MDSA02H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Gillette Stadium, Liberal Democracy, The X-Files
Document Summary
Introduction to the history of media: oral and written eras in communication. Written communication a manuscript culture came into conflict with oral communication tradition: the print evolution. The printing press paved the way for major social and cultural changes. By transmitting knowledge across national boundaries and stimulating the rise of the middle class: the electronic era. While the industrial age in the americas and europe shifted the focus from farms to cities. The telegraph started the transformation of communication, which was continued by film, radio and television: the digital era. The ability to convert words, pictures, and sound into electronic signals. This technology led to the emergence of e-mail, blogging, and social media. Power of the image: cinema 100 years invented in 1985. Ideology: a set of shared ideas; a way of looking at the world; ideas for organizing society. It presents a snapshot of the us as it operates.
