Jeremias Johnson
@jeremiasjohnson.bsky.social
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The Birmingham School was founded in 1964 by Stuart Hall. They studied culture in order to understand society’s politics. Culture is not only about literature, arts or science. Culture is also about everyday life and practices. We all create culture at all times. We can see it in the streets.
May 14, 2025 at 9:37 AM
The Birmingham School was founded in 1964 by Stuart Hall. They studied culture in order to understand society’s politics. Culture is not only about literature, arts or science. Culture is also about everyday life and practices. We all create culture at all times. We can see it in the streets.
Roland Barthes proposed the idea of a Myth. This would be when the sign becomes the signifier of a bigger sign. A Myth is a meaning made by the cultural or political context which we associate with a specific sign. The myth is like the connotative meaning of a sign, but in a larger scale.
May 9, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Roland Barthes proposed the idea of a Myth. This would be when the sign becomes the signifier of a bigger sign. A Myth is a meaning made by the cultural or political context which we associate with a specific sign. The myth is like the connotative meaning of a sign, but in a larger scale.
Choose a sign. Break its soul in two: signifier & signified. Add a word like “sobremesa” or “wabi-sabi.” Stir in a personal syntagm like “clouds feel crunchy today.” Congratulations, you've invented a feeling no one can verify. Welcome to advanced linguistics.
May 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Choose a sign. Break its soul in two: signifier & signified. Add a word like “sobremesa” or “wabi-sabi.” Stir in a personal syntagm like “clouds feel crunchy today.” Congratulations, you've invented a feeling no one can verify. Welcome to advanced linguistics.
Depending on the connotation you give to a word, it can mean one thing or another. This makes a word with a sinifier and a signified become a sign that has other different signifiers and signifieds depending on the connotation given to it.
May 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Depending on the connotation you give to a word, it can mean one thing or another. This makes a word with a sinifier and a signified become a sign that has other different signifiers and signifieds depending on the connotation given to it.
Ferdinand de Saussure in his theory of the linguistic sign proposed that a word consists of two parts: the signifier and the signified. He emphasized that the relationship between signifier and signified is arbitrary and that meaning in language arises from differences between signs.
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ferdinand de Saussure in his theory of the linguistic sign proposed that a word consists of two parts: the signifier and the signified. He emphasized that the relationship between signifier and signified is arbitrary and that meaning in language arises from differences between signs.
Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist, is often regarded as one of the founding figures of modern linguistics. He made significant contributions to the study of language, particularly with his ideas on the structure and function of language in society.
May 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Ferdinand de Saussure, a Swiss linguist, is often regarded as one of the founding figures of modern linguistics. He made significant contributions to the study of language, particularly with his ideas on the structure and function of language in society.
Some others are not especially famous for being representations of freedom. But they are absolutely plausible.
April 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Some others are not especially famous for being representations of freedom. But they are absolutely plausible.
Some images are widely considered as symbols of freedom. One of the most representative is the Statue of the Liberty
April 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Some images are widely considered as symbols of freedom. One of the most representative is the Statue of the Liberty
According to the UGT, the media has no effects on the mass, just particular uses of particular people. It focuses on people's needs and expectations, thus leading to several things people use the media for. Such as be informed, simple entertainment, escape from stress or enhance social interaction.
April 15, 2025 at 4:56 PM
According to the UGT, the media has no effects on the mass, just particular uses of particular people. It focuses on people's needs and expectations, thus leading to several things people use the media for. Such as be informed, simple entertainment, escape from stress or enhance social interaction.
The Uses and Gratifications theory explores communication with a different focus. This theory, formulated by Katz, Blumle and Gurevitch, consider the audience as an active part of the process. Asking "What do people do with the media?" instead of asking "What media do with the people?"
April 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Uses and Gratifications theory explores communication with a different focus. This theory, formulated by Katz, Blumle and Gurevitch, consider the audience as an active part of the process. Asking "What do people do with the media?" instead of asking "What media do with the people?"
In today's class we have investigated whataboutism, a current that tries to justify morally deplorable acts by pointing out the negative things that others have done. This movement can join the egoccentric bias, where a politician justifies all his mistakes from a completely biased point of view.
April 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
In today's class we have investigated whataboutism, a current that tries to justify morally deplorable acts by pointing out the negative things that others have done. This movement can join the egoccentric bias, where a politician justifies all his mistakes from a completely biased point of view.
Framing Theory explains that media can select certain aspects of an information in order to remove some ideas, make moral judgements and suggest problems. However, it's imposible to reach absolute objectivity. In every communication process will be some inclination to a moral interpretation.
April 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Framing Theory explains that media can select certain aspects of an information in order to remove some ideas, make moral judgements and suggest problems. However, it's imposible to reach absolute objectivity. In every communication process will be some inclination to a moral interpretation.
