CMNS 353 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Manuel Castells, Network Society, Technological Determinism
21 Nov 2012
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Week 2 communication & technology in the info society. Information: ex: tower of babel first time generated universal collection of ideas, ex: esperanto idea of universal language, ex: francis bacon the new atlantis. Specially trained people who go out to retrieve information about rest of world. Systematic organization, control, and collection; for politics, trade and power: ex: bell labs mathematical theory of communication, ex: shannon"s engineering approach model: cmn broken down into 0"s and 1"s info source transmitter. Finally created a solution to engineering problem. Way of thinking about information that is detached from message meaning: data: is quant/qualitative values of particular variable (can be messy, knowledge: understanding how to use the information ex: cooking. Information: data that"s organized and communicated ex: recipe book. The network society: latter of 20th c. codified theoretical knowledge director of social change, manuel castells. Through internet we are able to distribute power of information. Knowledge upon knowledge itself to improve technology and knowledge.
