CMN2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Marshall Mcluhan, Peekaboo, Nancy Fraser
17 Apr 2017
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2016 9 22 class 3 modernity, medium theory and the public sphere part 1 medium theory(broad approach) Technology, smart screen: technological determinism: human agency. Positive link between video games and academic performance study suggests. Teenagers regularly using social media do less well at school, new survey nds: left and right, exact same study with two concepts, depends on the journalist. What was the last book you read: average time spend per week is content since 1991. What is mean: average, middle point(4 books 50% read) What is median: mean is larger than the median, cutting the numbers in different way. 2016 9 22 : every medium have its own possibilities, limitations. Tenants of technological determinism: communication technology is fundamental to society, each technology has a bias to a particular communication form, content and uses. Billiard ball approach, smashes into the crowd.
