COMM 2P98 Chapter 6: 2P98C6

• School: Brock University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2P98
• Professor: R U S S E L L J O H N S T O N

Document Summary

Binary digits that is the basis of information. Rights for groups of people that are meant to privilege the collectivity over individuals. Process of encoding information using as few bits as possible. Point of view that argues that tech is constructed by members of society and shaped by social forces. Exclusive right to reproduce a work requiring intellectual labour. Theoretical perspectives that focus on ways in which wealth and power are unequally distributed. Simplification of complex task into components that are mastered by workers. Point of view that sees tech as operating according to an inherent logic that is in the technology itself. Notion of inevitability in the form and function of a particular piece of technology. Difference between those with access to technology and those without. Disintermediation elimination of those involved between the creator and final consumer. Process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge. Rights that accrue to an individual and favor them.