I just saw the video on youtube about the Zombie Apocalypse and I felt more entertained than concern. I had great difficulty taking it serious as a person, but interested and compelled as a fan of the zombie movie genre. As discussed in previous weeks, this documentary seems to be more of the media glamorizing a popular movie genre in documentary form. As discussed in one of my previous blogs, as educators we give learners tools to make the best informed decision about the media. To me, this would be a situation in which I urge learners to utilize the tools given to discern as this seems like propaganda to invoke fear than inform. Furthermore, why is the video not exploring issues like mental health or cannibalism? I wholeheartedly believe that the video's purpose is to piggyback off the popularity of the zombie movie genre to gain a targeted demographic of viewers for more viewership of the network.
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