CMN2168 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Digital Divide, World-Systems Theory, Nationstates

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN2168
• Professor: Serge Banyongen

Document Summary

Lecture 2: historical perspectives on globalization and communication. The report on war was the first truly international news. The first foreign war correspondent for the london-based times during the crimean war. Three main facts emerged from this coverage: a legionary nursing pioneer complained about how poorly the british war casualties were treated, queen victoria called for a royal commission on health and war. There was pressure on the queen to change the conditions during the war: the impact of the times coverage was so important and explosive that the number of journalists assigned later to cover the us civil war skyrocketed. The new world information and communication order (nwico) The nwico was launched by the united nations for education science and culture. Organization (unesco) and dominated the international communication agenda for almost two decades. Example: canada has strict communication laws to highlight canadian media and to preserve national culture rather than being overpowered by the us media.