CMNS 253W Study Guide - New Media, Craigslist, Google Maps

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 253W
• Professor: Ted Hamilton

Document Summary

Which focuses on the rise of new science-based industries and their role in social and economic change. The broader sociological and economic implications concerning whether knowledge is codified or tacit, and what kinds of social arrangements enhance or impede knowledge generation and transmission have recently begun to attract attention (cowan et al. Still, systematic empirical research on this topic is scarce and has not dealt with its implications for employment practices. Learning objectives unit 1: differentiate between traditional and new media. New media on the other hand occupy society in technological and cultural forms. Digital technologies are decentralizing, harmonizing, globalizing, and empowering therefore they become a way of living: describe the concept of convergence, its applications, and the different perspectives people take in regards to it. Convergence is the interlinking of computing and it, communications networks and media content through the internet. Generating an earth where activities conducted through digital media can occur anywhere in the world.