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Two time periods - GOOD OLD DAYS babys get christened, life was
predictable, firm beliefs, clear identity, things were well structured.
Modern age Good old days
Production, community life, social
class, family, a belief in continuity
and situation, role of education, a
one way media, overt social
control, nationhood, science aided
progress, finding the truth
Structure/security/place/stability
You know who you were
Postmodern age
Consumption, fragmentation
(individualism), identity from other
sources, families (many options),
breakage with past/tradition,
education for what, duality of life
(interchange / choice),covert
control (cctv), global, science is
only one source of knowledge
plurality of truths now
Confusion/lack of
structure/incessant choice
You create who you want to be
Key features
Truth is relative
Consumerism is all want, want, want!! society children xmas
MATERIALISM
Transformation of the self (pick n mix) / globalisation
Disillusionment with the idea of progress / impact of ICT on social
life
Uncertainty, incessant choice / fragmentation of social life
Post Modernism
Modern age has lost desire for enlightenment (dont want to know
truth)
People less likely to follow ridged ideology
Greater pluralism is modern life no absolutes
Cultures/structures are fragment less predictable
Tradition labels or categories - loss relevance
We recreate the past and blend it with the present (films) think its
true
Globalisation has narrowed time and space
Jacques Derrida
Logocentrism = all forms of thought are based on an external point
of reference which is held to exist and given a certain degree of
authority
Modernism = logocentrism
Post modernsits this and argue that trying to tell the big story is
now impossible
Social structure is in a state of flux (flowing)
Jean
Reality TV
Illustrates the interchange between the consumer and the media
They are real people who can be observed and scrutinized
They do not entertain rather than exist mish mash of cctv
surveillance and game show
In the real world they are talentless nobodies who are treated as
stars