Barbara Licht
Patrick Schultz
The author is suggesting that we should be associating the relationship of TV and our unconscious which she refers to Sigmund Freuds book Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious. This should not matter whether you are watching a show such as Family Guy or the evening news broadcast.
Antonia Peacocke says that some may think the show Family Guy "takes pleasure"(261) in the sometimes offensive humor however, it portrays a similarity to the American culture of today. It is also stated in the reading from Rushkoff that "our critical eyes and our unwillingness to be programmed by the programmers make for an entirely new relationship with the shows we watch "(263). While Dana Stevens says that viewers who watch shows like Family Guy are "rats in a behaviorist's maze"(231), the viewers are much more sophisticated than that. The viewers are actually learning more about culture because it is placed in a way that makes learning fun.
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