CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Participatory Culture, Bell Media, Prosumer

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Terry Flynn

Document Summary

Shape and nuance our perspectives and experiences. Communication media affect us on individual, societal, and global levels. The internet has allowed individuals to become content producers, not just content consumers. Communications technology has the ability to shrink space (the telegraphy, telephone, radio, television and internet) Concerns about media: commercialization and privatization, privacy and the digital divide. Slow down in average time spent per day with digital major media by 2018. Canadian media consumption to reach 510. 7 minus per day in 2017. Growing at a rate of 5. 9% per year. Internet use in 2017 is estimated to reach 206. 8 minutes per day. Mobile use is expected to hit 100. 8 minutes per day. The act of making a message common to one or more people. Helps us make sense of who we are. It prolongs our lives (necessary for physical health) Shannon and weaver"s mathematical model of communication. Does not consider the social context of communication.