SOCI 100 Chapter Notes -Mediascape, Consumerism, Public Sphere
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Marx media is the annihilation of space by time , near instantaneous transmission of messages around the globe. Leisure time is heavily devoted to technologically based amusement. Mediated more reliant on technically sophisticated, socially organized communication apparatus that conveys, filters and constructs our experience: mediascape, datasphere. Technology has created a new type of society (post-industrial) Move from manual jobs to more technical work. Increasing capacities to forecast trends of social change. Information society information technologies machines that transfer, process, store and disseminate data are moving us to a new stage of civilization. Increase in prosperity, decrease in manual labour, in favor of more creative jobs, broader dissemination of knowledge, more democratic and participatory society. Hand held devices integral part of youth culture. Sociological prediction: promote democracy, on-the-move networked sociability. Bypass technology allowing people in the developing world to connect to the global communication networks without incurring huge costs.
