POL 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Political Philosophy, Canadian Content, Individual And Group Rights

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Politics and Public Administration
• Course: POL 128
• Professor: Joseph Zboralski

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Pol 128: week 3 friday september 20th, 2016. Process and techniques of human communication has changed over time. Began as oral communication word of mouth, stories passed on from generation to generation: problem: no one knows the actual truth, stories changed. Humans developed language and the ability to write things down. Began to write records about the events limited amount of info that could be collected because everything needed to be written by hand. I(cid:374) the (cid:455)ear (cid:1005)(cid:1005)(cid:1004)(cid:1004) o(cid:454)ford"s li(cid:271)rary had a total of 2000 books. Monks job was to transcribe and copy the bible by hand. These traditional ways of communication changed through the start of mass media. Mass media form of communication that affects large numbers of people. Not a one on one exchange of ideas, not talking about it, not writing it down on animal skin. Types of media: print books, newspapers, etc. (magazines, pamphlets) May be the most significant impact of technological innovation.