COMM 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Federal Communications Commission, Sexting, Slacktivism
24 Jun 2016
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The rst amendment: protection of free speech and free press. Federal communications commission is the greatest source of governmental restrictions, Privacy act: along side pipeda: privacy legislation which places limitations on the collection use and disclosure of personal information held by the federal government and federal agencies. Immanent commodification: the process where the social network user is himself a commodity producing commodities and our content is monetised and captured to tailor new products that allegedly match our consumer preferences. Social media: the rise of social networking sites like myspace and. Facebook also, email, blogs, wikis, and gaming communities. Six categories of social media: 1. social networking sites 2. content communities 3. blogs 4. collaborative projects 5. virtual game worlds 6. virtual social worlds. Key stages in activism: mobilising structures, oppurtunity structures, framing processes. Mobilisation: people changing their concerns into actions. Nutriwashing: to use health themed marketing to promote some processed foods.
