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Dune’s auditory experience, which earned composer Hans Zimmer an Oscar, exemplifies how a film score can guide the emotional and sensory experience of the audience, providing layers of depth and deepening the audience's engagement with the film and enhancing its overall impact.
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This discussion delves into the complex interplay between postmodernism, the rhizomatic theory of Deleuze and Guattari, and the rapidly evolving landscape of contemporary media.
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Media conglomerates' control and Western perspectives significantly impact homogenized reporting. This concentration of ownership favors profit over truth, allowing narratives to be steered in a way that preserves existing power structures. Consequently, public trust in traditional and digital media is erroding (Elliot, 2019).
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Banksy's depiction of dystopian sweatshops - overrun by rats, staffed by Asian workers and unicorns, confronts us with the stark absurdities - gross exploitation of humans and nature - of our capitalist society and the mass culture it perpetuates.
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