CMAF 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gopro, Communication Theory, Open Access Journal
27 Jun 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
SOCIAL AND HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND
Introduction to Media & Society!
Dr. Vincent Manzerolle!
September 25, 2017
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Looking ahead…
•Assignment #1 due next Monday, October 2 by 4:00pm on
Blackboard and as a hardcopy in lecture.
•For the Blackboard submission, you only get to submit once – wait
until your final draft!
•See page 10 of syllabus for late policies and penalties.
•See your lab leader for questions. Use lab time and office hours
this week and avoid relying on e-mail last-minute.
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This week…
•Overall: “big picture” overview of media/communication history
and the role of media in society. Societies, historical and today,
cannot be divorced from their ways of communicating.
•Starting with some basic definitions.
•Communication and media alongside major historical social
change. Example of Gutenberg printing press.
•Highlighting two Canadian communication thinkers: Innis and
McLuhan.
•Canada’s unique communication/media system challenges.
(Chapters 2 & 3 assigned for this week. A lot!)
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Document Summary
Looking ahead : assignment #1 due next monday, october 2 by 4:00pm on. Use lab time and office hours this week and avoid relying on e-mail last-minute. This week : overall: big picture overview of media/communication history and the role of media in society. Societies, historical and today, cannot be divorced from their ways of communicating: starting with some basic definitions, communication and media alongside major historical social change. Example of gutenberg printing press: highlighting two canadian communication thinkers: innis and. Mcluhan: canada"s unique communication/media system challenges. (chapters 2 & 3 assigned for this week. Some terminology : as per page 33 of the textbook, society refers to the many institutions and relationships within which a large group of people live, within broader society we can also locate the institutions of politics, economics, etc. Communication and media directly impact these realms: politics, media, and the concept of a public sphere, economics, media, and the concept of information society.
