COM 246 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fox Broadcasting Company, Penny Press, Media Multitasking
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Role of media in american culture: spread information, not only get information on our culture but information on other cultures, global issues can affect us the us is becoming increasingly diverse. Impact on global culture: a percentage of cultures don"t have internet access, a percentage of cultures have a control of what their citizens have access too, media impacts how other cultures may interpret america. Can the internet make our culture more democratic? possibly a lot more people have a lot more information now politicians have a bigger presence on social media because they can connect with the people. What will the future of media and culture look like? black mirror is a very drastic version of what it could become. Printing press: helped put writing on paper introduced mass printing: when mass printing improved the newspaper came along introduced mass production of information. How did these technologies revolutionize media? consumerism sports, entertainment, ad"s ad"s were a little less regulated.
