CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Feudalism, Working Class Culture, Scientific Management
6 Feb 2017
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Chapter 3: history and canadian context: early printing, gutenberg, 1454 printing press, china, 850 woodblock printing. Industrial revolution: transportation, railroad, steamship, urbanization, nuclear family, factories, mass production, taylorization, time: work vs leisure, class differences - inc. gender, race. Media and social forms: telegraph: coordination of government, business, people, telephone: business, coordination further economy, magazine: encourages consumer culture. Tuesday, september 27, 2016: motion picture: niche among urban workers with newfound leisure time and disposable income, considered working class culture , celebrity: close ups in form, photography, magazine led to modern celebrity, dissemination of the face . Communication and social forms: photography: created connection to people and events in far away places. Beginnings of the modern press (news: progression of press ownership, disorganization (many producers, alignment with (or ownership by) political parties, ownership by corporations. Impacts: ads: newspapers move to corporations > advertisements became their major source of revenue. Tuesday, september 27, 2016: dual revenue stream, 1. consumer purchase/subscription, 2. ad placement.
