SMC219Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Federal Communications Commission, Intrapersonal Communication, Mass Communication
24 Sep 2017
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Includes sender, message, receiver, channel, feedback, and noise: sender (source) puts the message on a channel and the medium delivers the message as a signal. America, to make money: 8 types, books, newspapers, moring and afternoon types. Also, clay tablets, and papyrus: pictographs developed into phonetic writing: use symbols to represent sounds, first information communications revolution: information could reach a new kind of audience remote for the source. The invention of paper and parchment made communication easier: however, knowledge belonged to an elite group of people, printing: the second information communication revolution. Invented by chinese and process made cheaper by glutenberg: knowledge available to everyone, not a privileged few. Knowledge was portable and storable: demonstrates people"s inner desire to communicate with one another, mass communication: information is available to a large audience quickly. Defined by storability, protability, and accessibility: computer technology: the third information communications.
