SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes -World Wide Web, Media Literacy, Computer Language
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Mass media = any technologically based means of communicating between large numbers of people distributed widely over space or time (94) Internet = the network that links computers together (95) World wide web = the computer language that lets us access information on the internet (95) Media literacy = the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of forms (95) Four functions of the media are surveillance (ex. reporting news or weather or new movies), interpretation (helping us understand our world and shaping our viewpoints), socialization, and entertainment (96) The media share images and experiences that allow us to imagine ourselves as part of a nation state by developing a unified culture we all share (ex. the national film board of. Canada or the maple leaf or the beaver) (96) Status conferral = attention by the media can give people high status (98)