CMST 1A03 Study Guide - Final Guide: Semiotics, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Collective Intelligence
20 Dec 2016
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Broadcasting act: federal legislation governing all forms of broadcasting in canada. Copyright act: legal framework governing the right to reproduce a published work. Communication: the act of transmitting & exchanging information and meaning through any form of language. Convergence: bringing together once separate communication technologies (phone, computer, video) into one technological platform (internet) Digital: a universal code that reduces sounds and images to a series of (cid:882)(cid:495)s & (cid:883)(cid:495)s. Mass audience: a term for the great numbers of people who constitute the (cid:494)mass entertainment audience(cid:495) Mass media: newspapers, magazines, cinema, tv, radio, ads, some book publishing, the internet and popular music. Mass communication: communication to a large undifferentiated group. New media: technologies, practices & institutions designed to facilitate brand participation or interactivity in information production and exchange on a mass scale. Public interest: the investment that a national group or polity has in preserving/developing the best of its values & ideals.
