Film Studies
'Knowledge' and 'truths' of Film Studies?
Film studies is similar to media studies, and with most or maybe even all of media is a lie. Television, magazines, radio broadcasts, they are all a type of media projection, basically, to inform others of something. Information in the media cannot be all 'truths', or can it? Where we ask the question - 'Where is the truth in the media?'. Media is misleading, making us viewers believe in what we see or hear. Propaganda is associated to media, and its primary use is to brainwash people - making them believe in the propaganda for a variety of reasons. The knowledge of film studies / media, comes from what the author wants the audience to percept. The subject is mainly analyzing texts, to simply find out HOW and WHY. We put our knowledge to use to find an answer that can't be right. It is arguable if we say that we were right in all our analyzing, because with most media, it is hard to distinguish the real 'truth' and the 'truth' they want us to believe in.
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Good Kenta. You have chosen a tricky area and I agree with a lot of what you write. Does this mean that your chosen subject would like us to believe that they are using propositional knowledge where in fact it isn't at all?
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