CS100 Lecture Notes - Interpersonal Communication, Mass Media, Deeper Understanding
16 Sep 2013
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Oral, written, or sign language, books, smartphones, computers. These means are referred to a media (inter-media-ry- you need an intermediate for you idea"s or stories to be transmitted to someone else, this intermediary is the media you use, ie. a type of language) Organization communication (communicate on behalf on the organization, eg public affairs, press releases, internal salary cuts etc) Mass media communication (tv, magazine, news paper etc. Most prominent area of research) (tv invented around 1952) Communications studies: is an interdisciplinary program that draws from and combines an array of disciplinary backgrounds such as english, film studies, anthropology political science, psychology, and sociology. In other words, the problem of communication can be approached from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The study of communications came about after the second world war, many researchers wanting to know how to use communication to their advantage, and examine propaganda etc.
