Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Jason Ritter, World Brain, Sound Recording And Reproduction
4 Apr 2016
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Faculty of information and media studies, winter 2014. The course examines communication throughout history, with a focus on canada since the 18th century. It highlights the relationship between communication media and the broader social context of politics, culture, economics, and the law. The historical development of specific communication systems and media are examined, among them newspapers, magazines, the telegraph, radio and television broadcasting, film, sound recording, and the internet. Special attention is paid to the commercialization of mass media. Lecture slides will be added to the course web page on a weekly basis http://faculty. fims. uwo. ca/robinson/mit2000f/default. aspx. Required texts: daniel j. robinson, ed. , communication history in canada 2nd edition (oxford university press, (bookstore, gerald friesen, citizens and nation: an essay on history, communication and canada (university of toronto press, 2000), (bookstore) This will be an in-class, closed-book test on key terms and concepts, covering lecture content and course readings from the start of classes until feb 13. (feb 25)
