COMM 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Manifest Destiny, Burqa, Hijab
27 Sep 2018
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Sending an idea from one person to another. Initially transmission model confined to physical distance that could be covered (ex. Telegraph; meaning of transmission becomes a metaphor. Transcends space and time can say the time that something happens. Religion was driving force behind communication (transmission) Spread christian community, bring god, bring christianity to the so called. First pilgrims escaped religious persecution in europe think and act freely in america. American progress- john gast (picture with angel in the middle) White settlers kicking out the native peoples. Woman is bringing the telegraph to the west. Constant renewal of rebirth and self discovery. Ingrained in american culture to always be on the move. She is the female representation of america colombia. Transmission model transcends time and space while ritual communication is more localized, immediate, confined to specific groups in time and space. Transmission view has rendered the ritual view obsolete. More individualistic society rather than a group culture.
