CMN 2170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Radio Wave, New Media, Internet Service Provider

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 2170
• Professor: Mark Lowes

Document Summary

Memorize the first part (page of the course pack) Difficult to enforce domestic laws in internet communication because information travels internationally and not through any physical transport. When dealing with real life, problems, what constitutes communication as a term matters. Bc in legislation (e. g. criminal code), the word communicate matters. This course is not only about new media, but about meaning too. Therefore, communicate is important in context and difficult to define in concrete terms. For comm. to occurred via internet in canada, supreme court looks at the: situs: physical location of a property/thing - looks at the 4 below. Must know the situs of the content provider (initial user), host server, the end user, and the internet service provider (also called intermediary) Through trying to enforce laws through internet communication. E. g. does canadian criminal code apply to a hate message sent from a person in.