ISTD01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gartner, Unintended Consequences, Manuel Castells
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From industrial to network society: framing the conceptual issues of international communications. A process of exchanging info (usually via a system of symbols) Common understanding of shared codes or common set of symbols (language, computer codes, Involve a sender and a receiver (two-way) etc. ) Human communication: mediated by tools and technology. Language is a form of tools and technology; created by humans for the purpose of executing tasks by communicating. Ex: language prof used to express; students write down with paper or laptop through symbols (written) to store the ideas/info which means duplication. Copying and duplication are essential for mass communication. Nothing is truly global; some areas of the world are still excluded. Activity in one country (base) spreads to many others. Eu, can travel within all of europe; no borders. Idea that borders are not a part of people"s identity anymore. How we define ourselves based on what we do.