Today in class we watched Amy Goodman's production "Independent Media in a Time of War." In this piece she explains the power that media have to determine how the world views us and how we view each other. Furthermore, she questions today's "general" news in the United States and believes that it conceals "the true face of war." Goodman led me to ask the following questions: Does media take on a more powerful role during times of war? How do images of violence and death change one's relationship with media?
I watched the video below over the 4th of July weekend when I was beginning to read Postman's work "Amusing Ourselves to Death." As I watched this video of Bob Hope's appearances while entertaining US troops at military bases around the world, I asked myself this question: Is it still amusing yourself to death if you're surrounded by war and death?
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