The Comflights
@thecomflights.bsky.social
(for practical communications university purpose)
F(L)IGHT THE SYSTEM
Camila. Sarah. Kiara. Udane.
F(L)IGHT THE SYSTEM
Camila. Sarah. Kiara. Udane.
There are power relations behind any representation. They conform identities –tell us how to be a woman/man, young, sophisticated, working class...
They affect how we look at other groups – immigrants, foreigners, feminine people…
They affect how we look at other groups – immigrants, foreigners, feminine people…
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
There are power relations behind any representation. They conform identities –tell us how to be a woman/man, young, sophisticated, working class...
They affect how we look at other groups – immigrants, foreigners, feminine people…
They affect how we look at other groups – immigrants, foreigners, feminine people…
So, in order to represent something we have to know what is being represented, what is not being represented, what signs/codes have been used, what elements have been selected, who is in charge of the representation and to whom is it targeted at.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
So, in order to represent something we have to know what is being represented, what is not being represented, what signs/codes have been used, what elements have been selected, who is in charge of the representation and to whom is it targeted at.
According to the representation theory, reality is complex and needs to be simplified. Representation is a selection of signs in order to represent what we want to represent.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
According to the representation theory, reality is complex and needs to be simplified. Representation is a selection of signs in order to represent what we want to represent.
Moving on to representation, Hollywood cinema has been a meaningful part of our daily experience. We study representation through these films as they help constructing our identity; they represent reality.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Moving on to representation, Hollywood cinema has been a meaningful part of our daily experience. We study representation through these films as they help constructing our identity; they represent reality.
The discussion about reggaeton music is linked to the discussion of culture as some think that it doesn't represent our cultures and values.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
The discussion about reggaeton music is linked to the discussion of culture as some think that it doesn't represent our cultures and values.
They argue that after World War II the distinctions among high, low and mass culture collapsed. The distinction often only reflects prevailing social, economic and political power bases.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
They argue that after World War II the distinctions among high, low and mass culture collapsed. The distinction often only reflects prevailing social, economic and political power bases.
Cultural Studies deny the separation of “high” and “low” or elite and popular culture. Cultural critics today work to transfer the term culture to include mass culture, whether popular, folk or urban.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Cultural Studies deny the separation of “high” and “low” or elite and popular culture. Cultural critics today work to transfer the term culture to include mass culture, whether popular, folk or urban.
Meaning and power are cloesly related as "meaning cannot be conceptualized outside the field of a play of power relations." (Hall, 1989)
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Meaning and power are cloesly related as "meaning cannot be conceptualized outside the field of a play of power relations." (Hall, 1989)
Hall believes that ideologies include the languages, the concepts, and the categories that different social groups collect in order to make sense of their environment.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Hall believes that ideologies include the languages, the concepts, and the categories that different social groups collect in order to make sense of their environment.
In this case, ideology refers to “those images, concepts and premises which provide the frameworks through which we represent, interpret, understand, and “make sense” of some aspect of social existence.” (Stuart Hall, 1981)
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
In this case, ideology refers to “those images, concepts and premises which provide the frameworks through which we represent, interpret, understand, and “make sense” of some aspect of social existence.” (Stuart Hall, 1981)
But... what is culture?
Culture is formed by the various norms, ideas, values, and forms of understanding in a society that help people interpret their reality are part of a culture´s ideology.
Culture is formed by the various norms, ideas, values, and forms of understanding in a society that help people interpret their reality are part of a culture´s ideology.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
But... what is culture?
Culture is formed by the various norms, ideas, values, and forms of understanding in a society that help people interpret their reality are part of a culture´s ideology.
Culture is formed by the various norms, ideas, values, and forms of understanding in a society that help people interpret their reality are part of a culture´s ideology.
And, by concentrating on these marginalized social groups, a number of subfields have emerged; ethnic studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender studies, for example.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
And, by concentrating on these marginalized social groups, a number of subfields have emerged; ethnic studies, and gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender studies, for example.
Audiences are decoded, meaning that, messages can't exist without an audience's ability to receive the message and compare it with meanings they already have (ideology).
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Audiences are decoded, meaning that, messages can't exist without an audience's ability to receive the message and compare it with meanings they already have (ideology).
