SOC100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Halifax Gazette, Mass Media, Quality Communications

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1

Document Summary

Mass media communications that target large audiences. Pictographic writing & cuneiform words sumerians of mesopotamia. John bushell sold copy of halifax gazette. Bitcoins form of digital currency mined on the internet and later exchanged for goods. Augmented reality (ar) enhanced version of reality created by the use of tech to overlay digital info on an image of something being viewed through a device (such as smartphone camera) Fundamentally change how we now experience things by introducing new possibilities & changes created diff world. Ensure access to diverse, affordable, high quality communications that serve interests of canadians. Net neutrality principle of equality & detachment with respect to how information on the internet is treated by network providers. Main concern of macro-level functionalist framework social order. Manifest function of media provide us with current, up-to-date communications. Key role in connecting us with other people & info help us become more socially.