SOC101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Political Economy, Canadian Content, False Consciousness
2 Aug 2018
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Images still visible today, easy to interpret because direct representation of objects or events: cuneiform, hieroglyphics, and the alphabet, cuneiform: an early form of wedge-shaped writing developed by the ancient. Sumerians: hieroglyphics: an early form of visual communication developed by the. Mass media today: no longer confined to narrow media streams that existed just a short time ago, web 2. 0: interactive online tools dedicated to promoting a greater sense of community. Facebook: facebook is less customizable and more orderly with more technical graphics, less commercial and more high brow look. Catch a man: porn used by men to control, objectify, and suppress women, 2 strategies to diminish effects of porn on society, access to courts to seek damages. The future of mass media: homogenization of culture, forces of globalization continue to entrench western media, cultural diversity is in decline, making cultures less complex and more alike.
