[CMN1160] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (92 pages long)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

Media dates back to the enlightment in europe. In the age of enlightment there were questions of social organizations, rational thought, and the idea was that people began to take responsibility for how socity was acting. Comm and media were important because it was about engaging in debates, sharing ideas, reaching consensus. First communications department was established in 1948. Early 1920s had the radio as a form of communication and with this we asked how pubic opinions were formed the focus here was on psycology and how we can get someone to see how we see things. 1930-1940s have the forefront of propaganda coming forward (ww2) with patriotism. Advertising was used to capture a market. With history, culture, and economics, we establish a marxist view. Entertainment/info-tainment ((cid:449)e are(cid:374)"t gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) the (cid:373)ore i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) (cid:448)s. Information source (the idea that media lets us see whats new) getting things from media about celebrities for ex.