Event overview
'Network' (1976) is a satirical comedy directed by Sidney Lumet. A television network, Union Broadcasting System (UBS) is struggling with poor ratings and, facing unemployment, their news-anchor loses it on live television - suprisingly causing ratings to rise again.
Network opens up questions about the power of television over large groups of people - especially thinking of the mob-like behaviour that accompanies the shows of Jerry Springer and the like - and the almost messianic quality that its presenters gain (think Oprah Winfrey). The film considers the problem of 'good ratings', underlining that the media, even though claiming for itself official and objective information about society, essentially needs to sell (what do people want to read?) - interesting to put in the context of today's Leveson Enquiry and Rupert Murdoch's approach to news-making.
Dates & times
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2 Feb 2012 | 4:00pm - 7:00pm |
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