CMST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: List Of Youtubers, Commodification, Nuclear Family

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Communication Studies
• Course: CMST 1A03
• Professor: Christine Quail

Document Summary

Communication & organization of society + modern press. Knowledge and history are held by people or groups of people; this leads to a close-knit community that must stay together through time to survive. Oral tradition (eg. greek epic poetry) allows for flexibility (stories can be retold and reshaped), adaptability and stability (the society is very close, new stories would enter the culture slowly) Coming to a consensus and making a decision. Conservative (chants): consolidation and affirmation of community. Development of written language and laws allowed the roman empire to expand its power and territory. Literacy allows for the visual representation of ideas and the ability to compare and contrast them. When the roman empire collapsed, the development of local written languages lead to the development of european nation states (modern states) Prosaic: requires internal consistency and comprehensiveness; has meaning independent of author or outside context. Considered to be rational and logic structure.