Post Class 11/7

The class discussion on Wednesday dealt with the end of our Herman and Chomsky discussion and the full analysis of Bourdieu's TV article. We talked about the fact that he was very interested in methodologies. A lot of what we dismantled within the article involves television and its affects on our society/ viewers, whether that be television, news, and or cinema.
One of the quotes our class looked at stated that television news suits everyone because it confirms what people already know in most cases. The example laid out was how Central Florida is somewhat desensitized to crime because of how frequent it occurs and therefore we've accepted it. We modify our behavior in accordance to what we know and it becomes comfortable. In regards to the media we looked at house, which is laid out in a certain narrative format every episode. Another show I found that followed this style was Dexter on HBO. The episode always begins with a similar scenario followed by a climax and a resolution. This ties back to pleasure of the text, and how we as viewers like to have that routine.
I related this even further into my daily routine and how I like that comfortable flow of events from day to day. There's something more to be said about the way in which people derive pleasure from knowing the sequence. Think about documentary films or such, where the normal cinematic flow is changed up and the average population finds the unfamiliar less entertaining.
Overall I found this article in particular to tie back to more previous theorists than normal, which I liked. The more I can relate theorists to other theories it gives me more room the expand my thinking on those particular ideas.