CS101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Quebecor Media, Rogers Communications, Broadcasting Act (1991)
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This course introduces students to the contemporary communication and media landscapes of canada. It introduces students to the central institutions, issues, and debates that are central to understanding mass communication in canada as it occurs in contemporary society and affects our cultural milieu. Students will explore a variety of topics including the can-con regulations and their operation in relation to the canadian music, film, and cultural industries. * communication studies is an academic field that deals with processes of human communication, commonly defined as the sharing of symbols to create meaning (how messages are interpreted, how we communicate, encoding and decoding a message) Noise: any outside force acting on a transmitting signal (ex. Reading, sound, motion and light, static, distortion of picture ) We get two possible messages: buy and sell. Besides noise, other factors in the background can make it impossible for the receiver to pick up message without distortion.
