CMST 1A03 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Identity Management, Public Sphere, Universal Grammar

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Terry Flynn

Document Summary

When the two converge a monopoly of knowledge is achieved. Philosophy- people inhabit both a symbolic and a material environment. Theory of media: changes in the mode of communication lie at the heart of social, cultural, and economic evolution. Time binding societies: old fashion, religious, not literate, oral tradition, etc . Space binding media: todays, materialistic, time is money, progress valued. Time binding media: easy to transport and work with. Studied english literature and was popular in 1960s. Concerned with rhetoric, the content of objects is less important than the fact that they exist in culture and society. Content of any medium is always another medium. Content of speech is thought, writing is speech, printing is writing. 4 laws of the medium: what does the medium enhance or intensity, if some aspect of a situation is enhanced, simultaneously the old condition/unenhanced situation is displaced.