Comments on: Does that darn teevee reflect our culture? http://blog.peterherrick.com/2009/01/does-that-darn-teevee-reflect-our-culture/ What is life really like for ALL students? Sat, 21 Aug 2010 01:57:17 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Mary Walker http://blog.peterherrick.com/2009/01/does-that-darn-teevee-reflect-our-culture/comment-page-1/#comment-183 Mary Walker Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:42:08 +0000 http://blog.peterherrick.com/?p=29#comment-183 Hi Peter -- your post reminded me: I read an article awhile back (not sure where -- it may have been the Wall Street Journal) about discussions at one of the military colleges (might have been West Point) about the national debates in the US on torture. The article claimed that a lot of the supporters of torture-under-certain-conditions would refer to the TV show "24" as a fictional example of when torture could be condoned. I found this interesting because it showed how media examples have become part of our language for how we discuss issues. In the olden days, people would argue using examples from the Bible or from classical literature. Today, people argue using examples of movies and TV. Media provides us with a common cultural context and language for having these discussions. Hi Peter — your post reminded me: I read an article awhile back (not sure where — it may have been the Wall Street Journal) about discussions at one of the military colleges (might have been West Point) about the national debates in the US on torture. The article claimed that a lot of the supporters of torture-under-certain-conditions would refer to the TV show “24″ as a fictional example of when torture could be condoned.

I found this interesting because it showed how media examples have become part of our language for how we discuss issues. In the olden days, people would argue using examples from the Bible or from classical literature. Today, people argue using examples of movies and TV. Media provides us with a common cultural context and language for having these discussions.

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