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The Role of Cinema

in Today’s World

Even though one of the main goals of cinema ever since its invention has

been to entertain, cinema scope reaches far beyond such superficial task as it

constitutes a very important means in displaying information and situations bound to

stimulate critical thinking and to produce social awareness among the viewers.

In they study The Role of Cinema and the Effect of Educational Levels of

Politicians on Voting Attitude, Agocuk and Kececi sustain that “Cinema has the

feature of reflecting the social, political and cultural changes and of contributing to the

reconstruction of reality.” (2017). It reflects such changes as it incorporates new ways

of living and thinking, and it may even go back in time to convey a specific message.

For example, in educational aspects, many cinema works serve to illustrate a variety

of topics in history, science, technology, health and many more.

In the article, Five on Film: The Role of Cinema in 2017, Coutney Small of

Cinema Axis, expresses:

“In a time when the fear of the unknown threatens to divide us along political, racial,

and gender lines, it is important that audiences continue to seek out works outside of

their usual comfort zone”. Coutney Small

Such assertion entails a suggestion to the audiences to open their minds, and to

perform a deep review of the mass media message, cinema included, in order to

promote and achieve better changes for society improvement.

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