Quote for the Week

I think I missed a quote last week. Here’s one for now though. I don’t know if this will go down as well as Foucault the other week, but let’s just see. To all the teachers out there I would though respectfully suggest that this one is useful and really can and should be used in the classroom. It’s from Manuel Castells:

“Only ‘bad news,’ relating to conflict, drama, unlawful deals, or objectionable behavior, is interesting news. Since news is increasingly framed to parallel (and compete with) entertainment shows, or sports events, so is its logic. It requires drama, suspense, conflict, rivalries, greed, deception, winners and losers, and, if possible, sex and violence. Following the pace,and language, of sports casting, “horse race politics” is reported as an endless game of ambitions, maneuvers, strategies and counter-strategies, with the help of insider confidences and constant opinion polling from the media themselves.”

M. Castells, The Power of Identity, p32, OUP.