COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Raymond Williams, Marshall Mcluhan
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Download the syllabus and read it carefully culearn. Online version (lt. symtext. com create account , code: s37cvg84) Make sure you are registered for a discussion class (have to register again for winter class) Writing assignments (two throughout the term) (20% x2) Participation (10%: pass peer assisted study session. Tuesdays 11:30am -12:30 dt 702, 5:30-6:60 tb 432 (jonathan: student academic success center. A tool used to transfer a message to many receivers. Controlled way of keeping people informed about local and worldwide news. Controlled can be seen in various aspects. Used to send a message (and receive, use and engage with. How we perceive everything around us, what"s given to us, presented to us, who"s presenting it, our interpretations of it: think of media in a connection to time. Etc: ways the technology evolves, technology determinism. Technology changes and it determines how we react to it and how/if we follow it: we are the cause for technology to change, raymond williams (1921-1988)