Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E Study Guide - Final Guide: Music Piracy, Cultural Studies, Culture Industry

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 1020E
• Professor: N. Dyer-Witheford / J. Reed

Document Summary

Almost anything can be used to transmit a message. 20th century, media meant industries such as newspapers, radio, film, etc. , reaching big audiences, offering a standardized (mass) range of content (cid:498)now(cid:499) media: (cid:498)one too many(cid:499) communication (cid:498)many to many(cid:499) communication. Changes due to computers and digital networks (internet) Concept of mass communication has changed, previously it meant one producer. 2017-09-27: when athletes kneel during the anthem, this is their way to express their opinions on the injustice present in america. Cultural studies: stuart hall, from the uk but of jamaican descent, centre for contemporary cultural studies, university birmingham, uk in the 1970s, from high culture to popular culture, media as texts, representations of the world. Often as standard or (cid:498)stock(cid:499) (cid:498)common sense(cid:499) view of the world-(cid:494)the way things are. Discursive struggles: contradictory in their representations, are discourses: the struggle over common-sense. Key ideas in cultural studies: representation, media as texts, signs, stories, stereotypes, discourses, hegemony, struggle.