CMST 3K03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Communication Studies
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What is a protocol (in relation to media)? (gitelman) Key themes in communications and media history. Bring readings and reading notes (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) When you"re saying that something is interdisciplinary" you"re saying (cid:1) that they have factors of two or more disciplines, but that there are borders on the disciplines in a first place. Communication studies- what is it: the study of how people share their ideas (cid:1) Using the examination of different forms or media mediums. Comm- many fields are also concerned about communications, but the (cid:1) (cid:1) way that it"s studied here is what differs. Dominantly qualitative methodology (cid:1) observations, interviews, focus groups, etc. Interpretive comm unity: what counts? (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) *slides give a brief history of how this happen.