CCT490H5 Lecture Notes - Deindustrialization

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT490H5
• Professor: Nicole Cohen

Document Summary

Karl marx ~ the hidden abode of production . Question for the course /: who makes cultural and communication conditions. What is labour in the communication and cultural industry? creating, developing, producing, manufacturing ,distributing and forming cultural and communicative goods and services. Industries that appeal to this definition include: film and television industry: digital media, books, video games, performing and visual arts fashion telecommunications, old and new forms of cultural and communicative labour, labour in a global context. 2 reasons why we should study cultural labour in 2013: It is a growing part of global economy: there have been a significant amount of changes in the form of labour: Communication technologies have changed how we work. There is a rise in the prominence of media and communication info. More devices and screens means more content to be made which also means that there is an increase in work that is available to this sector.