Impact of Photography & Motion Pictures In Contemporary Culture

The Impact of Photography and Motion Pictures in Contemporary Culture
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October 1, 2017
Photography and filmmaking have existed for already a few decades now. Ever since then, these types of visual media have had their own share of legacies and even controversies as people have used them for all sorts of reasons. In line with this, it could be said that both photography and visual media have been used to either inform, mislead, and/or entertain its consumers. When it comes to visual media, perhaps one of the greatest example where these three usages of visual media clearly exist is the case of North Korea’s media network. In the said country, most of the information that are being broadcasted are controlled by the state. Mainly, there are five channels in North Korea which are aimed both at “informing” citizens of their technological and social advancements, “mislead” them through propaganda, as well as “entertain” them by showing live sports and other talk shows. In contrast to other countries, the aspect of information dissemination and entertainment would mostly be obvious, while those used to mislead its consumers are more subtle in nature, as compared to the previous examples blatant use of propagandizing information. Being aware of this fact, I learnt to believe that movies, films, and motion pictures have help shape our perception of reality through the process of value transmission and opening of boundaries. On one hand, movies become conduits of information constantly informing us of the social norms that society has, such as “why is it bad to kill” or “why should we go to school.” As we could notice, in most movies, those who kill are portrayed as antag...