Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Print Culture, Temporary Work, Culture Industry
22 Dec 2017
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Media are mediums (plural media) of communication. Almost anything can be used to transmit a message. In the 20th century the media meant communication industries like newspapers, radio, film, tv, reaching big popular audiences. Usually organized in very top-down ways, offering a standardized range of content. Now this has changed because of computers and digital networks (internet). Media now include social media and mobile phones. How does the speed, scope, interactivity of media affect us: technoculture media as technology. What are the means by which: cultural studies media as texts. What is the meaning or message of: political economy media as commodities. The music industry has 3 big labels (sony, universal and warner music. Group, which then have subsidiaries (def jam, interscope). Then below that is indie labels and below that is the band themselves. There has been a change in economic structure in the music business.
