CDN221H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Old Media, Media Of Canada, Writing Center
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Uc college writing center if help is related to cdn221. Enroll in waiting lists if appointment is unavailable. Start with a question; start with why something is a question instead of what the answer is. Two essays (journalistic or standard academic format) Mass media, new media, old media discussion. Connection between media and culture will be discussed. Term media became common mid 1950"s due to a proliferation of different mediums of communication. Traditional mass media now for older people, transition to internet with other generations. Founded the field of media studies, before innis it was mostly empirical studies. Innis developed theory and attacked the basis of media problems. Innis did not become famous for media in his lifetime, he was an economist. In 1930s, he stopped writing about economics and started writing about media, which was not even a well-known field at his time. Dropped everything at the height of success and switched to an area that barely existed.
