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Ross describes how for the first several decades of film, the medium was open to a fairly large percentage of the population. Over time movie production came under the control of several large corporations. This stunted the flow of new and innovative ideas to the big screen. The internet, through such sites as facebook, twitter, youtube and blogs, has allowed the average American to again express their views, this time to millions of voracious internet users. - Michael G. | Ross describes how for the first several decades of film, the medium was open to a fairly large percentage of the population. Over time movie production came under the control of several large corporations. This stunted the flow of new and innovative ideas to the big screen. The internet, through such sites as facebook, twitter, youtube and blogs, has allowed the average American to again express their views, this time to millions of voracious internet users. - Michael G. | ||
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| + | Just as a sidebar, I actually did not know nickelodeon was an actually term outside of a silly set of shows I watch as a child (just saying). Meagan P. towards the top of this article points out the distinction Ross makes at the very end of his his introduction concerning the difference between ideology and discourse. Although this is only one smaller piece to Ross's work, I can't help but be a little thankful that tucked away in his introduction is a point of view on how film can be studied. While the previous readings focus on film's ability to demonstrate good -or painfully awful- history. Yet what Ross introduces is a record for the effects of film throughout American history as a trend setter. I would hazard to say that Ross in a discussion of film would focus on film as a primary source which indicates how people at that specific point of time thought about a certain happening. In essence what Ross lays out through talking about ideology and discourse is the sort of questions one would ask himself while performing a wide spread review on a whole range of films. Why are movies important? Mind control. What do you do about it? Dissect the film beyond "I like it" or "I hate it" lines of thought.--Joe | ||
==Hollywood's America== | ==Hollywood's America== | ||
