COM CM 380 Lecture Notes - Computer-Mediated Communication, Packet Switching, Relational Dialectics

• School: Boston University
• Department: Mass Communication, Advertising & Public Relations
• Course: COM CM 380
• Professor: Mina Tsay- Vogel

Document Summary

Who is the communicator what did they say in which channel to. Whom with what effect: mathematical theory of communication o proposed by shannon and weaver (1947) Also considered information theory of signal transmission o the process is on the slide* o its one direction and linear o doesn"t really know how message is transmitted- doesn"t account for noise. Ex: program, story, advertisement, film, music, psa, speech o language. Grammar of technology, evoking different reactions: ex: audio, visual, knowledge (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) (cid:160) Like people have their own style, and like different types of music and stuff. Way of communicating changing over time like with emoticons and abbreviations o formal features. Shapes social reality o acquisition of knowledge through media experiences. Depending on source- may be getting a limited perspective. Wont necessarily share everything from the real world in the media world.