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i think i skipped out of my first year modules like this and only turned up for the tests as i'd done all teh stuff at A-level - but i remember finding it all interesting first time round 
Posted: 01:31 Oct 05 2002
Understanding Reality and Reporting Fact!!
Right, I've just finished my first week of lectures at Uni and i'm home for the weekend!! yey!! I'm studying Drama and Media, one of the moduals on the media side of things is called Understanding Reality and Reporting Fact
Just wondered if anyone has done this kind of thing before as i'm finding it really interesting but all my mates think it's as dull as a realy dull thing on a dull day in dullsville!! Basically if you don't know, it's about how perception and reality are different things and how this applies to the media and the phycology behind it all, but we are starting simple and looking at optical illusions!!
which is not only fun and interesting but it's a nice way to spend an hour leture!!
So any views??...............
Just wondered if anyone has done this kind of thing before as i'm finding it really interesting but all my mates think it's as dull as a realy dull thing on a dull day in dullsville!! Basically if you don't know, it's about how perception and reality are different things and how this applies to the media and the phycology behind it all, but we are starting simple and looking at optical illusions!!
which is not only fun and interesting but it's a nice way to spend an hour leture!!So any views??...............
9 Replies and 1052 Views in Total.
Posted: 01:31 Oct 05 2002
Sounds really interesting to me!
What are you doing home for the weekend already though? It's nice to see you back, but you'll miss out on all the socialising!
What are you doing home for the weekend already though? It's nice to see you back, but you'll miss out on all the socialising!
Posted: 06:55 Oct 05 2002 
Sounds kinda like there's three sides to every story, your side, my side and the truth. I think...
by Dru's Dead Bird
Understanding Reality and Reporting Fact
... perception and reality are different things ...
Posted: 16:05 Oct 06 2002 
I've never done a media studies course, but being the pretentious existentialist type that I am it sounds right up my street...
I do have some books on the subject (and not just the black polar-neck french type) that I think you might be interested in if you want suggestions for reading matter.
I do have some books on the subject (and not just the black polar-neck french type) that I think you might be interested in if you want suggestions for reading matter.
Posted: 16:54 Oct 06 2002
I've never studied anything like that before, but it does sound really interesting. I spent 3 years at uni studying textiles so I can't be of much help in this field, I'm afraid. I can, however, tell you plenty about the construction of yarn and fabrics, plus various dyeing and printing techniques. And, no, that hasn't been of any use since I graduated
(Edited by Lori 06/10/2002 17:28)
(Edited by Lori 06/10/2002 17:28)
Posted: 17:28 Oct 06 2002
well thanks for that guys!!
White Hart I promised myself i'd be back home every weekend!! can't really stand the socialising bit in Huddersfield, although I have taken a liking to live band night on Wednesday at the campus pub!! hehe!!
Jayjay I'd really appreciate some suggested reading material if you wanna mail me the title sof the books that would be great!! Thanks mate!!
Lori I did GCSE textiles!! hehe!! I know all that stuff too, I did put it to some use though, I can sew now!! hehe!!
Anyway, thanks guys, I'm back at Uni in the morning but I'll see you all next weekend I hope!! I shall return!!
White Hart I promised myself i'd be back home every weekend!! can't really stand the socialising bit in Huddersfield, although I have taken a liking to live band night on Wednesday at the campus pub!! hehe!!
Jayjay I'd really appreciate some suggested reading material if you wanna mail me the title sof the books that would be great!! Thanks mate!!
Lori I did GCSE textiles!! hehe!! I know all that stuff too, I did put it to some use though, I can sew now!! hehe!!
Anyway, thanks guys, I'm back at Uni in the morning but I'll see you all next weekend I hope!! I shall return!!
Posted: 22:22 Oct 06 2002
hmm it sounds kind of like what we're doing right now
like the newspapers are selective of what they choose to publish 'who chooses the news?' is what we're studying now, and also why? like what benefits they get from it etc. it all comes back to money really heh economic system
had a really interesting talk about society's and values. like...ok for instance, some places beleive that women should not be educated, adn the women there are happy with that because the values that have been instilled on them mkae them think a certain way. so we were saying how liek that isn't right at all, and my friend was trying to say someone should do something as its not right....but, to them its normal and right, as its their values, and even we aren't right about this because what we think stems from the values of this society...so we only think they're wrong because of our views....
get it? :S confusing i know! lol
hmm off on a tangent again rach *sigh* oh well! spose the site is called tangent21
like the newspapers are selective of what they choose to publish 'who chooses the news?' is what we're studying now, and also why? like what benefits they get from it etc. it all comes back to money really heh economic system
had a really interesting talk about society's and values. like...ok for instance, some places beleive that women should not be educated, adn the women there are happy with that because the values that have been instilled on them mkae them think a certain way. so we were saying how liek that isn't right at all, and my friend was trying to say someone should do something as its not right....but, to them its normal and right, as its their values, and even we aren't right about this because what we think stems from the values of this society...so we only think they're wrong because of our views....
get it? :S confusing i know! lol
hmm off on a tangent again rach *sigh* oh well! spose the site is called tangent21
Posted: 22:33 Oct 06 2002
Sounds cool!
Posted: 19:54 Oct 07 2002
OK, here's a couple:
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
Mind bendingly stunning book, yet incredibly accessible, and seems to me to be aimed at exactly the subjects you are looking at.
The Outsider - Albert Camus
Just. Because. OK, I promised not to suggest chain-smokingly-black-polarneck-wearingly-achingly-frenchly-cool existentialist stuff, but I lied. Everyone should read this. And listen to the Cure's 'Killing An Arab'...
Ways of Seeing - John Berger
Mind bendingly stunning book, yet incredibly accessible, and seems to me to be aimed at exactly the subjects you are looking at.
The Outsider - Albert Camus
Just. Because. OK, I promised not to suggest chain-smokingly-black-polarneck-wearingly-achingly-frenchly-cool existentialist stuff, but I lied. Everyone should read this. And listen to the Cure's 'Killing An Arab'...
Posted: 20:18 Oct 07 2002