CMNS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Canadian Content, Harold Innis, Liberal Democracy
17 Oct 2016
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Week 4: communication, public sphere and public broadcasting in. Notes before lecture: nal exam moved to april 16th, 12-3 pm, encouraged people to use someone else to proofread work, as long as you acknowledge it somewhere. Prioritizes casual in uence of communication, media, and especially mass media in social change. Harold adams innis: one of the key canadian scholars of technological determinism, economic historian, brought forward the theory of bias in communication technologies. How the canadian economy ourished on staple resources: also spoke about time and space based media. Marshall mcluhan: another key canadian scholar of technological determinism, philosopher, english literature professor, brought up medium theory. Any advanced modern society is de ned by media: hot and cold media. Saturday, january 30, 2016: examples of hot: photos, radio, print, lm, books. Low audience participation: examples of cold: television, telephone, writing, orality. High audience participation: the medium is the message".
