In lecture 7, the 1970’s was said to be the broadening of what’s acceptable for the “everyday” person with porn. The 1970’s (in my opinion) was the beginning of independence for everyone from women starting to go off on their own, to not only the rich, being able to enjoy pornography but the “average Joe” getting involved, talking about sex openly and making pornography seem more normal. The 1970’s is described as such a liberating time. Larry Flynt popped up with Hustler in 1974 and I think we can all agree that, that’s when the controversy of pornography really got going among the public. Lecture 7 also went on to explain the 3 Fold Effect on the Internet (3 things the internet does to make porn more interesting). The first being the wider availabilty for consumption. Basically saying that porn is now everywhere! The second, explaining the wider availablity for production. Anybody can get a digital camera, film sex and “produce” a movie, and the third being the creation of new publics from hither to private matters. This last one can be described as how little communities online, have been created for people to talk to one another and exchange thoughts and porn. This lecture basically was about the coming out of porn and how easily accessible porn is now days, compared to previous years, like the years before technology and the internet came around.
{February 12, 2006} 1970’s Bring It On…