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October 06, 2005
Social Constructionism
I definitely feel that the social constructionist view can be backed up much more easily than mimesis. Our interpretation of everything we see is consistently based on what we are surrounded by, may that be the media, art, friends, or family. Because everyone has different family members, friends, tastes in music and so on, opinions can vary in drastic ways. People learn to perceive the world based on their individual memory, emotion, and motivation. Mimesis, though correct in the idea that imitation is involved in meaning, leaves out the important factors of interpretations of language and images.
Posted by lcisowens at October 6, 2005 07:58 PM