CMNS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: New Media, Canadian Intellectual Property Office, Canadian Media Guild
3 Jul 2017
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This chapter begins with discussing the central im portance of m edia and com m - unication to our society and culture and goes on to consider the ever-shifting nature of com m unication m edia. Given recent changes to the m edia environm ent, the text offers an updated definition of the term m ass com m unication " and describes three different form s of m ass com m unication in this context. M ass m edia are illustrated to be woven into canadian society through a legal and regulatory fram ework, particular types of ownership, professions, associated institutions, particular technology, available leisure tim e, and content. Alliance of canadian cinem a television and radio artists (actra): www. actra. ca. Canadian radio-television and telecom m unications com m ission (crtc): www. crtc. gc. ca. Society of com posers, authors, and musicians of canada (socan): www. socan. ca.
