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Ayer, Donovan and Westphal summary questions with key concepts

Ayer

  1. Why does Ayer claim that assertions made about a transcendent God are not intelligible notions?
  2. Why does Ayer reject the notion of God with a capital ‘G’?
  3. Why does Ayer suggest that the atheist and agnostic positions are as untenable as the theist’s?
  4. What does Ayer mean by asserting the existence of a transcendent god shows nothing but the ‘state of mind’ of the theist?
  5. Why are claims made by primitive religions given some credit where those of sophisticated religions are not? Continue reading “Ayer, Donovan and Westphal summary questions with key concepts”
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Digital media and production practices

From Television studies by Toby Miller 2003

  • New technologies come about not simply as a response to audience demand but mostly if they have a strong market potential.
  • ‘Production practices’ refers to the unit organisation, division of labour, performance of work and processes of specialisation involved in conceptualising productions [pre-production], shooting the actual scenes [production], and editing, sound mixing, titling and special effects [post-production.] The switch to digital media has affected all three parts but most significant impact on post-prod.
  • There is now dedicated software to help pre-prod planning.
  • Digital video [DV] has replace analogue video but digital cameras require special lighting. Continue reading “Digital media and production practices”