CPCF 1F25 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Warren Weaver, Claude Shannon, Digital Divide

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication, Popular Culture and Film
• Course: CPCF 1F25
• Professor: Anthony Kinik

Document Summary

They are involved in almost all aspects of lives- deciding on a career, getting an education, thinking about politics and government, finding the music we listen, getting a job, purchasing clothes and etc. Media helps us decide what we need and want, why we care and even who we are. Example of how downloading music online has changed from (limewire totunes) (cid:862)i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)ed (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)ity(cid:863) tells us what is happening around the world. The telegraph, the (cid:449)orld"s first (cid:373)ode of ele(cid:272)tro(cid:374)i(cid:272) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)atio(cid:374), was one of the most revolutionary of communication media. A key technology in shrinking space through time. With inventions of new media the world seemingly gets smaller. Example models of semaphore towers- faster and cheaper form of communication that the mail. 1930-4(cid:1004)"s radio (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a (cid:373)ajor pro(cid:448)ider of (cid:374)e(cid:449)s a(cid:374)d e(cid:374)tertai(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t small towns= own radio station in 1950s television arrived in many canadians living rooms and removed radios.