\/p>\n\n\n\n
of social media on our relation to others (ibid 24-25), the distinction between outrage and rage in public discourse (7-8), and the loss of narrative meaning and the disappearance of the real (35), among other themes. What do you make of the attitudes toward mass media as expressed by Burnham and Sanders? How does the structure of both <\/p>\n\n\n\n
texts express ideas about mass media? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat’s How the World Works\u201d: Consider Guy Debord\u2019s final claim in the chapter\u2014\u201cThe spectacle is capital accumulated to the point that it becomes images.\u201d In what way do Inside and “In Persuasion Nation” engage with this idea? Are commodities (everything with monetary or generative value) now essentially a collection of images? How do bothe texts engage with the phenomena of branding? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exchanges of “Value”: In both \u201cIn Persuasion Nation\u201d and Inside, the concept of \u201cvalue\u201d is debated over and over again. What is the meaning of \u201cvalue\u201d in both works? What is the relationship between the \u201ccommodity\u201d and the \u201cvaluable\u201d? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Silly Songs: Consider Terry Eagleton\u2019s discussion on humor’s relationship to value. How does the humor in Inside <\/p>\n\n\n\n
and “In Persuasion Nation” affect your interpretation of meaning and value? Are the songs in Inside and humorous moments in “In Persuasion Nation” just meaningless fun or does the humor serve a greater purpose? Be specific in your use of Eagleton – he employs several theorists, Freud included, in thinking through humor and laughter – how might these ideas apply here? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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