COMS 2003 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Hypodermic Needle, Payne Fund Studies, Media Play

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication and Media Studies
• Course: COMS 2003
• Professor: Ira Wagman

Document Summary

First approach: behavioral, how media alter our behavioral (derives from psychology) Second approach: functional, what the function of media is in our society. Particular theme that came up in topic about adorno and benjamin is war. Where people go to gure out how to put things back together: religion, traditions, language, culture. 1930"s-50"s: incredible emphasis that turns towards questions of communications, how we will put society back together. Communication is the answer, the thing we will use to put things back together: perhaps comm is the problem and the solution, society has broken down bec there has been a breakdown in comm. Readings: the sense that there is a relationship between comm and behavior, comm makes people do something which can be for good or bad. Sense that comm can also play a role in society, function in society that keeps societies together. What the social function of comm and media. What is the function of instagram in society.