CDNS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Media Studies, Communication Studies

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Canadian Studies
• Course: CDNS 1000
• Professor: Timothy Di Leo Browne

Document Summary

Intro to comm. and media studies- lesson #1- (12/09/17) From comm nicare (latin): (in giving) i impart, share (in receiving) i share, partake, participate in. I join, unite, add, link, connect (to an equal part) The cause of and solution to all of life"s problems. One of the most fundamental things we do as human beings (also the most difficult) A critical approach to communications based on media history and media literacy. Survey or media forms from 15th century to present day. Increasing, intensifying and speeding up mediatisation of everyday life. But, despite rhetoric of revolution and disruption , new media institutions get built on top of old ones.