Sociology 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter Chapter 5: Grand Theft Auto, News Values, Quartile
11 Jan 2018
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Facebook and twitter, communications flow back and forth; people interact in the transmission and reception of communication. The technological perspective (harold innis and marshall mcluhan) Hegemony: the use of the media and other cultural institutions, such as the school system to represent and establish their interests, values and understandings as natural and universal. It is true that canadian television is influenced by american television, but it also goes the other way around: canada is becoming a post national society because of economic and cultural globalization. They are the ones who are affected by deviance, conflict and disruption. They speak of personal experience, feelings and emotions: alternative news sources: representatives of social movements and of social advocacy and activism groups. They address social problems that underline the harm that ordinary victims suffer. People who watch tv a lot tend to see the world as move violent and dangerous than it really is, and tend to be more fearful.