Cultural studies were born within a post-Marxist ideology and, therefore, denies any political neutrality.
Thye politicize and value popular culture and questions the way genre, race, class and nations are constructed, as manifested in historical, cultural and political contexts.
Thye politicize and value popular culture and questions the way genre, race, class and nations are constructed, as manifested in historical, cultural and political contexts.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Cultural studies were born within a post-Marxist ideology and, therefore, denies any political neutrality.
Thye politicize and value popular culture and questions the way genre, race, class and nations are constructed, as manifested in historical, cultural and political contexts.
Thye politicize and value popular culture and questions the way genre, race, class and nations are constructed, as manifested in historical, cultural and political contexts.
Looking for power in the content we consumed was implemented as they believe that power and authority are exercised in cultural practices.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Looking for power in the content we consumed was implemented as they believe that power and authority are exercised in cultural practices.
Bell Hooks, a feminist activist and writer, studied the white colonialist form of cultural practices within the Birmingham school.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Bell Hooks, a feminist activist and writer, studied the white colonialist form of cultural practices within the Birmingham school.
This meant that they included other type of content like the one produced in television or radio in the studies. They thought that now they were worthy of analysing.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This meant that they included other type of content like the one produced in television or radio in the studies. They thought that now they were worthy of analysing.
This Centre for contemporary Cultural Studies was created in 1964.
They study culture i order to understand a society and its politics shifting interest from classical or elite cultural forms to a more popular or industrially produced forms.
They study culture i order to understand a society and its politics shifting interest from classical or elite cultural forms to a more popular or industrially produced forms.
May 13, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This Centre for contemporary Cultural Studies was created in 1964.
They study culture i order to understand a society and its politics shifting interest from classical or elite cultural forms to a more popular or industrially produced forms.
They study culture i order to understand a society and its politics shifting interest from classical or elite cultural forms to a more popular or industrially produced forms.
a 'myth', according to Roland Barthes, is the CULTURAL CONNOTATION of signs.
and to the question of so these have any effect on human behaviour... we'd have to say: absolutely.
and to the question of so these have any effect on human behaviour... we'd have to say: absolutely.
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
a 'myth', according to Roland Barthes, is the CULTURAL CONNOTATION of signs.
and to the question of so these have any effect on human behaviour... we'd have to say: absolutely.
and to the question of so these have any effect on human behaviour... we'd have to say: absolutely.
a PARADIGM is a mix of signs that creates a mini universe of meaning, a collection of related associations.
This advertisement represents the paradigm of a "cowboy".
Either way, the myth of masculinity has many different paradigms in itself.
This advertisement represents the paradigm of a "cowboy".
Either way, the myth of masculinity has many different paradigms in itself.
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
a PARADIGM is a mix of signs that creates a mini universe of meaning, a collection of related associations.
This advertisement represents the paradigm of a "cowboy".
Either way, the myth of masculinity has many different paradigms in itself.
This advertisement represents the paradigm of a "cowboy".
Either way, the myth of masculinity has many different paradigms in itself.
Connotation: association of concepts in a gesture or sign.
There are different levels of meaning.
With a sign we can make up or give another meaning.
There are different levels of meaning.
With a sign we can make up or give another meaning.
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Connotation: association of concepts in a gesture or sign.
There are different levels of meaning.
With a sign we can make up or give another meaning.
There are different levels of meaning.
With a sign we can make up or give another meaning.
the two levels of a sign:
1) signifier -- the form that the sign takes
2)signified -- the concept it represents
1) signifier -- the form that the sign takes
2)signified -- the concept it represents
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
the two levels of a sign:
1) signifier -- the form that the sign takes
2)signified -- the concept it represents
1) signifier -- the form that the sign takes
2)signified -- the concept it represents
Umberto Eco once said:
"a sign is anything that can be used to tell a lie".
it is the basic unit of meaning
"a sign is anything that can be used to tell a lie".
it is the basic unit of meaning
May 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Umberto Eco once said:
"a sign is anything that can be used to tell a lie".
it is the basic unit of meaning
"a sign is anything that can be used to tell a lie".
it is the basic unit of meaning