CCT314H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marshall Mcluhan, Technological Determinism, Simulacrum

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT314H5
• Professor: Neil Narine

Document Summary

Lecture 1: introduction to the course: representation using language to communicate something meaningful. *some say mcluhan glorified technology as progress (technological determinism). *some say mcluhan"s notion of the message misses the point entirely since media today is about simulation: simulation comes from plato"s idea of the simulacra. 3 orders . (refer to slide: cave metaphor orders; first order: talk about concrete things being reality. Third order: copy of copy, mimicry, simulacra: update of cave metaphor: refer to slide , simulation and representation difference: refer to slide.