Week 6 - Barker, Ch. 11 (TV, texts, etc.)

No other medium more powerful than TV for cultural studies (Internet???)... TV news gives us a representation of reality (not reality itself). News "sets agenda" for culture and is manipulated in times of war. Soap operas have influence on culture's perceptions of women and wider social issues. The audience is "active" and creates its own meanings from the "texts" of TV. TV is "shrinking" the world by the mass spreading of ideas. Who controls media a critical factor of cultural studies.