CMN 1160 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Information Society, Media Play, Technological Determinism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Kyle Conway

Document Summary

Chapter 1(conway) chapter 2 (gasher) - media in society. Politics: the process through which people make collective decisions. Media provide info for public life: persuades public, shapes discussions we have with people. People in power (corporations, govt. ) try to influence the media to influence politics. Citizens try to gain info about their govt. Result: globalized information society: info is what"s being bought or sold, global market. Even our face-to-face interactions are now mediated: mediated: no longer face-to-face, instead through tv/computer, narrow-sense/subtle-sense. Different types of technologies give us access to the world. Harrold innis: how do different technologies link people through time and space. Link people through the ages, bind us through time. Provide identity to hold groups together (religions, nations) Info used to be taken from books. Tribal man - created by the media. Role of books is changing: more teaching machines now. Print is a medium: new mediums change how we see certain things.