ATS1280 Study Guide - Raymond Williams, Postmodernity, Cosplay

• School: Monash University
• Department: General Education Studies
• Course: ATS1280
• Professor: Paul

Document Summary

Systems, processes and outcomes of everyday interactions with the world around us. Can be aural, visual, written or gestural. Negotiates and moderated the relationship between different discourses of communication. What are the main characteristics of mass communications. The process of producing and disseminating media. The reception and appropriation of media messages. The media that transmit a message to a large number of people. Mass communication not generally face-to-face and involves the mediation of technology. Messages in mc produced for an audience. Individuals who comprise the audience are not physically present at the place of production and transmission/diffusion of message. Involves an instituted break between production and reception. E. g. a de student, content is shaped by the technology used. Use of technology places communicators at a distance. Use of tv, phone or cd generally takes place in the absence of the sender of the message, Limited feedback in mc, especially in broadcast media (tv and radio).