Different Media
The actual medium of "film" is strongly associated with early ethnographic studies. The medium of film was initially used by ethnographers in the course of their professional work to document subjects in the field. Today ethnographic films are made in video and digital media and may contain elements of text and animation. Other video and digital media focus on the study of culture in Hollywood movies, documentaries by non-anthropologists, home movies and even YouTube.
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“Never before has a generation of parents faced such awesome competition with the mass media for their children’s attention. While parents tout the virtues of premarital virginity, drug-free living, nonviolent resolution of social conflict, or character over physical appearance, their values are daily challenged by television soaps, rock music lyrics, tabloid headlines, and movie scenes extolling the importance of physical appearance and conformity.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)