MDSB61H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: New Media, Social Capital, Cultural Capital
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Lecture overview: media and sociality, the idea of the network society, network sociality, networks, new media, and identity, week 5 recap, new media and "free labour. " "the telegraph freed communication from the constraints of geography. The telegraph, then, not only altered the relation between communication and transportation; it also changed the fundamental ways in which communication was thought about" (p. 227): the (new) "transmission model" vs. The (older) "ritual model. : allowed for more centralized forms of administration, and a movement from. "colonialism" to "empire. : colonies used to operate autonomously; the telegraph allowed for the central figure(s) to communicate quickly between themselves and their constituents/other power figures to make/transmit decisions. Such centralized administrative control contributed to the growth of overseas investment. Network sociality is not characterized by a separation but by a combination of both work and play. "new media practitioners increasingly perceive working as networking, and social relationships and networking as crucial tools and resources for a successful business. "
