CMN 317 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Physical Layer, Traffic Shaping, Hypertext

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 317
• Professor: John Shiga

Document Summary

Histories of the information society: most historians agree that the main driver of social change around our world since the mid 18th century onwards, is industrialization, industrialization: the transition of one type of society to another. Industrialization also contributed to the transformation of governance: shift in who governs. Land owning nobility --> bourgeoisie: shift in what is governed. Division of private and public spheres: shift in where governance occurs. Palace --> parliament: shift in how governance is carried out. Use of reason instead of fear and force. An argument about the nature of historical change: the diffusion of information and communication technologies is driving changes in economy, politics, and culture, as profound as the changes caused by industrialization. Post-industrialism: central idea is that icts alter the economic base of society which also changes all other aspects of society, agrarian --------> industrial ---------> post-industrial.