It is deeper than that. If there was no media we would still have culture. People would tell stories and copy and adapt each others mannerisms and fashion. Local culture would be much stronger and vary a lot more.
What media does is control these elements by distracting us and occupying our attention with curated topics and lines of thinking.
Yes, I agree. But in our current climate we have media and not a whole lot of social interaction. So for all intents and purposes currently media is driving our culture.
The media creates the culture.
Yes, nobody has any agency except the powerful.
How manichaean of you.
Wow, that is a jump. I’m curious, how did you get here from my comment?
It is deeper than that. If there was no media we would still have culture. People would tell stories and copy and adapt each others mannerisms and fashion. Local culture would be much stronger and vary a lot more.
What media does is control these elements by distracting us and occupying our attention with curated topics and lines of thinking.
Yes, I agree. But in our current climate we have media and not a whole lot of social interaction. So for all intents and purposes currently media is driving our culture.