COMM 2102 Lecture 3: Comm 2101 lecture 3.docx

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: COMM 2102
• Professor: all

Document Summary

The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas . Political economy of communication is to evaluate: context: Urbanizations and immigration in america (-there was a number of immigration moving to the u. s, these people were coming to the cities and were not trusted because they were different) Growth of community newspaper and transportation systems (there was more literacy ) Concern re new social organization (trust, relationships were still able to make relationships) Theories of group of scholars at university of chicago. Studied the problems, opportunities, and challenges of the new society. Many subscribed to a pragmatic philosophy (pragmatism is the idea that truth lies in the practical and successful application of ideas) you have to apply your ideas. Goal was the organic community or great community (theory doesn"t emerge in a vaccum, it builds up from theories before- understanding biology and they called it. Organic community because they saw the community as a living organism)