COMN 1000 Midterm: COMN 1310/1000 EXAM 1st semester

• School: York University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMN 1000
• Professor: all

Document Summary

Several steps: define field of study (e. g. sociology, psychology, communications) Keep in mind there are many different ways to look at the world . Communication is from the latin communis , meaning to make common . Hence, communication is a form if action the action of making something common to one or more people . Hence, the term mass communication simply means making something common among a large group . Hence, communication is a social action involving two or more people in a process of encoding and decoding and interpreting messages. Mass communication influences a wide range of different dimensions of our lives (p. 6- *mass communication is a central feature of social life and has influence in almost every dimension of our lives. A key element of out whole way of life . Harold innis and marshal mcluhan (toronto school; pps 12) argue form , or.