Week 4 Lab
The danger of a single story: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
writing what you read, and how influences one's writing- I like when she mentioned this. She was speaking about how her earliest reading and writing quests. She had read many American and British novels, and her writing was more reflective of those novels than her actual environment in Nigeria. This can be important in my writing, as it seems that often I am influenced by the content that I had most previously read.
unintended consequences
poverty was the single story she had given the house boy for her family when she was 8.
she felt this from her roommate, when her roommate had a single story of Africans, and how they must be. produces patronizing, well-meaning pity, behavior- This allows more than one way in which we may assign people, individuals or groups, one story and how limiting and damaging it can be.
bought into the single story of Mexicans, as abject immigrant.
show of people as one thing, over and over again, and that is the creation of a single story.
the single story creates stereotypes, and the story if incomplete, it tells only 1 story, not all.
The consequence of the single story, is that it robs people of dignity- This really stuck with me, and I hope influences my writing when I attempt a new story.
Imaginary friends and Real world consequences: par asocial relationships Jennifer Barnes
Why do we care so much about fictional characters?
What effects do the relationships we form with these characters have on us? These are two questions she begins by asking, and I think they are remarkable questions. I thought a lot about what my relationship is to fictional characters, and why.
parasocial relationships- relationship formed with someone you don't know by consuming media about that person. fictional characters, but also form par asocial relationships with real people we don't know. politicians, celebrities act- I had never thought about this idea. That when I tune into a public figure, and listen and follow, and develop feelings for, that I have, thus, created a parasocial relationship.
alief/we believe that fictional characters are fictional, but we alief that they are real. when you feel as if the fictional character knows us too.
receive social and emotional support from these fictional characters- This really spoke to me, when she said this. It is true, but I wonder if most people realize it. I know that when I am feeling overwhelmed, or sad, I want to read a book. The book removes me from my own reality, and in a way I am receiving emotional support from those characters.
fictional grief- fave show cancelled? or death of character
over-value the lives of fictional characters, and under-value the lives of real people that we may have a distant connection with.
reading fiction may increase or empathy
My Thoughts
I was really impressed with both TED Talks. The two videos both presented new ideas to the way I consume fiction. Each underlined part above was something the speaker said during their TED talk, and a response from me, as to why that part stuck out to me.
writing what you read, and how influences one's writing- I like when she mentioned this. She was speaking about how her earliest reading and writing quests. She had read many American and British novels, and her writing was more reflective of those novels than her actual environment in Nigeria. This can be important in my writing, as it seems that often I am influenced by the content that I had most previously read.
unintended consequences
poverty was the single story she had given the house boy for her family when she was 8.
she felt this from her roommate, when her roommate had a single story of Africans, and how they must be. produces patronizing, well-meaning pity, behavior- This allows more than one way in which we may assign people, individuals or groups, one story and how limiting and damaging it can be.
bought into the single story of Mexicans, as abject immigrant.
show of people as one thing, over and over again, and that is the creation of a single story.
the single story creates stereotypes, and the story if incomplete, it tells only 1 story, not all.
The consequence of the single story, is that it robs people of dignity- This really stuck with me, and I hope influences my writing when I attempt a new story.
Imaginary friends and Real world consequences: par asocial relationships Jennifer Barnes
Why do we care so much about fictional characters?
What effects do the relationships we form with these characters have on us? These are two questions she begins by asking, and I think they are remarkable questions. I thought a lot about what my relationship is to fictional characters, and why.
parasocial relationships- relationship formed with someone you don't know by consuming media about that person. fictional characters, but also form par asocial relationships with real people we don't know. politicians, celebrities act- I had never thought about this idea. That when I tune into a public figure, and listen and follow, and develop feelings for, that I have, thus, created a parasocial relationship.
alief/we believe that fictional characters are fictional, but we alief that they are real. when you feel as if the fictional character knows us too.
receive social and emotional support from these fictional characters- This really spoke to me, when she said this. It is true, but I wonder if most people realize it. I know that when I am feeling overwhelmed, or sad, I want to read a book. The book removes me from my own reality, and in a way I am receiving emotional support from those characters.
fictional grief- fave show cancelled? or death of character
over-value the lives of fictional characters, and under-value the lives of real people that we may have a distant connection with.
reading fiction may increase or empathy
My Thoughts
I was really impressed with both TED Talks. The two videos both presented new ideas to the way I consume fiction. Each underlined part above was something the speaker said during their TED talk, and a response from me, as to why that part stuck out to me.
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