CMST 1A03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1.1: Speaking Tube

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Dilyana Mincheva

Document Summary

Readings 1 chapter 1: media and society. Media lies at the heart of the contemporary world. Media is central to our understanding of the world and how we coordinate out actions within it. Media helps us come to know and understand the world. It is involved in almost all aspects of our lives & helps us to: decide what we need / want, why we care, explain who we are. We are connected to technology on average 9. 9 hours per day. Media = also central to larger organization and functioning of our society. Helps common ideas and understandings of different people come together. Major means through which the government communicates with its citizens. Key agents in globalization: controls the world"s economy and the movements of goods and services around the globe. Creates global cultural consciousness: helps raise our onsciousness about our roles in impending environmental disasters.