The cost of war should not be determined by dollar signs. it costs us much more than that.
Militainment is War packaged for pleasurable consumption/entertainment.
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The BRAIN:
in all three and the whole video you are asked and called upon to use all three parts of your brain.
Reptilian:
Reptilian:
you have a sens of fear, when you see the war scenes and your blood starts to rush if you want it to or not, it is just part of your fight or flight reactions.of course you are not going to jump out of your seat and run, with the processes is going though your brain without you knowing it.
Limbic:
pictures and music. "moving pictures" you are interpreting the movie through your limbic brain. the music is also going straight to your limbic brain. music is always a must in any movie or video, it sets the tone, mood, gives you the perfect setting music is a must. the difference between a good movie or video can easily be pin pointed to the music, and of course the quality of the content. both of these musts are connected to your limbic brain. so use that thing! and use it properly.
the bottom line is: bombs fall people die. we can not forget that! there is no such thing as a clean war that is impossible and just absurd for that to be used as a way to describe the state of any war.
Neocortex:
this part of your brain is also being used, not only to read text but to simply be able to understand and comprehend the material. this is not a light topic so a well developed neocortex is a nice thing to have. information and text.
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REALITY
"a boiling point is reached when the ability t wage war coincides with the ability to write a movie about it"- George Gerbner
Jessica Lynch. "saving Jessica Lynch"
"to achieve realism" this allows us as American's to look at the war as just another movie that is fabricated by the media. we soon forget that real humans and people are being killed every minute, even while we are watching a perfectly manufactured war movies.
even the toppleing of the Saddam statue was planned by the U.S. troops.
war seems to look short, abstract , and artistically beautiful. when bombs are shown lighting up the sky people seem to forget that those bombs are falling on people down bellow.
"the clean War"- forget big lie how about Huge lie.
this clip again supports the thesis; the T.V. war. the war becomes entertainment. : a war without victims or bodies.
controlling the war media. "Vietnam Syndrome"
DE-humanize destruction; the clean war uses the view from above,
Diversion! Big LIE! PERCUSSION! and plenty of scapegoating.
soft targets, surgical destruction, assets.
REALITY
Making it personal, why do we care about the drugs they are using and the alcohol they are drinking out their sex lives.
This has nothing to do with the war and what is going on. Yes it is an insight to some ones character but why is that making head lines? why are we not being told what is happening to the people? this can be seen as a form of :
diversion straw man and card stacking
Riches to rags is another way that it is being made personal.
Value message
also when the video says that they had also found pictures of the presidents daughters,
Maybe was used; language such as might or could were used to add and even more evil feeling to it.
Saddam is no longer his name it is now Sodom:
this is no coincidence. it is a way to very artfully and stealthy way to get a message through to the public. as said in the video he now takes on biblical proportions.
along withto get this point across plenty of repetition is used. Name calling
Metaphors/symbols: animal metaphors are being made such as rats, spiders, vermin all shown in the media and political cartoons, this also a form of
propaganda. name calling is again being used in the propaganda.
reality t.v. was influenced bye war, turning the war into a game. profiles, road rules, war games, boot camp. they even have play by plays and commentary.
REALITY
US military ads, making the war seem like an extreme sport.
this also plays into Techno-Fetishism and obsession with technology. war is seen as playing an extreme video game.
"we don't need a metaphor for war, we have war" why are we trying to find a metaphor for war?
war has become "sexy"
war has just become a marketing ploy. war is a game! playing card collectibles giving weapons a character. they are no longer a tool to kill but they mean much more.
facts and statistics are being used in this clip,
humor is also used very well it is bring the complete absurdity of these toys to the public in a sarcastic manner.
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Epistemological Shift:
from the people being informed about war through news papers we are now informed right to our television and computer screens.
Personal Shifts:
i am doing it right now, blogging about a very important topic that every one should be informed about and i am placing my own personal spin on it.
CONVERGENCE
Political Shift, Economic shift, Cultural shift these are very closely related in terms of delivering war news to the public.
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REALITY :
Media construct our culture and involve trade-offs. Consuming media always involves choices that enhance or degrade our lives.
Ask yourself what are your trade offs and are they worth it?
Militainment is War packaged for pleasurable consumption/entertainment.
Due to this sort of thing we forget why a war is happening and that there are real people there being killed. we are just see war as another form of entertainment.
i would just like to say again that:
The cost of war should not be determined by dollar signs. it costs us much more than that.
"Freedom is not Free" lets not forget to pray for those soldiers, brothers, sisters, husband wifes, friends, and family members fighting for something real, it is not just entertainment it is very real.
