CMN 1160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Technological Convergence, Demand Curve, Media Consumption

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 1160
• Professor: Daniel Pare

Document Summary

=from mass distribution of symbolic products to mass communication. Technology is shaped by political, social, economic, and cultural forces. The media reflects and animates our social lives. Traditional mass communication structures and policies have been undermined by the. The centralized production and distribution of mass media. The decentralized production of mass media with increased accessibility. The interactive exchange of information among many people (interaction online communication and democracy. Governments and the public have always struggled for control of communications technologies. Mass media is an agent of nation-building. Canadian media and communications policy structured to protect canadian culture: but facing ongoing pressures from global markets. Media policy = key to ensuring public participation and representation (who gets to participate) (a lot of international agreements argue and want to see these products as the same but. Canada wants to see them as different the whole time and canada is apart of a larger net of socialization) content and audiences.