CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Communication, Political Economy, Communication Studies
28 Dec 2018
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Other technologies were seen as creating a common consciousness. Originally referred to merging, or bringing together, of wide range of previously separate and distinct communication technologies and media. " p18. Corporate convergence: media companies own many different kinds of media now. Culture becomes more participatory: read/write vs read-only. Different ways in which media interact with society. Will come back to notion of public sphere. Notion of identity and nationalism will appear repeatedly. Innis and mcluhan: media and society linked in fundamental ways. Canadian political economist who made major contributions to communication studies. Each form of communication has a media bias. Key question:" what is the role of communication media in defining society, in maintaining social stability, in inducing social change and in fostering empire control?. " p71. Time bias: oral communication, media such as clay last over time. Space-bias media such a papyrus or paper help to expand empires or societies. Writing historically associated with logic, linear thinking.
