LL200 Lecture Notes - Class Consciousness, Model Theory, Maker Faire
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Canada used to be the leading of press, freedom and ranking in the world, now we have declined (not as free as it once was) When free press goes down, we are less informed. This doesn"t mean we are less democratic; we just have less access to a plurality of opinions. Transition from construction of initial audiences to mass media to maker and self made media. Facebook, twitter = social internet media, no binding sociality because no one will make you sign up. Media has always been social; communicating a message to a group of people. Television used to be social, now it"s individualized. Transition from one television in the house to everyone having their own (from 1980-1990, now we even have 5-6 devices that can screen television) Newspapers and magazines were social because there would be one newspaper for the household things you did together. Reading was social storytelling and sharing knowledge; now we do it alone.
