CMST 1A03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: World Summit On The Information Society, Digital Revolution, Discourse Analysis

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Faiza Hirji

Document Summary

Media and convergence: readings: chapter 9, ownership of media, public interest vs. free market, role of the state, concentration, integration, know the different companies outlines in lecture. Making the news : challenges and consequences: reading : chapter 10. Importance of news: current environment, competition, culture of newsroom. Journalists as content producers: box 10. 1, 10. 2, 10. 4, 10. 8, 10. 9. Skip figure 4. 1, 4. 3, 4. 4, 4. 7: box 4. 1. Structuralism, semiotics, post-structuralism: focus on concepts emphasized in class. Importance of advertising: reading: chapter 4, representation, intertextuality, denotation/connotation, advertising examples, types/uses of advertising. Living in a global village3: readings: chapter 11, assumptions of living in global village, definition of globalization, often seen in economc terms, move to post fordist economy, role of media in globalization, digital divide, inequality. Do not need to know: world-systems theory, nwico, wsis, mediascapes, ideascapes, table 11. 1, 11. 2, box 11. 3, 11. 7.