Media, Information and Technoculture 2100F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Web Design, Cultural Studies, Culture Industry
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Political economy: how media function as commodities. Technoculture: the examination of media as technology. Deals with the relation between power (politics), wealth (economics) and media. There is an enormous amount of types of media that we can talk about, so we need to narrow media down. The term media today encompasses many types of activities/businesses. Political economy is sometimes referred to as the cultural industries. He tries to come to a definition of cultural industries and this list is the core cultural industries. Radio and tv: broadcast, cable and satellite, digital streaming. Plus borderline case search engines and social media. For the moment, this list gives us a working definition of the cultural industries. These are the types of activities that you think of when you think of media". These encompass the major forms of media that you find interesting as enjoyment as an object of study.