Traditional gatekeeping focuses on journalists and editors controlling news dissemination. The theory highlights how multiple actors—such as social media users, AI-driven curation, and institutional policies—shape what information is amplified or suppressed.
April 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Traditional gatekeeping focuses on journalists and editors controlling news dissemination. The theory highlights how multiple actors—such as social media users, AI-driven curation, and institutional policies—shape what information is amplified or suppressed.
When media focuses on only a handful of topics, it causes people to view those topics as being more significant than other matters.
April 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
When media focuses on only a handful of topics, it causes people to view those topics as being more significant than other matters.
The Agenda Setting theory also says that the press or the mass media will be more successful in telling you what to think about than in telling you what to think. Thus, we can see that people from the same country will be thinking about the same matters, focusing the attention to a single topic.
April 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
The Agenda Setting theory also says that the press or the mass media will be more successful in telling you what to think about than in telling you what to think. Thus, we can see that people from the same country will be thinking about the same matters, focusing the attention to a single topic.
Bernard Celil Cohen said that every single outlet in the press and media of a country must be only about this concrete country. This is the Agenda setting, which applied to Democracy it refers that we as a population, have to know what projects and where the government is using our money.
April 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Bernard Celil Cohen said that every single outlet in the press and media of a country must be only about this concrete country. This is the Agenda setting, which applied to Democracy it refers that we as a population, have to know what projects and where the government is using our money.
Walter Lippman said: " It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf"
Referring to the fact that if we have no idea of what we are being taught or informed, we will not be able to have an accurate and free opinion
Referring to the fact that if we have no idea of what we are being taught or informed, we will not be able to have an accurate and free opinion
April 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Walter Lippman said: " It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf"
Referring to the fact that if we have no idea of what we are being taught or informed, we will not be able to have an accurate and free opinion
Referring to the fact that if we have no idea of what we are being taught or informed, we will not be able to have an accurate and free opinion
Last Thursday, we talked about how in these times where access to any type of information is so easy, we can all be opinion leaders, since we are always going to transmit to someone our opinions about different aspects.
April 1, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Last Thursday, we talked about how in these times where access to any type of information is so easy, we can all be opinion leaders, since we are always going to transmit to someone our opinions about different aspects.
The Spiral of Silence theory is Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's most famous contribution. It says that people keep their attitudes for themselves when they perceive they are in minority. Thus, the mayority's opinion dominates and the minorities become silent and disappear.
March 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The Spiral of Silence theory is Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann's most famous contribution. It says that people keep their attitudes for themselves when they perceive they are in minority. Thus, the mayority's opinion dominates and the minorities become silent and disappear.
The first country in Europe to introduce universal suffrage, including both men and women, was Finland in 1906.
In the 1907 elections, Finnish women became the first in the world to be elected as Members of Parliament (MPs), with 19 women winning seats.
In the 1907 elections, Finnish women became the first in the world to be elected as Members of Parliament (MPs), with 19 women winning seats.
March 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The first country in Europe to introduce universal suffrage, including both men and women, was Finland in 1906.
In the 1907 elections, Finnish women became the first in the world to be elected as Members of Parliament (MPs), with 19 women winning seats.
In the 1907 elections, Finnish women became the first in the world to be elected as Members of Parliament (MPs), with 19 women winning seats.
Last Thursday, students from various countries shared when the first democratic elections were held in each country. There was also talk of when the first elections were held with universal suffrage, and the winner was Poland in 1918.
March 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Last Thursday, students from various countries shared when the first democratic elections were held in each country. There was also talk of when the first elections were held with universal suffrage, and the winner was Poland in 1918.
Last Thursday in class a debate was opened in which the representation of laws in popular opinion was discussed. Some students believed that what was really important was the opinion of the people, and not the established law, while others thought the opposite
March 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Last Thursday in class a debate was opened in which the representation of laws in popular opinion was discussed. Some students believed that what was really important was the opinion of the people, and not the established law, while others thought the opposite
The right to vote varies on dates in different countries in Europe. However, it is important to know how in each place numerous people fought for a right that has managed to reach our days allowing a free and fair democracy
March 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The right to vote varies on dates in different countries in Europe. However, it is important to know how in each place numerous people fought for a right that has managed to reach our days allowing a free and fair democracy
Public opinion has shifted for centuries. Liberalism and the scientific revolution emphasized individual views, shaping governance. The 19th century saw election polling emerge, while radio spread discourse. In 1935, Gallup began systematic opinion research.
March 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Public opinion has shifted for centuries. Liberalism and the scientific revolution emphasized individual views, shaping governance. The 19th century saw election polling emerge, while radio spread discourse. In 1935, Gallup began systematic opinion research.