COMN 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Narrative Inquiry, Semiotics, Discourse Analysis
30 Jan 2013
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Comn 1000 exam review november 26th, 2012. Know specific concepts as well as the broader themes. Know the key theories and theories: don"t need to know names and dates necessarily. Readings from textbook: key terms at end of chapters, pay attention to chapter subheadings and subcategories. Lecture outlines: know all those categories. Outside readings: know key points of all readings. Media are social, implicated in society (economics/politics/culture/etc) Culture: what is culture, what is mass media, what is mass communications, models. Interactive: modern society vs industrial/urban society, how media emerged. Characteristics of canada that make it distinct: geography, size. Need mass communication to cross boundaries: linguistic/cultural diversity, proximity to us. History of media: oral literate, written print, literate e, oral. Print languages: rise of e societies. Separates transportation from: space binding vs time binding (mcluhan?) Understand shifts: mcluhan media is the message. Transmission vs cultural: linear transmission sender, receiver, cultural model understand cultural/social/political implications of messages.
