"The World of Trumen" and "Environmentalization of Information Environment"

Terry 2022-03-19 09:01:02

Recently, the "Communications" course talked about "environmentalization of the information environment". "Environmentalization of the information environment" refers to the tendency of the information environment (mimic environment) of mass communication to evolve into a real environment. The mimicry environment here was put forward by American journalist Lippman. Lippman believes that due to various restrictions, modern people cannot keep in-person contact with the entire external environment and many things about them all the time. They are more Through various news supply agencies to understand, in this way, human behavior is no longer a response to the objective environment and its changes, but a response to a certain "mime environment" provided by news attack agencies. People are likely to treat the "mime environment" as a real and objective environment.
Next, the teacher showed us this film-"The World of Truman", and asked us to talk about our understanding of this film in conjunction with the "environmentalization of the information environment". So this review is also considered homework.
When I watched it in class, the sound was not good and there were no subtitles, which made my watching very uncomfortable and misty. I just watched it tonight and got some eyebrows.
For a person like me who is the most sensitive person for more than ten or two decades, I have been used to looking for feelings and being touched by love in all movies and TV books. . . I still want to say that Truman went to find the first lover in the eyes of the woman who tore from the fashion magazines secretly bought every morning, when he finally found her eyes. She cried and laughed in front of a TV in a certain place; Truman finally decided to flee, and took out her photos on the boat. She was relieved, relieved and hopeful. She was smiling with tears on the other end. The curtain is the one that infects me the most. There are still many who infect me, the lyric is over!

"The World of Truman" is a "reality show" TV series that has been broadcast continuously for more than 30 years and has been broadcast live 24 hours a day, and is watched by people all over the world. The protagonist Truman is real. Everyone else, his parents, wives, friends, neighbors, colleagues, passersby on the street, and every brick, tile, grass and tree on Taoyuan Island where he lives are all "man-made." , Are all acting. The entire "Taoyuan Island" is a huge studio! (Trumen was about to leave Taoyuan Island when he sailed for a long time, and the ship touched the wall for a long time. The scene when he reached out to touch the wall really made me feel desperate.) The optimistic and simple nature of Truman didn’t know it until he met his death. Father of more than ten years. . .
. The first is Truman's own world. As Lippmann said, the "mime environment" is not a "mirror-like" representation of the real environment, but an environment that the media prompts people after selecting, processing and restructuring symbolic events and information. These processes of selection, processing and restructuring are generally invisible to people, so people usually regard the "mime environment" as the objective environment itself. So, Truman lives in this small world. For more than 30 years, his life, friendship, marriage, family, family, company, all are built by a team behind the scenes, they have weaved a world for him, he Believe it for thirty years. The second is the "Trumen's World" seen by global audiences. "Trumen's World", as a TV series advertised as having no script, no scenes, such as fake replacement, a true record of a person's life, is an absolute for the audience who are tired of hypocritical expressions and fancy stunts. The new and attractive thing, so we saw the people’s bar shop named after Truman was full of people. Watching this TV series together, we saw the old man who wouldn’t even miss a minute of taking a bath, and we saw two twins who were very young and old. The sisters sit and watch every day in front of the TV holding the pillow with the portrait of Chumen printed on them. They were moved by Trumen's beautiful first kiss, and they sighed for Trumen's reunion with his father. They liked Chumen's joy, worried about Chumen's worries, and Chumen's final departure. They were crazy and happy. Is Truman's world real? Christopher, the creator of "Trumen's World" (TV series), said that the outside world is full of lies and deceit, and in the world he created for Trumen, Trumen doesn't have to be afraid of anything. He's right, maybe that's it, all people living in the real world like this TV show so much. They also regard this "mimicry environment" as real, but it is not real. The real thing is that Truman sails alone and fights the storm. He is truly a powerful man. The world outside the door of the "huge studio" he pushed open is real, and his lover Servier is real. In the real world, even if lies are deceitful and unkind, it is born in that it is never arranged, there is no camera and no director. The third is the Truman world created by Christopher. . In fact, Christopher is the most loyal believer in "Trumen's World". He believes that the Trumen's world he created is the only real world in the world, and it is the safest harbor in Trumen, because Trumen is an absolute person. real. I watched Christopher treat Truman with his fatherly kindness. He finally looked at his unbelievable eyes when he went out, and understood his feelings from the bottom of his heart. At that moment, all his beliefs had collapsed. In fact, he is the victim of "Trumen's World". Truman opened the studio
Life is life, there is no safe harbor and there is no need to stay in any harbor. I think the real world is perfect if it is not perfect.

Finally, I must express my praise for this movie, because there will be no such a movie.

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The Truman Show quotes

  • Christof: Talk to me. Say something. Well, say something, goddamn it. You're on television. You're live to the whole world.

    Truman Burbank: [Before he goes and exits off-set trough the door] In case I don't see you... good afternoon, good evening, and good night. Yeah!

  • [Truman and Meryl continue to drive away from Seahaven; Meryl spots a "Danger: Fire Hazard" sign]

    Meryl: What about that sign?

    Truman Burbank: I'm sure they're exaggerating. We'll be fine.

    [Out of nowhere, a massive of fire erupts in the middle of the road]

    Meryl: [panicked] What bout that there? Would you believe that?

    [Truman and Meryl drive through the fire, and aside from a lot of smoke pouring in, they are fine]

    Meryl: Oh. Oh boy. Truman, we're on fire!

    Truman Burbank: It's okay!

    Meryl: We're on fire!

    Truman Burbank: It's okay! It's just smoke! Just smoke. You okay?

    Meryl: [terrified] YES!

    Truman Burbank: [crazed] WANNA DO IT AGAIN?

    Meryl: [still terrified] NO!