COMN 2700 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Slacktivism, Media Studies, Hashtag Activism
10 May 2017
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Tips : if you know the summary of the chapter and can answer the questions at end of the chapter, you should be good for the quiz. What is media"s role in the construction of reality. Definition of media: noted in 1st class media is difficult to define, but textbook defines media as: The technologically developed communication industries, normally making money, that can transmit information and entertainment across time and space to individuals and/or large groups of people. They are literally in the middle of this process, the means for communication (p. 4). The medium: the conduit through which the messages travel. The message: what is doing the travelling. When watching an episode of game of thrones on hbo go on my iphone: how about defining it by what it does? (this is good for doctorow*) They all take place within social, political context, they are bias and are never neutral.
