1/ [Unresearched, Speculative, Thinking Out Loud] I would like to see (and I'm sure it exists) studies on the number of identities represented in mass media over time. I assume that the number has grown. And I wonder if *increased* prejudice is a natural consequence.
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2/ Like, how many cultural sub-groups could you enumerate given just a few minutes? My guess: a lot. Now, how many of these can you accurately model, mentally. As in, accurately anticipate their needs, beliefs, norms, and how they allocate their attention? My guess: very few.
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3/ Now, let's say you're asked to render a political judgment over an issue that you don't understand or have much experience with. But, you're presented with identity cues, so you can mentally estimate the distance between yourself and the two position takers.
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4/ If you're doing some sort of consideration averaging with accessible identity cues as the consideration, the curse of dimensionality coupled with bounded cognition binds aggressively. Consequently, I assume you're error rises pretty fast.
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5/ If this happens, given your resulting confusion, isn't it easier to just say there is my identity and everyone else is other? All else equal, does the proliferation of identities -- or more accurately, revelation of their existence-- encourage adversarial group calculus?
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6/ And, does it have to? Or, is it an artifact of the way we've structured media? Or, is it a natural consequence of scarcity? Or, is it a case of the tyranny of an identity instrumentalism that almost implicitly rejects "all men are created equal" (men left intentionally)?
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7/ (I really don't know. This is far less than half-baked. I'm just spitballing hoping someone gives me a good course heading.)
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Replying to @generativist
This is great. These are the kind of questions I want to talk about.
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Replying to @meredithdclark
Do you have any recommendations for me? I'm just getting into media studies, as a consequence of my dissertation. It wasnt my focus but the implications were basically: "oh yea duh, I guess media profoundly regulates belief system discovery." Soon, I want to build in that vein.
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Replying to @generativist @meredithdclark
An interesting space to think about this stuff, or at least a place to begin, might be with the census. When were / are groups recognized officially? Media representations before those moments would be super neat to see.
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That's a good idea. "What gets measured gets managed," and what people assume needs management probably is what gets measured...
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