COMM 1101 Chapter 14: Chapter 14 Communications

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 1101
• Professor: Thomas K.Nakayama

Document Summary

Chapter 14 communications: communicating through social and other interactive media. Interactive media: a collection of mediated communication technologies that are digital and converging and tend to be mobile. Interactive media are a constant reality in our lives and affect and daily activities in multiple ways and having good media skills can help you be more successful professionally and personally. The individual, communication technology, and society: all media activities are enacted by humans within a social contest and the larger society, these activities reflect and influence larger societal norms. Identities influences technology use and inequality in use. If have high of both-more likely to own: rural areas much less likely to own than urban or suburban, older-less media except facebook, disabled own less media, less likely to use. Ethics and interactive media: 4 areas of ethical consideration, presentation of identity online, privacy issues, posting ethical messages, building online relationships, sometimes you do misrepresent yourself.