CMNS 230 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Age Of Enlightenment, Cirque Du Soleil

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 230
• Professor: Blake May Sylvia

Document Summary

Cmns 230 (sylvia blake) week 1: introducing culture industries in canada. Culture: a whole way of life of a distinct people or social group. Creativity: fragrance of individual freedom ; cultural/scientific/economic creativity; evolution of ideas through various spaces; a new way to see/hear/understand/contest the world. The enlightenment: enshrined the importance of art and science; saw art as above the economic fray of day to day existence; allowed original self-expression to critique, democratise. Cirque du soleil sold to american investors; second major canadian company to be sold in past decade. Crtc has decided to allow us super bowl ads to be shown in canadian homes starting 2017; huge hit to canadian advertising industry. This course focused on: major merger and acquisitions, broadcast rights, cultural texts; screen, sound/music, video games for the main domains for discussion.