MDSA01H3 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: John Dewey, Analytic Philosophy, Soft Media
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Chapter 1 medium middle", or that which comes between two things mass media technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience; print media, motion picture and sound recording (talkies: sync sound and film, Edison), broadcast ( fcc) media, new media (digital, microchip microprocessor), large, distant, anonymous postmodernity historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism, Shapes what we learn and how we think, know most things symbolically. Chapter 2 marxism a theory and social and political movement rotted in the idea that society is the history of class struggles german ideology, media content=product. Historical materialism central premise of marxism, mode of production/forces (things that are made, land, tech, natural resources) determines social relation of production (labor), material world. Superstructure the social and cultural institutions that make up society. Patterns of media ownership: concentration ownership of an entire industry by just a few companies. Strategies of profit maximization driven by profit- motive (capitalism), profit-motive the continuous desire to increase capital.
