CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marshall Mcluhan, Technological Determinism, Ten Commandments
6 Apr 2016
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The medium is the massage marshal mcluhan. Society the body of insituions and relaionships within which people live and second the condiions in which such relaionships are formed. Culture the process of intellectual, spiritual and aestheic development second the works and pracises that arise from this development third a paricular way of life. Media allows us to share in and understand society and culture: foreign media will overtake local media, leading to a loss of local culture. A poliical role: poliics: the process through which people make collecive decisions, oten preceded by public discussion, media ofer places for debate and discussion, also provides informaion on issues and events, media is not poliically neutral. Does media ownership grant permission to control editorial perspecive: government may control medial directly, freedom of informaion vs privacy concerns (protect informaion) Yes, through adverising, the have to have mentality.
