CMN 2170 Study Guide - Final Guide: Multidisciplinary Approach, E-Commerce, Hackathon

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2170
• Professor: Elizabeth Dubois

Document Summary

According to jenkins, media convergence is an ongoing process that should not be viewed as a displacement of the old media, but rather as interaction between different media forms and platforms. Mass media system (channels include radio, tv, newspaper sources include owners of printing press, journalists: one to many communications. Few media (limited channels: concentrated ownership (limited sources, hard to distinguish between channel and source, channel is the tool itself ex. newspaper. Source is the creator of that information that is put through the tool ex. journalist. Power is wielded by those who create and steer information flows to suit their goals and in ways that modify, enable the power between a range of older and newer media. The internet is a massive network of networks, a networking infrastructure. It connects millions of computers together globally, forming a network in which any computer can communicate with any other computer as long as they are both connected to the internet.