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hey. we were speaking about being political and the ability to be non-political/apathetic/disillusioned. found this today, something to think about.
'(because of the deluge of news and images as a result of the information and technological age) people were faced with the problem of diminished social and political impotency.what steps do you plan to reduce tension and violence in the middle east? what are your plans for preserving the environment, reducing the risk of nuclear war and global famine? I shall take the liberty of answering for you. You plan to do nothing. You may of course cast a ballot for someone who claims to have some plans, as well as the power to act. But this you can only do once every two or four years by giving one hour of your time...your opinion will be given to a pollster, who will get a version of it through a desiccated question, and will then submerge it in a Niagra of similar opinions and convert them into just another piece of news. Thus we have a great loop of impotence, the news elicits a great variety of opinions about which you can do nothing except offer them as more news, about which you can do nothing.' Nigel Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death.b 1985.
is this true?
Hi Angela,
Just wondering where that quote of Delillo's about television programming being packaging for ads came from? and the actual wording of it? Thanks.
Hi Kirsty. Love the quote. Interesting that it's from 1985 - what (if anything!) do you think has changed in twenty years?
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“The TV set is a package and it’s full of products. Inside are detergents, automobiles, cameras, breakfast cereal, other television sets. Programs are not interrupted by commercials; exactly the reverse is true. A television set is an electronic form of packaging…”
This is from Don DeLillo's novel Americana (1971). It's quoted in "White Noise: Text and Criticism," p 335. If you've read American Psycho there are really interesting connections between the two. Happy reading.
hello, should we refer to more than one set text in this essay?
Re: the number of set texts to refer to in the second essay - this is entirely up to you. You're welcome to do a comparative essay, looking at two or more texts, otherwise a closer reading of a single set text. Be warned, though that 2,500 isn't a great deal of space.
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