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FILM 240 Chapter Notes -Mass Communication, Individualism, Personal Taste

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emeraldcockroach121

29 Sep 2012

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Queen's University

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Sidney Eve Matrix

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Communication: the creation and use of symbol systems that convey information and meaning. Culture is made up of both the products that a society fashions and the processes that forge those products and reflect a culture"s diverse values. Process that delivers the values of a society through products or other meaning-making forms. Mass media are cultural industries that produce and distribute services/products to large numbers of people. Mass communication: the process of designing cultural messages and stories and delivering them to large and diverse audiences through media channels. Media convergence: changes currently occurring in media content and within media companies, 2 definitions: Merging of content across different media channels. Cross platform business model that involves consolidating carious media holdings. More choice, better manage resources, and maximize profits. Development of mass media is initiated by social, cultural, political, and economic circumstances.

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Related Questions

Social media is becoming an indispensable component of modern daily life and has changed the way people interact with one another.

Examine the impact of this phenomenon on society.

You're required to write a literature review part of a report on the impact of social media on society with regard to language, communication and culture.

8. Have you ever worn something from a culture other than your own? This includes thing like hairstyles, clothes and accessories.

Yes. Not only me, at present most of the people, all over the world are doing the same. In this world we live in a together in a society with people from different places, different customs, and backgrounds. As we live together, we grow together, we also learn about other cultures and we accept them. There is a mutual two way exchange of cultural behaviors. This process is usually called "Acculturation". Also with technologies like television, internet, social media, etc. There is a widespread of information which is easily accessible to everyone. People following other cultures is most commonly evident in their dressing style (fashion). For example, long ago in India, ancestors used to wear Kurtas and dhotis. Where as we can see now present generation wearing jeans, t-shirts, and shirts of different patterns which is originally adopted from western culture.

9. If yes, did you know the meaning, significance and importance of that symbol?

Which of the following statements is true about the actual organizational culture of a company?

a) It is invariably the same as the company's official organizational culture.

b) It is a dynamic, living realm of meaning constructed through communications at the topmost level of the company.

c) It is always reflected in the company's mission statement.

d) It is announced through formal communications by the management of the company.

e) It is the medium of preferred values and practices in which the company's members do their work.