CMN 1160 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: High Culture, Marshall Mcluhan, Social Change

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

Document Summary

Society: the body of institutions and relationships within which people live, and the conditions in which such relationships are formed. Culture: the process of intellectual, spiritual, and aesthetic development, the works and practices that arise from this development ,and a particular way of life. Popular culture is basically what people like, culture is not fixed, it"s changing. Popular culture help us shape our identity, opinion popular culture bond us together popular culture is everything except the high culture popular culture is the dominate culture. S o c ia l ro le s o f m e d ia. Political activity takes place in the public sphere, an abstract place where people are able to discuss and consider matters of common concern and interest. Media are key elements of the public sphere because of the information they provide about public life.