This lecture was about how imagery we see and media we see has been altered in certain ways to change the way we think. Whether that's changing the ways we think politically or socially, it is a very deliberate act that has had a lot of thought and attention put into it to change our perceptions, so basically throughout history we have been lied to by politicians and even now in the present day with airbrushed photography in the magazines we buy daily. It is this lack of truth that makes it hard to trust anything we are shown on TV or presented with. We are lied to on a large scale with altered political photos, such as Trotsky being removed from photos that also feature Stalin, but also on a far smaller scale in the media with celebrities in gossip magazines.
Furthermore, after knowing this information about how our points of views are manipulated, should we be protected by it? This can be applied to animation because as animators we have a responsibility to be truthful, that does not necessarily mean that everything we make needs to be factual, but if we are making animation that is factual we need to make sure we are responsible for what we are making and if it is suitable for the target audience. For example if we are making content for a particularly young audience we need to make sure we take responsibility for in many ways shaping their views of the real world so in that sense we need to remain truthful.
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