Friday, 27 November 2015

Task 3

Essay Map

Thesis

Does Print Media still have a place in the Digital Culture we live in today?
Analog vs Digital


1. Throughout history, print media played an important role in popular culture.

'to give people a voice of their own' - expression
  • Working class making their own culture - expressing themselves.
  • Democracy - eliminating social hierarchy, separation of social classes.
  • Print Capitalism.
  • 'A History of Communism' book - Power to the people.
  • Protests.
  • 'Penny Dreadfuls' article.

2. Propaganda print media was an effective way of influencing a society.

'to influence a society'


 

  • Propaganda in war - manipulation.
  • German propaganda WWII - Hitler kind to children? Feeding a certain mentality.
  • 'British prints from the machine age' book. Informing a society, WWI.
  • 'Why paint war? British and Belgian artists in World War One' article links to above.
  • 'Propaganda as a weapon? Influencing international opinion' article.


3. Reproducibility of an image made art universally available.

'to make art universally available'

  • Advertising - distribution.
  • Loss of value, authorship and expression.
  • 'The Designer as Author' essay.
  • Authenticity, not always relevant for the purpose.
  • Free for interpretation - popular culture.
  • Post-modernism - fan art/film posters.
  • Print Culture - of the people.

4. The digitalisation and invention of the internet has given anyone the access to imagery - Do we need a physical copy (print)?

'disputing the role of physicality of a print in the digital age'.


  • Mobilisation of digital communication.
  • 'The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction' book.
  • Jean Jullien's Paris symbol - Universally acknowledged (speed), printed media not needed.
  • Social Media.
  • 'Fractal dreams new media in social context' book - communication.
  • Books/print into film/TV.


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